請觀音經疏 1.17

1.17

Third is the listing of the assembly of ordinary beings, which consists of the eight classes, called the four kinds of assembly. The current recipients are the five hundred and those who attained the path later. The instigators are Yuegaiduo, Śāriputra, and others. The resonant reflectors are the twenty thousand listed above and the provisional manifestations among the eight classes. Those forming a karmic affinity are those who gained no immediate benefit at the time but are saved in later lives. Moreover, four propositions are made regarding urgency in vehicle and laxity in precepts (and so forth).