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"All beings are accessible" - Thus, O Venerable One! What is the relationship between the first-time beings and the non-first-time beings? Gautama! The first-time beings are infinite times more numerous than the non-first-time beings. Thus, O Venerable One! What is the relationship between the first-time humans and the non-first-time humans? Gautama! The first-time humans are countless times more numerous than the non-first-time humans. / Just as humans, so are the gods. / Thus, O Venerable One! What is the relationship between the first-time liberated souls and the non-first-time liberated souls? Is it equal, more, less, or different? Gautama! The first-time liberated souls are infinite times more numerous than the non-first-time liberated souls. Thus, O Venerable One! What is the relationship between the first-time hell beings, the non-first-time hell beings, the first-time beings of the lower realms, the non-first-time beings of the lower realms, the first-time humans, the non-first-time humans, the first-time gods, the non-first-time gods, the first-time liberated souls, and the non-first-time liberated souls? Is it equal, more, less, or different? Gautama! The first-time liberated souls are countless times more numerous than the first-time humans, the non-first-time humans, the first-time hell beings, the first-time gods, the first-time beings of the lower realms, the non-first-time hell beings, the non-first-time gods, the non-first-time liberated souls, and the non-first-time beings of the lower realms. / This is the essence of the doctrine of the accessibility of all beings. / This is the essence of the doctrine of the accessibility of all beings. / Thus ends the Sutra on the Accessibility of All Beings. / (Sutra Grantha Pram 4750 // ) 259. Alternatively, all beings are of ten types, namely: 1. First-time hell beings, 2. Non-first-time hell beings, 3. First-time beings of the lower realms, 4. Non-first-time beings of the lower realms, 5. First-time humans, 6. Non-first-time humans, 7. First-time gods, 8. Non-first-time gods, 9. First-time liberated souls, 10. Non-first-time liberated souls. / O Venerable One! For how long does a first-time hell being remain as a first-time hell being? Gautama! For one time period. / O Venerable One! For how long does a non-first-time hell being remain as a non-first-time hell being? Gautama! For a period of time less than ten thousand years, and in the best case, for a period of time less than thirty-three oceans. / O Venerable One! For how long does a first-time being of the lower realms remain as a first-time being of the lower realms? Gautama! For one time period. / A non-first-time being of the lower realms remains in the lowest case for a period of time less than the time it takes for a small planet to be consumed, and in the highest case for a period of time equal to the lifespan of a plant. / O Venerable One! For how long does a first-time human remain as a first-time human? Gautama! For one time period. /