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**704**
The world is fourfold: substance, field, time, and state. It is bound by the four paths of transmigration and should be known in many ways.
**Meaning:** The world is to be known as four transformations: substance, field, time, and state. It is the cause for wandering in the paths of hell, etc., and is of many kinds.
**705**
Who is the world? What is the state of the world? Whose is the world? Where is the world? For how long is the world? How many kinds of world are there? All states should be known through these six gates of non-attachment.
**Meaning:** Who is the world, by what state is the world, whose is the world, where is the world, for how long is the world, how many kinds of world are there - the world and all substances should be known through these six questions and answers.
**706**
There is the fear of old age, the fear of death, the suffering of body, speech, and mind, the suffering arising from separation from loved ones, the suffering arising from unpleasant associations, and the great pain of diseases.
**Meaning:** In this world, one experiences the fear of old age, the fear of death, the suffering of body, speech, and mind, the suffering arising from separation from loved ones, the suffering arising from unpleasant associations, and the pain arising from diseases like cough, etc.