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Please don't abuse the "little(Hīnayāna)"
/Dr. b. p. Kirthisinghe Wei Shantao
請勿濫用「小乘」
／ Dr. B. P. Kirthisinghe 魏 善 韜
Note: this article is translated from Dr. Buddhadasa p. Kirthisinghe: "a Letter to the Editor", original publication of the sound of Buddhism (Voice of Buddhism) June,1983 Vol.20,No.l,p.p.92-93. The writer was a frequent writer to the sound of Buddhist writer. This is a statement about Mahāyāna Buddhism Theravada fact of injury letters. Mahāyāna Buddhism has been abusing "small square(Hīnayāna)" call Theravada, the arrogant words, often intentionally or unintentionally, in the mouth or in the text of the Mahayana followers, which in addition to reveal their arrogant habit, also do harm to the fundamental teaching of Buddha.
編按：本文譯自 Dr. Buddhadasa P. Kirthisinghe：“A Letter to the Editor”，原載《佛教之聲》（Voice of Buddhism）June,1983 Vol.20,No.l，p.p.92－93。本文作者是一位經常撰稿於《佛教之聲》的作家。這是一封陳述有關大乘佛教(Mahāyāna)傷害上座部佛教(Theravada)事實的信件。大乘佛教一直濫用「小乘(Hīnayāna)」來稱呼上座部佛教(Theravada)，這個傲慢無禮的用詞，經常有意無意地出現在大乘教徒的口中或文字中，這除了流露他們的傲慢習性之外，也傷害佛陀的根本教法。
"all religions are in some ways there is a respectable place. Through practice and promote their religion, and at the same time as . other religious services." This is a briefing of the Buddha. Third century before Christ, the great Buddhist monarch Ashoka of lives of people on the syntactic and sinks into the tombstone, now this piece of Royal steles still stand erect in India on the Mainland.
「所有的宗教都在某些方面有值得尊敬的地方。藉著實踐而提昇自己的宗教，並且同時為其他宗教徒服務。」這句話是佛陀的一項訓示。西元前三世紀，偉大的佛教君主阿育王命人將這句法語銘刻於碑石上，現今這塊敕令碑石仍屹立於印度大陸上。
if all religions should be treated in this manner, then why is a religious (especially Buddhism), one of the sectarian system, cannot be treated by the same spirit? Why a at the same time or at least better than other "large" more oldest Theravada Buddhist schools, should be regarded as inferior, so low? Why follow the classic Theravada remained as derogatory name of "little squares" (Hīnayāna)? And even in Tibet's Buddhist magazines in America and Europe, by some scholars and many Buddhist groups accused of selfishness, small-minded? Theravada system will not be allowed to occupy a place in the Buddhist do? It should continue to be considered "large (Maha)" Buddhist groups regarded as untouchables (Candala)? I hope they will be more sympathetic to the tolerance, because the sthaviravada Dharma system of cultivation, in accordance with the Buddha lived the way you teach. Under United Kingdom India India authority of Buddhism scholar Dr Warder said, is to save the original sthaviravada system one of the faction of the Buddhist moral principles.
如果世間所有宗教都應該以此態度來對待的話，為什麼一個宗教（這裡特指佛教）中的一個宗派系統，不能用同樣的精神來對待呢？為什麼一個至少同時或者是比其他「較大」的佛教宗派更為古老的上座部佛教，應該被視為劣質的、低下的呢？為什麼遵循阿含經典的上座部佛教(Theravada)仍然被冠以貶損性的名稱「小乘」（Hīnayāna）？並且在歐美甚至在西藏的佛教雜誌中，被一些學者及許多佛教人士指為自私自利、心胸狹窄的呢？上座部佛教(Theravada)系統將不被允許在佛教中佔有一席之地嗎？它應該繼續被自認為「較大（Maha）」的佛教人士視為賤民（Candala）嗎？但願他們能夠更體諒寬容，因為上座部佛法系統的修持，正是依照佛陀在世時所教導的方式。根據英國印度學及印度佛教的權威學者Warder博士所說，上座部系統乃是保存原始的佛教義理的部派之一。
Dr. Warder in his recent works "Indian Buddhism" (Second Edition) statement: "Buddha teachings are saved in the Department of philosophy, sthaviravada, much learning Department and the Department seems to be closest to the moral principles taught in person when the Buddha was alive. "Buddhist faction of the latter two have now died out. We can say that this third faction in the moral principles in General is consistent with, can be seen as an Orthodox Buddhist heritage. All of the other, it can be seen as part of the history of philosophy and religion evolution itself has its own intriguing, but moral principles in some way with the Buddha has a more or less distorted or deviation.
Warder 博士在其近作“Indian Buddhism”（第二版）陳述：「在保存佛陀教義哲理的部派中，上座部、多聞部及經量部似乎是最接近佛陀在世時所親自教導的義理。」後兩者佛教部派現在已經絕跡了。我們可以說此三部派在義理大體上是一致的，可視為正統的佛教傳承。其他的種種，則可視為哲學和宗教演變歷史的一部分，其本身自有其引人入勝之處，但是與佛陀親傳的義理在某些方面有著或多或少的扭曲或偏離。我再補充一點，大乘宗師自行將世尊的教理加油添酯撰寫新的佛經，其大部分皆宣稱其義理高過上座部佛法。他們的宣稱難道不是非常膚淺的嗎？既是如此，我們傲慢自大的大乘教友，為什麼要試圖輕視由上座部系統所保存的原始的佛陀教理？
Tibetan Buddhist groups seems to be the main offender: they claim to be themselves the highest, other Mahayana faithful medium, while the so-called small believers is the lowest. Such a crude and cruel words imposed upon according to the true teaching of the Buddha to teach the faithful! Absorbing the non-primitive Buddhism in the Tibetan Buddhist system, external repair-method of secret mantra with the key-holder borrowed from India Brahmanism, borrowed from Christ Tai to Yan dynasty during the diwuzhiqi century Yin Dasi (lndus) civilization. Tibetan Buddhism has also pushed the original religion of Tibet "stupid taught" to join its line of Buddhism; but sthaviravada Buddhists did not despise them and Buddhism in the psychological interest less coherent ritual, the introduction of Buddhism in the system. So why are these Tibetan Buddhist groups, the poor and humble words, stop at the nearest teaching Buddha was alive the sthaviravada Buddhists who do? It must at some point there was some kind of error.
西藏佛教人士似乎是更主要的冒犯者：他們自稱自己為最高的(Vajrayana)，其他的大乘(Mahayana)教友是中等的，而所謂的小乘教徒則是最低的。這種粗劣而冷酷的字眼竟然加諸於依止佛陀真實教法的同教教友身上！西藏佛教系統中吸收了非原始佛教、外來的修持──密咒與密法──借自印度婆羅門教，借自西元第五至七世紀岌多王朝時期的印達斯（lndus）文明。西藏佛教也把西藏原始的宗教「笨教」加入其佛教的行持中；但是上座部佛教徒並沒有輕視他們將這些與佛教中心理趣不太相干的儀式、行持引入佛教系統中。那麼，為什麼這些西藏佛教人士，要把這種粗劣且低賤的詞彙，冠在依止於最接近佛陀在世教法的上座部佛教徒身上呢？這必定在某個地方有某種錯誤。
Hopefully all to comply with the correct behavior, avoid using expose SB. 's past misdeeds of offensive language, while respecting the spirit and practice a ride. I hope our method to whatever you like truth, rather than trying to derogatory sthaviravada or any early Buddhist faction, because we are followers of the Buddha.
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