[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [仁王經疏](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708) › 3.11 # 仁王經疏 3.11 仁王經疏 3.11 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.11) 釋曰：第二、講會聽眾。有三：一百比丘、二百四大眾、三百七眾。言百比丘者，有云：一一座前皆有百比丘。若爾便成一萬人，人眾不滿講法不成。今云百者，一一座前一比丘，撿挍徒眾，故言百也。言四大眾者，比丘、比丘尼、近事男、近事女。有云：簡除沙彌、沙彌尼、式叉摩尼。今言：攝在比丘、比丘尼眾中。言七眾者，前四眾上，加沙彌等三眾。七眾，往來眾也。 > Exposition: Second, the audience at the lecture assembly. There are three: first, the one hundred monks; second, the four great assemblies of one hundred \[each\]; third, the seven assemblies of one hundred \[each\]. Regarding the 'one hundred monks,' some say: before each and every seat there are one hundred monks. If that were so, there would be ten thousand people, and if the crowd were not full, the exposition of the Dharma could not proceed. Now, when it says 'one hundred,' it means that before each seat there is one monk who inspects and supervises the assembly of disciples; therefore it says 'one hundred.' Regarding the 'four great assemblies,' they are monks (bhikṣus), nuns (bhikṣuṇīs), laymen (upāsakas), and laywomen (upāsikās). Some say that novitiate monks (śrāmaṇeras), novitiate nuns (śrāmaṇerikās), and probationers (śikṣamāṇās) are excluded. Now it is said: they are subsumed within the assemblies of monks and nuns. Regarding the 'seven assemblies,' the three assemblies of novitiates and so forth are added onto the previous four assemblies. The seven assemblies are the transient assembly of visitors. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.10) - [Next: 3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.12) - [Up: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708~en-mt.3.11) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1708.3.11) · Pramāṇa