妙法蓮華經文句 2.65

2.65

Second, concerning the listing of the bodhisattva assembly, the Treatise states: 'Bodhisattvas are subsumed under the four assemblies of monastics and householders; why are they listed separately? Answer: "There are bodhisattvas who fall within the four assemblies, but there are members of the four assemblies who do not fall among bodhisattvas, because they have not resolved to become buddhas; therefore they are listed separately now."' Those who collectively generate the mind to seek Buddhahood are called the bodhisattva assembly. The text has six parts: first, category; second, broad number; third, stages and positions; fourth, praise of virtues; fifth, listing of names; sixth, concluding sentence.