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Definition[1]

乘為運載之意。運載眾生度生死海之法,有二種之別,故稱二乘。(一)指大乘與小乘。佛陀一代所說之教法可大別為大、小二乘。佛為聲聞、緣覺所說之法稱小乘,佛為菩薩所說成佛之法稱大乘。〔北本大般涅槃經卷十四聖行品、梁譯攝大乘論卷上〕
 (二)聲聞乘與緣覺乘。即小乘法分為二種:(一)直接聽聞佛陀之教說,依四諦理而覺悟者,稱聲聞乘。(二)不必親聞佛陀之教說,係獨自觀察十二因緣之理而獲得覺悟者,稱緣覺乘。〔大寶積經卷二十八、北本大般涅槃經卷十二、華嚴五教章卷一〕
 (三)一乘與三乘。出自華嚴五教章卷一。(一)法華以前說聲聞、緣覺、菩薩三乘證道有別,是為三乘。(二)法華會上,會三乘歸於一佛乘,是為一乘。

Source
佛光電子大辭典
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p206
Definition[2]

dviyāna. The two vehicles conveying to the final goal. There are several definitions: (1) Mahāyāna and Hīnayāna. (2) 聲聞 and 緣覺 or 聲覺二乘 . Śrāvaka and Pratyekabuddha. (3) 二乘作佛 The Lotus Sūtra teaches that śrāvakas and pratyekas also become Buddhas. (4) 三一二乘 The "two vehicles" of "three" and "one", the three being the pre-Lotus ideas of śrāvaka, pratyeka, and bodhsattva, the one being the doctrine of the Lotus Sūtra which combined all three in one.

Source
A Dictionary of Chinese Buddhist Terms, William Edward Soothill and Lewis Hodous
Definition[3]

二乘 The "two vehicles" of śrāvaka 聲聞 and pratyekabuddha 辟支佛. These two practitioners are regularly introduce in Mahāyāna literature where they are cast in a negative light as representatives of the so-called "hīnayāna" 小乘 tradition, where they are set up in contradistinction to the bodhisattva 菩薩.

Definition[4]

聲聞乘和緣覺乘。凡屬修四諦法門而悟道的人,總稱為聲聞乘;凡屬修十二因緣而悟道的人,總稱為緣覺乘。以上二乘又分為愚法二乘和不愚法二乘兩種,愚法二乘是聲聞緣覺二小乘,迷執自法,而愚於大乘法空之妙理;不愚法二乘是與愚法二乘相反,他們善知理法,進入大乘的境界。

Source
陳義孝編, 竺摩法師鑑定, 《佛學常見辭彙》
Definition[5]

二乘===﹝出華嚴經疏﹞

 

〔一、臨門三車〕,臨門三車,喻小乘權教也。謂法華經譬喻品中,三乘之人,於火宅門外,索羊鹿牛三車,求出火宅,以喻三乘之人,依四諦、十二因緣、六度等法修行,得出生死,是名臨門三車。(三乘者,聲聞乘、緣覺乘、菩薩乘也。四諦者,苦諦、集諦、滅諦、道諦也。十二因緣者,一無明、二行、三識、四名色、五六入、六觸、七受、八愛、九取、十有、十一生、十二老死也。六度者,一布施、二持戒、三忍辱、四精進、五禪定、六智慧也。)

 

〔二、露地牛車〕,露地牛車,喻大乘實教也。謂法華經譬喻品中,諸子既出火宅,到於四衢道中,露地而坐,等賜大白牛車,同歸秘密理藏,是名露地牛車。

 

二乘===﹝出天台四教儀集註﹞

乘即運載之義。謂二乘之人,乘四諦、十二因緣之法,運出三界生死,至於涅槃,故名為乘。(四諦者,苦諦、集諦、滅諦、道諦也。十二因緣者,一無明、二行、三識、四名色、五六入、六觸、七受、八愛、九取、十有、十一生、十二老死也。梵語涅槃,華言滅度。)

 

〔一、聲聞乘〕,聞佛聲教,故曰聲聞,謂此人以四諦為乘,知苦、斷集、慕滅、修道,由觀四諦,出離生死,至于涅槃,故名聲聞乘。

 

〔二、緣覺乘〕,因觀十二因緣,覺悟真空之理,名曰緣覺。謂此人以十二因緣為乘,由觀因緣生滅,即悟非生非滅,出離生死,至於涅槃,故名緣覺乘。。

Source
明,一如《三藏法數》字庫
Definition[6]

(術語)乘人使各到其果地之教法名為乘。有一乘乃至五乘之別,其中二乘有三種。

Source
丁福保《佛學大辭典》
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