The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions (2241 page)

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Sho
(Jap., ‘nature’). Fundamental or essential character. It appears usually with other terms, as
kensho
, realizing one's own nature, or
bussho
, buddha-nature.
Sho’ah
(calamity):
Sh
b
(Jap., ‘true
dharma
’).
1
The teaching of the
Buddha
, hence
sh
b
-sh
, ‘Buddhism’ in Eng.
2
‘Appropriate reward', main reward for
karma
in previous lives, i.e. this body and life—in contrast to
eh
, ‘dependent reward’, i.e. secondary consequences such as house, place, and possessions.

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