無量壽經連義述文贊 1.8

1.8

Regarding the sūtra text: "twelve thousand in all": The commentary states: This is second, declaring the number. That treatise also says: "Perfection of number means that the great assembly is countless; though general and specific differ, their meaning is one." And as for Bai Yan declaring one thousand two hundred and fifty people, it briefly mentions the regular assembly without exhausting the full count, so it also does not contradict.