弘ぐ通ずう

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru'

spread of Buddhist teachings; propagation of the Dharma

A formal Buddhist term referring to the dissemination or propagation of Buddhist teachings. Rare in everyday language; encountered mainly in religious or historical texts.

• この経きょう典てんの弘ぐ通ずうに尽じん力りょくした僧そうがいた。

  There was a monk who devoted himself to the propagation of this sutra.

• 仏ぶっ教きょうの弘ぐ通ずうは、アジア各かく地ちで様さま々ざまな形かたちをとった。

  The spread of Buddhism took various forms across Asia.