維摩經略疏垂裕記 4.27

4.27

二、八萬發心。「如前分別」者，如前明五百皆已發心，約相似位也。荊溪云：八萬發心，準前得忍。或在前教已曾發心，聞於後教重能發也。若超若次、凡來聖來，準說可知。

Second, the eighty thousand arousing the mind [of awakening]. Regarding 'as distinguished before': as explained previously, the five hundred had all already aroused the mind, which is spoken of in terms of the stage of resemblance. Jingxi says: The eighty thousand arousing the mind is modelled on the attainment of receptive tolerance described above. Either they had already aroused the mind in a former teaching and were able to arouse it anew upon hearing the later teaching; whether by leaping or in sequence, coming as ordinary mortals or coming as nobles, it is understood according to this exposition.