法華義疏 1.158

1.158

第二、定眾數門者，此經始末凡有二會，前集有二十三眾，後會有其六眾，合為二十九眾。言二十三眾者，僧眾有二，尼眾亦爾，及菩薩眾聖眾有五也。凡眾有十八，欲界天有十眾：三光天子、四王、帝釋、自在、大自在也。色界二眾：尸棄及光明大梵，合十二眾。次雜類有其六眾，在文易知也。後集六眾者，謂〈寶塔品〉多寶眾集、分身眾集，〈提婆達多品〉龍宮眾集，〈涌出品〉下方眾集、妙音眾集、普賢眾集也。

Second, concerning the gate of determining the number of the assemblies: from beginning to end, this sūtra has altogether two assemblies. The earlier gathering had twenty-three groups, and the later gathering had six groups, combining to make twenty-nine groups. Regarding the twenty-three groups: the assembly of monks has two, the assembly of nuns is likewise, and the assembly of bodhisattvas makes five assemblies of noble ones. The ordinary assemblies are eighteen: the devas of the desire realm comprise ten assemblies—the sons of heaven of the three luminaries, the Four Heavenly Kings, Śakra, Vaśavartin, and Mahāmaheśvara. The form realm has two assemblies: Śikhin and the Great Brahmā of Light, combining to make twelve assemblies. Next, the miscellaneous classes comprise six groups, easily known from the text. As for the six groups of the later gathering, they refer to the assembly of Prabhūtaratna and the assembly of emanated bodies in the 'Apparition of the Jeweled Stūpa Chapter', the dragon palace assembly in the 'Devadatta Chapter', and the lower region assembly, the Gadgadasvara assembly, and the Samantabhadra assembly in the 'Emerging from the Earth Chapter'.