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| Characters | Pronunciation Romanization |
Simple Dictionary Definition |
三乘 see styles |
sān shèng san1 sheng4 san sheng minori みのり |
(surname) Minori Triyāna, the three vehicles, or conveyances which carry living beings across saṁsāra or mortality (births-and-deaths) to the shores of nirvāṇa. The three are styled 小,中, and 大. Sometimes the three vehicles are defined as 聲聞 Śrāvaka, that of the hearer or obedient disciple; 緣覺Pratyeka-buddha, that of the enlightened for self; these are described as 小乘 because the objective of both is personal salvation; the third is 菩薩Bodhisattva, or 大乘 Mahāyāna, because the objective is the salvation of all the living. The three are also depicted as 三車 three wains, drawn by a goat, a deer, an ox. The Lotus declares that the three are really the One Buddha-vehicle, which has been revealed in three expedient forms suited to his disciples' capacity, the Lotus Sūtra being the unifying, complete, and final exposition. The Three Vehicles are differently explained by different exponents, e.g. (1) Mahāyāna recognizes (a) Śrāvaka, called Hīnayāna, leading in longer or shorter periods to arhatship; (b) Pratyeka-buddha, called Madhyamayāna, leading after still longer or shorter periods to a Buddhahood ascetically attained and for self; (c) Bodhisattva, called Mahayana, leading after countless ages of self-sacrifce in saving others and progressive enlightenment to ultimate Buddhahood. (2) Hīnayāna is also described as possessing three vehicles 聲, 緣, 菩 or 小, 中, 大, the 小 and 中 conveying to personal salvation their devotees in ascetic dust and ashes and mental annihilation, the 大 leading to bodhi, or perfect enlightenment, and the Buddha's way. Further definitions of the Triyāna are: (3) True bodhisattva teaching for the 大; pratyeka-buddha without ignorant asceticism for the 中; and śrāvaka with ignorant asceticism for the 小. (4) (a) 一乘 The One-Vehicle which carries all to Buddhahood: of this the 華嚴 Hua-yen and 法華 Fa-hua are typical exponents; (b) 三乘法 the three-vehicle, containing practitioners of all three systems, as expounded in books of the 深密般若; (c) 小乘 the Hīnayāna pure and simple as seen in the 四阿合經 Four Āgamas. Śrāvakas are also described as hearers of the Four Truths and limited to that degree of development; they hear from the pratyeka-buddhas, who are enlightened in the Twelve Nidānas 因緣; the bodhisattvas make the 六度 or six forms of transmigration their field of sacrificial saving work, and of enlightenment. The Lotus Sūtra really treats the 三乘. Three Vehicles as 方便 or expedient ways, and offers a 佛乘 Buddha Vehicle as the inclusive and final vehicle. |
三乘人 see styles |
sān shèng rén san1 sheng4 ren2 san sheng jen sanjō nin |
adherent(s) of the three vehicles |
三乘家 see styles |
sān shèng jiā san1 sheng4 jia1 san sheng chia sanjōke |
The Dharmalakṣaṇa School of the Three Vehicles, led by the 法相宗. |
三乘教 see styles |
sān shèng jiào san1 sheng4 jiao4 san sheng chiao sanjō kyō |
the teachings of the three vehicles |
三乘法 see styles |
sān shèng fǎ san1 sheng4 fa3 san sheng fa sanjō hō |
the teachings of the three Vehicles |
三乘道 see styles |
sān shèng dào san1 sheng4 dao4 san sheng tao sanjō dō |
the path of the three vehicles |
三乘之人 see styles |
sān shèng zhī rén san1 sheng4 zhi1 ren2 san sheng chih jen sanjō no hito |
adherent of the three-vehicle teaching |
三乘別教 三乘别教 see styles |
sān shèng bié jiào san1 sheng4 bie2 jiao4 san sheng pieh chiao sanjō bekkyō |
specific teaching of three separate vehicles |
三乘聖人 三乘圣人 see styles |
sān shèng shèng rén san1 sheng4 sheng4 ren2 san sheng sheng jen sanjō shōnin |
sages of the three vehicles |
三乘菩提 see styles |
sān shèng pú tí san1 sheng4 pu2 ti2 san sheng p`u t`i san sheng pu ti sanjō bodai |
enlightenment of the three vehicles |
三乘通教 see styles |
sān shèng tōng jiào san1 sheng4 tong1 jiao4 san sheng t`ung chiao san sheng tung chiao sanjō tsūkyō |
the teachings of the three vehicles in terms of their commonality |
一乘三乘 see styles |
yī shèng sān shèng yi1 sheng4 san1 sheng4 i sheng san sheng ichijō sanjō |
One Vehicle and three vehicles |
三乘共十地 see styles |
sān shèng gòng shí dì san1 sheng4 gong4 shi2 di4 san sheng kung shih ti sanjō gū jūji |
ten stages common to all three vehicles |
三乘眞實一乘方便 三乘眞实一乘方便 see styles |
sān shèng zhēn shí yī shèng fāng biàn san1 sheng4 zhen1 shi2 yi1 sheng4 fang1 bian4 san sheng chen shih i sheng fang pien sanjō shinjitsu ichijō hōben |
The 三乘家 consider the Triyāna as real, and the "one vehicle" of the Lotus School as merely tactical, or an expedient form of expression. |
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