少欲 shǎo yù
shǎo yù
phrase
few desires
Domain: Buddhism 佛教
Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: alpeccha; for example, in the 妙法蓮華經 “Lotus Sutra” (BCSD '少欲', p. 399; FGDB '少欲知足'; Hurvitz 2009, p. 160; MW 'alpeccha'; T 262, Scroll 4, 9.0028a07)
Contained in
- 少烦少恼少欲望 多施多舍多吉祥(少煩少惱少欲望 多施多捨多吉祥) Worry less, desire less, be less angry; Give more, share more, be more auspicious.
- 少欲知足 content with few desires
- 喜足少欲 content with few desires
- 自少欲 having few wants himself
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- Scroll 2 Da Zhuangyan Lun Jing (Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā) 大莊嚴論經 — count: 37
- Scroll 22 Abhidharmavibhāṣāśāstra (Apitan Pi Po Sha Lun) 阿毘曇毘婆沙論 — count: 27
- Scroll 41 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 22
- Scroll 25 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahayana Mahaparinirvana sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 18
- Scroll 27 Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra (Mahaparinirvana Sutra) 大般涅槃經 — count: 16 , has English translation
- Scroll 2 Fo Apitan Jing Chujia Xiang Pin 佛阿毘曇經出家相品 — count: 16
- Scroll 181 Abhidharmamahāvibhāṣaśāstra (Apidamo Dapiposha Lun) 阿毘達磨大毘婆沙論 — count: 15
- Scroll 33 Saddharmasmṛtyupasthānasūtra (Sutra of the Right Mindfulness of Dharma) 正法念處經 — count: 14
- Scroll 1 Yi Jiao Jinglun 遺教經論 — count: 14
- Scroll 14 Dasheng Yi Zhang 大乘義章 — count: 14
Collocations
- 少欲喜 (少欲喜) 能聽法者少欲喜足修遠離行 — The Large Sūtra on Perfection of Wisdom 大般若波羅蜜多經, Scroll 303 — count: 17
- 说少欲 (說少欲) 說少欲 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 10 — count: 12
- 名为少欲 (名為少欲) 猶得稱之名為少欲 — Da Zhuangyan Lun Jing (Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā) 大莊嚴論經, Scroll 2 — count: 6
- 少欲知 (少欲知) 少欲知定 — An Alternative Translation of the Saṃyukta Āgama (Saṁyukatāgamasūtra) 別譯雜阿含經, Scroll 15 — count: 6
- 少欲法 (少欲法) 能順佛語知少欲法 — Da Zhuangyan Lun Jing (Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā) 大莊嚴論經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
- 称说少欲 (稱說少欲) 稱說少欲 — Middle Length Discourses (Zhong Ahan Jing) 中阿含經, Scroll 2 — count: 5
- 少欲少 (少欲少) 或有一人少欲少婬 — Ekottarāgama 增壹阿含經, Scroll 23 — count: 4
- 现少欲 (現少欲) 詐現少欲相 — Da Zhuangyan Lun Jing (Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā) 大莊嚴論經, Scroll 2 — count: 4
- 知足少欲 (知足少欲) 知足少欲 — Fo Ben Xing Ji Jing (Abhiniṣkramaṇasūtra) 佛本行集經, Scroll 21 — count: 4
- 夫少欲 (夫少欲) 夫少欲者 — Da Zhuangyan Lun Jing (Kalpanāmaṇḍitikā) 大莊嚴論經, Scroll 2 — count: 4