方廣

(方廣, 方广)

vaipulya, [lang id =1028]毘佛略 expansion, enlargement, broad, spacious. [lang id =1028]方 is intp. by [lang id =1028]方正 correct in doctrine and [lang id =1028]廣 by [lang id =1028]廣博 broad or wide; some interpret it by elaboration, or fuller explanation of the doctrine; in general it may be taken as the broad school, or wider teaching, in contrast with the narrow school, or Hīnayāna. The term covers the whole of the specifically Mahāyāna sutras. The sutras are also known as [lang id =1028]無量義經 scriptures of measureless meaning, i. e. universalistic, or the infinite. Cf. [lang id =1028]方等.

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方是方正之義， 廣是廣大之義， 方廣就是一切大乘經的通稱。