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- [118846] - Chapter One
[25] The number of beings in the three realms is from three to nine. The number of beings who are not heedless and restrained is countable. The number of beings in the four stages of liberation is one, two, or three at the beginning, and forty-four at the peak. The number of beings who are accumulated by their own time is countable. The number of beings in the four stages of destruction and the non-liberated is one, two, or three at the beginning, and one hundred and eight at the peak. The number of beings who are accumulated by their own time is countable. The number of beings in the liberated is one, two, or three at the beginning, and one hundred and eight at the peak. The number of beings who are accumulated by their own time is one hundred thousand.
846. In particular, according to the translation of the path of motion, in the first earth of the hell realm, the number of beings who are false-believers is countless, and the number of these realms is countless. In the second and subsequent earths up to the seventh earth, the number of beings who are false-believers is countless, and the number of these realms is countless. This countless number is countless kotis of yojanas. In all the earths, the number of beings who are right-believers, mixed-believers, and unrestrained right-believers is countless. In the animal realm, the number of beings who are false-believers is infinite. The number of beings in each stage of liberation from right-believers to restrained is countless. In the human realm, the number of beings who are false-believers is countless, and the number of these realms is countless. This countless number is countless kotis of yojanas. The number of beings in each stage of liberation from right-believers to restrained is countable. The number of beings who are heedless and restrained is the same as that which has been stated above. In the god realm, the number of beings who are false-believers is countless. 1. The false-believers in the animal realm. 2. A realm is a row of sky regions that is seven rajjus long and one pradesa wide. The number of beings who are false-believers in the first hell is equal to the number of pradesas in the countless realms of the first hell. 3. A realm is a square of realms. 4. The number of beings in each of the second and subsequent hells is equal to the number of yojanas in the countless realms of the first hell. This number decreases progressively. 5. This number includes the number of beings who are restrained. 6. The number of beings in each stage of liberation from right-believers to restrained is explained in detail in the commentary on the Tattvartha Sutra by Acharya Umasvati. 7. The number of beings who are false-believers in the god realm should be understood to be the same as the number of beings who are false-believers in the first hell. The same should be understood in the same way for the rest.