resultant vehicle[s], yanas of result, doctrine of result; Phalayana, the Fruitional Vehicle; result-oriented approach; effect vehicle, [Vajrayana]
Resultant vehicle. The Vajrayana system of taking fruition as the path by regarding buddhahood as inherently present and the path as the act of uncovering the basic state. This is different from the 'causal philosophical vehicles' of Mahayana and Hinayana that regard the path as that which leads to and produces the state of buddhahood. Ultimately, these two approaches are not in conflict. See also 'Secret Mantra.'
Effect Vehicle this is another name for tantra, because a tantric practitioner takes the effect state, Buddhahood, as the basis of her or his practice {T}