三彌勒經疏 1.56

1.56

Third is distinguishing the general and specific, in which there are two pairs: First, the contrast between ordinary and noble in general and specific: the names of the ordinary assembly are general, merely speaking of 'the devas and so on' without indicating individual names; the names of the noble assembly are specific, as distinct names are individually specified. Second, the contrast between principals and retinues in general and specific: among the noble assembly, Kāśyapa and the others are named specifically, as their distinct names are listed; their retinues are named generally, as only their total numbers are indicated. One view holds that those summoned by the light exhausted both the new and old assemblies. We now say this is not so, as the bodhisattvas of the ten directions mentioned below were not listed here.