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[278] [Pramapanasutra Goyama! All beings are bound by the karma of lifespan 1, those with insufficient merit are numerous 2, those who are asleep are numerous 3, those who are violent are numerous 4, those who experience the seven types of pain are numerous 5, those who are endowed with senses are numerous 6, those who are suitable for the formless are numerous 7, those who are suitable for the form are numerous 8, those who are not endowed with senses are special 9, those who do not experience the seven types of pain are special 10, those who are not violent are special 11, those who are awake are special 12, those with sufficient merit are special 13, those who are not bound by the karma of lifespan are special 14 / Door 25 / / [325 Pra.] Bhagavan! Among these beings bound and unbound by the karma of lifespan, those with sufficient and insufficient merit, those who are asleep and awake, those who are violent and not violent, those who experience the seven types of pain and those who do not, those who are endowed with senses and those who are not, those who are suitable for the form and those who are suitable for the formless, which are fewer, which are more, which are equal, and which are special? [325 U.] Gautama! 1. The beings bound by the karma of lifespan are the fewest, 2. (compared to them) those with insufficient merit are numerous, 3. (compared to them) those who are asleep are numerous, 4. (compared to them) those who are violent are numerous, 5. (compared to them) those who experience the seven types of pain are numerous, 6. (compared to them) those who are endowed with senses are numerous, 7. (compared to them) those who are suitable for the formless are numerous, 8. (compared to them) those who are suitable for the form are numerous, 9. (compared to them) those who are not endowed with senses are special, 10. (compared to them) those who do not experience the seven types of pain are special, 11. (compared to them) those who are not violent are special, 12. (compared to them) those who are awake are special, 13. (compared to them) those with sufficient merit are special, 14. (and compared to them) those who are not bound by the karma of lifespan are special. The twenty-fifth (bond) door // 25 / / Discussion - The two hundred and fiftieth bond door - This sutra (325) presents the relative scarcity of beings bound and unbound by the karma of lifespan, those with sufficient and insufficient merit, those who are asleep and awake, those who are violent and not violent, those who experience the seven types of pain and those who do not, those who are endowed with senses and those who are not, and those who are suitable for the form and those who are suitable for the formless. Explanation of scarcity - Beings bound by the karma of lifespan are the fewest because the time of binding by the karma of lifespan is fixed and short / When one-third of the lifespan of the experienced being remains, or even one-third of that one-third, etc., the being binds the lifespan of the next birth / Therefore, two-thirds are the time of non-binding and one-third is the time of binding, and that time of binding is also a very short period. Those with insufficient merit are said to be numerous compared to those bound by the karma of lifespan / Those who are asleep are more numerous than those with insufficient merit, because those who are asleep are found among both those with sufficient and insufficient merit, and those with sufficient merit are more numerous than those with insufficient merit. Those who are violent (those who commit violence) are more numerous than those who are asleep, because many beings with sufficient and insufficient merit are found to be constantly committing violence that leads to death. Those who experience the seven types of pain are more numerous than those who are violent; because even among those bound by lifespan, those with insufficient merit, and those who are asleep, those who experience the seven types of pain are found. Those who are endowed with senses are more numerous than those who experience the seven types of pain, because those who use their senses are found not only among those who experience the seven types of pain but also among those who do not. Compared to them,