大方廣佛華嚴經隨疏演義鈔 34.33

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疏「一多少」者，或菩薩多、聲聞少，或反此，或俱多俱少。故上〈世界成就品〉明佛出云「或化多眾生，或調伏少眾生」等。《佛名經》說彌留勝王佛初會，聲聞八十億百千那由他等，斯即多也。言「二會數」者，如《佛名經》第七云「彌留勝王佛四會說法，華勝佛一會說法，聲德佛三會說法，放焰佛十會說法。」或一經多會說，如《華嚴》、《般若》。或一會說多經，如《無量義》、《法華》。彌勒世尊龍華三會，七佛說法會數不同。「三凡聖大小」，或唯集聲聞等，或唯集菩薩，或三乘同會等。「九化儀」，如教體中。而言等者，有二：一瞪視等、二化儀前後。或先小後大、先大後小，或顯密不同、頓漸等異，並如教攝中說。

Regarding the Commentary's phrase: "First, quantity": either bodhisattvas are many and śrāvakas are few, or the reverse, or both are many, or both are few. Therefore, the preceding 'Chapter on the Formation of Worlds' clarifies the appearance of buddhas by stating: "Either transforming many sentient beings, or subduing few sentient beings," and so forth. The Fo ming jing says that in the first assembly of the Buddha Merupradīparāja, there were eighty billion hundred thousand nayutas of śrāvakas, which is 'many'. As for "second, the number of assemblies": as the seventh fascicle of the Fo ming jing states, "The Buddha Merupradīparāja preached the Dharma in four assemblies, the Buddha Kusumaprabha preached the Dharma in one assembly, the Buddha Ghoṣadatta preached the Dharma in three assemblies, and the Buddha Jvālapramukta preached the Dharma in ten assemblies." Or a single sūtra is preached in multiple assemblies, such as the Avataṃsaka and Prajñāpāramitā. Or multiple sūtras are preached in a single assembly, such as the Anantanirdeśa and Saddharmapuṇḍarīka. Maitreya World-Honoured One will have three assemblies under the dragon flower tree, and the number of assemblies for preaching the Dharma varies among the seven buddhas. "Third, common and noble, great and small": either only śrāvakas and such assemble, or only bodhisattvas assemble, or the triyāna gathers in the same assembly. "Ninth, the manner of conversion": as in the essence of the teaching. As for the word "and so forth," there are two senses: first, staring fixedly and so forth; second, the sequence in the manner of conversion. Either first the small and then the great, or first the great and then the small; or differences of esoteric and exoteric, gradual and sudden, and so forth—all are as stated in the subsumption of teachings.