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## The Eighteenth Kayasthilip 1378.
**Question 1378:** Gautama, how long does a *samsara-parita* (bound) being remain in the *samsara-parita-paryaya* (state of bondage)?
**Answer 1378:** Gautama, the least amount of time is an *anto-muhurta* (a very short period of time), and the greatest amount of time is *ananta-kala* (infinite time), until the *desona-apardha-pudgala-paravarta* (the half-cycle of the transformation of matter).
**Question 1376:** Gautama, how long does an *aparita* (unbound) being remain in the *aparita-paryaya* (state of liberation)?
**Answer 1376:** Gautama, there are two types of *aparita* beings: (1) *kaya-aparita* (liberated in body) and (2) *samsara-aparita* (liberated from the cycle of birth and death).
**Question 1380:** Gautama, how long does a *kaya-aparita* being remain in the *kaya-aparita-paryaya* (state of liberation in body)?
**Answer 1380:** Gautama, the least amount of time is an *anto-muhurta* (a very short period of time), and the greatest amount of time is *vanaspati-kala* (the lifespan of a tree).
**Question 1381:** Gautama, how long does a *samsara-aparita* being remain in the *samsara-aparita-paryaya* (state of liberation from the cycle of birth and death)?
**Answer 1381:** Gautama, there are two types of *samsara-aparita* beings: (1) *anadi-aparyavasita* (without beginning and without end) and (2) *anadi-saparyavasita* (without beginning but with an end).
**Question 1382:** Gautama, how long does a *noparita-noaparita* (neither bound nor unbound) being remain in the *noparita-noaparita-paryaya* (state of neither bondage nor liberation)?
**Answer 1382:** Gautama, it is *sadi-aparyavasita* (without beginning and without end). This is the sixteenth *dwar* (gate).
**Commentary:** The seven sutras (1376 to 1382) presented in the sixteenth *parita-dwar* (gate of bondage) describe the duration of the *sv-sv-paryaya* (respective states) of the two types of *parita* (bound) beings, the two types of *aparita* (unbound) beings, and the *noparita-noaparita* (neither bound nor unbound) beings.