Dictionary of East Asian Buddhist Terms

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小乘 [py] xiao3sheng4 [wg] hsiao-sheng [ko] sosûng [ja] ショウジョウ shoujou ||| (hiinayaana). 'Small vehicle.' As opposed the term 大乘 (mahaayaana), hiinayaana refers in general to Buddhist practices which are centered on self-salvation, or which are not based upon the true experience of emptiness. When used in a somewhat inappropriate historical sense, the term is applied to the early Indian groups typified by Theravaadins, who held to a monastically centered approach to Buddhist practice. In the Mahaayaana texts, the hiinayaana practices of the `sraavakas and pratyekabuddhas are held to be flawed, in that they lack the dimensions of a penetrating view of emptiness as well as a universally functioning compassion, both of which are considered to be the possession of bodhisattvas. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

小乘經 [py] xiao3sheng4 jing1 [wg] hsiao-sheng ching [ko] sosûnggyông [ja] ショウジョウキョウ shoujoukyou ||| The scriptures of the lesser vehicle, usually a reference to the four Aagamas: 長阿含, 中阿含, 増一阿含 and 雜阿含. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

小劫 [py] xiao3jie2 [wg] hsiao-chieh [ko] sogôp [ja] ショウゴウ shougou ||| A minor kalpa. A part of a kalpa. See 劫. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

小參 [py] xiao3can1 [wg] hsiao-san [ko] sosam [ja] ショウサン shousan ||| Literally "small gathering." A smaller, especially impromptu, dharma-lecture. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

小法 [py] xiao3fa3 [wg] hsiao-fa [ko] sobôp [ja] ショウホウ shouhou ||| The "lesser dharma"--hiinayaana teachings. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

See the character 尚 in CJKDict

尚 [py] shang4 [wg] shang [ko] sang [ja] ショウ shou ||| (1) Beg, request, entreat, beseech. (2) Still, after all, as expected. Further, furthermore, yet, even. (3) Accumulate, stack up, pile up, increase. (4) To value, prize, esteem, honor, respect, regard. (5) High; to raise up. (6) Besides, in addition to. [Credit] acm(entry) cw(py)

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