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Knowing this world, which is full of many kinds of suffering, one should quickly consider it as insignificant. ||708-710||
Now, regarding the perspective of the world: The world is one-fold, two-fold, three-fold, or even multi-fold. One should contemplate the harmony of the world through the elements and their categories. ||711||
**Meaning:** This world is generally one, it is two-fold due to the upper and lower worlds, it is three-fold when the world of the transmigrating beings is included. It is four, five, six, seven, or eight-fold depending on the elements, substances, karma, and their categories. In this way, one should contemplate the existence of the world through the elements and their categories. ||711||
The world is natural, without beginning or end, and born of its own nature. It is sustained by living and non-living beings, eternal, and shaped like a palm tree. ||712||
**Meaning:** This world is not artificial, it has no beginning or end, it exists by its own nature, it is not created by anyone. It is filled with living and non-living beings, it is eternal (always existing), and it is shaped like a palm tree. ||712||
The space of dharma and adharma, the movement and non-movement of living beings and souls, as long as the world exists, the space is infinite. ||713||