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## Chapter 280, Section 204, The Living Beings Chapter
**Water-bodied living beings are special and more numerous than air-bodied living beings. The number of beings in this special category is countless.**
**Explanation:**
According to the teachings of the Acharya Parampara, which are consistent with the Sutras, the method for calculating the number of fiery-bodied living beings is as follows:
1. **Establish a dense realm as the base.**
2. **Rarefy another dense realm.**
3. **For each unit in the rarefied realm, give a dense realm.**
4. **Multiply the two realms together and subtract one from the base realm.** This gives the first **mutual multiplier**.
5. **Square the result of the multiplication.** These squares are only a fraction of the countless parts of the **Palyopam**.
6. **The number of **half-moon shaped** units in the result is countless.**
7. **The total number of units in the result is also countless.**
8. **Rarefy this large number.**
9. **For each unit in the rarefied realm, give the same large number.**
10. **Multiply the two realms together and subtract one from the base realm.** This gives the second **mutual multiplier**, which is **two**.
11. **The squares, half-moon shaped units, and the total number of units in the result are all countless.**
12. **Continue this process until the number of realms in the base is exhausted.**
13. **The number of **mutual multipliers** will then be equal to the number of realms.**
14. **The remaining three quantities (the total number of units in the result, the squares, and the half-moon shaped units) will all be countless.**
15. **Rarefy the total number of units in the result.**
16. **Establish this rarefied realm as the base.**
17. **For each unit in the rarefied realm, give the same number of units as the total number in the result.**
18. **Multiply the two realms together and subtract one from the base realm.** This gives the **mutual multiplier**, which is **one more than the number of realms.**
19. **The remaining three quantities (the total number of units in the result, the squares, and the half-moon shaped units) will all be countless.**
20. **Rarefy the total number of units in the result.**
21. **For each unit in the rarefied realm, give the same number of units as the total number in the result.**
22. **Multiply the two realms together and subtract one from the base realm.** This gives the **mutual multiplier**, which is **two more than the number of realms.**
23. **The remaining three quantities (the total number of units in the result, the squares, and the half-moon shaped units) will all be equal to the number of realms.**
24. **Continue this process until the number of **mutual multipliers** is two more than the number of realms.**
25. **All four quantities will then be countless.**
26. **Continue this process until the base realm is exhausted.**
27. **All four quantities will then be countless.**
28. **Finally, establish the total number of units in the result as the base.**
29. **Rarefy another realm with the same number of units as the total number in the result.**
30. **For each unit in the rarefied realm, give the same number of units as the total number in the result.**
31. **Multiply the two realms together and subtract one from the base realm.**
32. **All four quantities will then be countless.**
33. **Continue this process until the base realm is exhausted.**
34. **All four quantities will then be countless.**
35. **Finally, divide the total number of units in the result into three parts.**
36. **Establish one part as the base.**
37. **Rarefy another part.**
38. **For each unit in the rarefied realm, give the remaining part.**
39. **Multiply the two realms together and subtract one from the base realm.**
**This process demonstrates that the number of fiery-bodied living beings is countless.**
**Note:** This explanation uses the terms "realm" and "unit" to represent the Jain concepts of "lok" and "shalaka" respectively. The specific details of the calculation are not essential for understanding the general principle that the number of fiery-bodied living beings is vast and immeasurable.