法華經義記 2.32

2.32

Furthermore, within these four passages, each opens into three. Within the first passage there are three: first, the statement 'At that time there was a bodhisattva named Varaprabha' first sets forth the name of the person who serves as the occasion. Second, having eight hundred disciples praises Varaprabha's virtue; since he had a retinue, it shows that he was a person who could serve as the occasion. Third, at that time the Buddha Candrasūryapradīpa arose from samādhi occasioned by the bodhisattva Varaprabha: this directly clarifies the person who serves as the occasion.