小しょう我が

noun

the self; the ego

Buddhist and philosophical term contrasting the limited, individual self (小我) with the greater, universal self (大我). Often used in discussions of ego, self-centeredness, and spiritual transcendence.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、小しょう我がを超こえて大たい我がに至いたることが理り想そうとされる。

  In Buddhism, transcending the small self to reach the greater self is considered the ideal.

• 彼かれの行こう動どうは小しょう我がにとらわれている。

  His actions are bound by his ego.