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Bhagavati Sūtra Bk. 5 Ch. 8
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A. 157. All time.
Q. 158. Bhante ! How long are the infernal beings with reinforcement ?
A. 158. Gautama ! Minimum one time-unit and maximum an unlimited portion of an avalikā.
Q. 159. How long (are they) with withdrawal ?
A. 159. The same (as in 157).
long with reinforcement-withdrawal ?
A. 160. The same.
Q. 161. What's the length of their being without reinforcement without withdrawal ?
A. 161. Gautama ! Minimum one time-unit, and maximum 12 muhúrtas. All the one-organ beings are for all times with reinforcement and with withdrawal. All the rest are with reinforcement, with withdrawal, with reinforcementwithdrawal, and also without reinforcement without withdrawal. The minimum span for all these is one time-unit, and the maximum span is innumerable portions of an avalika. As to the state of being without reinforcement without withdrawalit is like viraha-kāla (period of non-arrival non-departure).
प्रश्न १६२-सिद्धा णं भंते ! केवइयं कालं सोवचया ?
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Q. 162. Bhante ! How long are the perfected souls with reinforcement ?
