The fourvarga(groups, or orders), i. e.bhikṣu,bhikṣuṇī,upāsakaandupāsikā, monks, nuns, male and female devotees. Another group, according to Tiantai's commentary on the Lotus, is 發起眾 the assembly which, through Śāriputra, stirred the Buddha to begin hisLotus Sutrasermons; 當機眾 the pivotal assembly, those who were responsive to him; 影向眾 the reflection assembly, those like Mañjuśrī, etc., who reflected on, or drew out the Buddha's teaching; and 結緣眾 those who only profited in having seen and heard a Buddha, and therefore whose enlightenment is delayed to a future life.