大般涅槃經集解 36.25

36.25

Sengzong states: Here it is translated as “broad and expansive sūtras.” Baoliang states: Formerly, during the twelve years, only the vastness of the phrasing and sentences was taken, hence they were considered “broad sūtras” and could not yet be called “expansive.” From the Shared Teaching onwards down to the present Nirvāṇa, just as the Snow Mountains Bodhisattva’s single four-line verse exhausted the principles of both the conditioned and unconditioned wheels, leaving nothing unencompassed, they are therefore called “broad and expansive.”