What's the difference between Dacheng in Buddhism and Cheng Xiao?

Buddhism originated in ancient India, then spread to all parts of the world (mainly Asia), and spread to the south of India, such as Myanmar, Thailand, Sri Lanka (formerly known as Ceylon), Laos and other countries, and was called "Southern Buddhism" in history. Spreading to northern India, such as China, and later to Japan, Korea and other countries, is called "Northern Buddhism".

The development process of Buddhism in these two directions is different. Buddhism spread to the south (mainly refers to the first half) basically followed the original teaching method of the Buddha and practiced according to the most original teaching method, which has not changed much so far.

In the process of spreading Buddhism in the north, in order to facilitate the spread, a large number of local folk religious contents were integrated, and many Buddhist practitioners' personal understanding, such as the idea of "watching others", often emphasized, made the content of northern Buddhism more and more huge. Buddhism in the north also includes the original teaching method of the Buddha, but it is not taken seriously.

"Mahayana" is the self-proclaimed name of northern Buddhism, and "Hinayana" is the title given to Southern Buddhism by northern Buddhism, but Southern Buddhism denies it.

The Buddha's original teaching method did not emphasize the difference between "self-cultivation" and "harmony". Whether it is "self-cultivation" or "keeping the family in order", it is necessary to practice Buddhism rather than Buddhism, and "keeping the family in order" is basically just a lofty fantasy.

People in Southern Buddhism practice in strict accordance with the original teachings of the Buddha, strictly observe the precepts, diligently practice and improve, and solemnly practice Buddhism with practical actions, which is deeply respected by people. Influenced by them, many people joined the ranks of practice when the time was ripe. Therefore, it cannot be said that Southern Buddhism did not punish him.

People who practice in the north are far less respected than those who practice in the south. The reasons are really complicated. There are too many non-Buddhist contents in northern Buddhism, which leads to too many doubts about the performance of Buddhism in practice, which is also a very important reason. Even though northern Buddhism often preaches the lofty idea of "learning from others", the actual effect is not obvious. And because I put too much energy into the affairs of "measuring others" that I can't do, I often can't do "self-measurement".

In fact, calling myself "Mahayana" and calling him "Hinayana" and artificially dividing Buddhism into Mahayana and Hinayana is a manifestation of my laziness, which is far from Buddhism.