大方廣佛華嚴經疏 16.4

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16.4

Second, as for explaining the title: whose essential nature is supremely compliant, harmonised, and good is called 'Bhadra' (worthy); whose auspicious, superior virtues are supreme and peerless is called 'Śrī' (foremost). The bodhisattva who expounds this Dharma is designated by this very name: the worthy is precisely the foremost. The chapter of Bhadraśrī corresponds to the beginning of the stages of worthiness; because it subsumes all virtues, it specifically raises the designation 'worthy'.

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大方廣佛華嚴經疏 — Classical Chinese