...These are scriptures such as the Prajnaparamita Sutra, the Lotus Sutra, the Avatamsaka Sutra, and the Amitabha Sutra. In these scriptures, they called their new Buddhist movement Mahayana (Mahayana), meaning a large vehicle that aims to save all people, and they denigrated the traditional old Buddhism as Hinayana (Hinayana), meaning a small vehicle only for a limited number of monks. What is noteworthy is that they strongly emphasized the worship of scriptures, which was not seen in the old Buddhist scriptures, saying that "even the four-line poems of this scripture will bring great merit if you accept, recite, explain, and even copy them." *Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Mahāyāna" are listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…《般若経》《法華経》《華厳経》《阿弥陀経》などの経典群である。これらの経典のなかで,彼らは自らの新しい仏教運動を,〈あらゆる人々の救いをめざす大きな乗り物〉という意味をこめて〈大乗〉(マハーヤーナMahāyāna)と称し,従来の旧仏教を〈限られた出家者だけの小さな乗物〉という意味で〈小乗〉(ヒーナヤーナHīnayāna)と貶称した。注目すべきは,〈この経典の四行詩でも,受持・読誦(どくじゆ)・解説(げせつ)し,さらに書写すれば非常な功徳がある〉という旧仏典には見られなかった〈経典崇拝〉を強く打ち出していることである。… ※「Mahāyāna」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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