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## The Eighth Gate of Leshya: The Relative Abundance of Beings Based on Leshya
**[243 Eighth Gate of Leshya: The Relative Abundance of Beings Based on Leshya 255. AS: O Venerable One! Among the beings with Salesshya, Kinhlesshya, Nillesshya, Kaulesshya, Teulesshya, Pamhlesshya, Sukklesshya, and Alesshya, which are less, which are more, which are equal, and which are superior? GO: Venerable One! 1. Sukklesshya beings are the fewest, 2. Pamhlesshya beings are numerous times more, 3. Teulesshya beings are numerous times more, 4. Alesshya beings are infinitely more, 5. Kaulesshya beings are infinitely more, 6. Nillesshya beings are superior, 7. Kinhlesshya beings are superior, 8. Salesshya beings are superior. Eighth Gate // 8 //]**
**[255 Q.]** O Bhagavan! Among these beings with Salesshya, Krishna-leshya, Nila-leshya, Kapota-leshya, Tejo-leshya, Padma-leshya, Shukla-leshya, and those without Leshya (Alesshya), which are less, which are more, which are equal, and which are superior?
**[255 A.]** Gautama! 1. The fewest are the beings with Shukla-leshya, 2. (compared to them) the beings with Padma-leshya are numerous times more, 3. (compared to them) the beings with Tejo-leshya are numerous times more, 4. (compared to them) the beings without Leshya are infinitely more, 5. (compared to them) the beings with Kapota-leshya are infinitely more, 6. (compared to them) the beings with Nila-leshya are superior; 7. (compared to them) the beings with Krishna-leshya are superior, 8. (compared to them) the beings with Salesshya are superior. Eighth Gate // 8 //
**Discussion:** The Eighth Gate of Leshya presents the relative abundance of beings with Salesshya, the six distinct Leshyas, and those without Leshya, as per the sutra (255).
**Relative Abundance Based on Leshya:** The beings with Shukla-leshya are the fewest, as Shukla-leshya is found only in beings from the Lantank to the Uttara Vaimanika Devas, in some humans with a lifespan of a number of years in the Garbhaja Karmabhoomi, and in some Tiryanch-stri-purushas with a lifespan of a number of years.
Compared to them, the beings with Padma-leshya are numerous times more, as Padma-leshya is found in the Sanatkumar, Mahendra, and Brahma-loka-kalpa-dwelling Devas, in a large number of humans with a lifespan of a number of years in the Garbhaja-karmabhoomi, and in Garbhaja-tiryanch-stri-purushas. These beings, including the Sanatkumar Devas and the Lantank Devas, are numerous times more than the beings with Shukla-leshya.
Compared to them, the beings with Tejo-leshya are numerous times more, as Tejo-leshya is found in all the Saudharma and Ishana-kalpa Vaimanika Devas, in all the Jyotishka Devas, and in some Bhavanapati, Vanavyantara, Garbhaja-tiryanch-panchendriya, and human beings, and in the Badara-paryapta-ekendriya beings. Although the Jyotishka Devas are countless times more than the Bhavanavasi Devas and the Sanatkumar Devas, the beings with Tejo-leshya are only numerous times more than the beings with Padma-leshya.
This statement is not only about the Leshyas of the Devas, but about all beings. Therefore, the beings with Padma-leshya include many Tiryanch besides the Devas. Similarly, the beings with Tejo-leshya also include many Tiryanch, and the beings with Padma-leshya are also numerous. Therefore, the beings with Tejo-leshya can only be numerous times more than them, not countless times more.
Compared to the beings with Tejo-leshya, the beings without Leshya (Alesshya - Siddhas) are infinitely more, as the Siddha beings are infinite. Compared to them, the beings with Kapota-leshya are infinitely more, as Kapota-leshya is possible even in the Vanaspatika beings, and the Vanaspatika beings are...