IDLIntellectual Demand Laboratory

Research program 01 · YB

The Yāna Build Sheets

Buddhist Vehicle Build Sheets

Engineering-style specifications of Buddhist vehicles as coherent systems of doctrine, practice, attainment, and institutional form.

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Cover of Mahāyāna Build Sheet showing a six-part Great Vehicle architecture centered on bodhicitta

IDL-YB-004 · Emerging

Mahāyāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the Great Vehicle

Mahāyāna is not one standardized machine assembled from a single historical blueprint. It is a plural vehicle architecture whose recurrent functions can be mapped while its historical configurations remain genuinely diverse.

Active investigation
2026-11-17
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IDL-YB-008 · Emerging

Vajrayāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the Diamond Vehicle

Vajrayāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake
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IDL-YB-001 · Emerging

Śrāvakayāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the Vehicle of the Disciples

Śrāvakayāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake
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IDL-YB-002 · Emerging

Pratyekabuddhayāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the Solitary Buddha Vehicle

Pratyekabuddhayāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake
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IDL-YB-003 · Emerging

Bodhisattvayāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the Bodhisattva Vehicle

Bodhisattvayāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake
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IDL-YB-005 · Emerging

Pāramitāyāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the Vehicle of the Perfections

Pāramitāyāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake
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IDL-YB-006 · Emerging

Mantrayāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the Mantra Vehicle

Mantrayāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake
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IDL-YB-007 · Emerging

Tantrayāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the Tantra Vehicle

Tantrayāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake
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IDL-YB-009 · Emerging

Ekayāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the One Vehicle

Ekayāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake
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IDL-YB-010 · Emerging

Navayāna Build Sheet

Engineering Specification of the New Vehicle

Navayāna Build Sheet identifies a developing system whose technical, cultural, or institutional components become more legible when studied as a connected whole rather than as isolated trends.

Prospectus stake