Question: what is the difference between theravada and hinayana?
Answer: "'Mahayana' means 'great vehicle. ' 'Hinayana' means' 'small vehicle' or 'lesser vehicle'. 'Theravada' means 'teaching of the elders. ... The goal of the Hinayana practitioner is that of ending attachment to self and, thereby, becoming an Arhat, who undergoes no further rebirth.