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Now we will explain the nature of the subtle liberation-atom-simile and the liberation-ocean-simile. To divide each hair-tip of the liberation-atom into countless, countless pieces by one's own intellect. These pieces are so subtle compared to a hair that they are countless times smaller than the smallest particle of matter that a very pure-minded man can see with his eyes. And compared to the area that the body of a subtle-perceiving living being occupies, they are countless times smaller than the area that a subtle-perceiving living being occupies. These hair-tips should be packed tightly into the liberation-atom as before. As before, if one removes one piece of the hair-tip at a time, it will take countless crores of years for the liberation-atom to be emptied. Therefore, that period of time is called the subtle liberation-atom-simile. Ten subtle liberation-atom-similes make one subtle liberation-ocean-simile.
The islands and oceans are counted by these subtle liberation-atom-similes and subtle liberation-ocean-similes. There are as many islands and oceans as there are periods of time in two and a half subtle liberation-ocean-similes, or twenty-five koṭakoṭi subtle liberation-atom-similes.
What is the purpose of these subtle liberation-atom-similes and liberation-ocean-similes? The liberation of islands and oceans takes place in these subtle liberation-atom-similes and liberation-ocean-similes. How many, sir? The islands and oceans... ... "As many as there are periods of time in two and a half liberation-ocean-similes."
-Anuyogadār Sūtra 138
1. In the commentary of the *Viśeṣāvaśyaka Bhāṣya* by Koṭyācārya (p. 210), the meaning of *parfa* is given as "a particular plant". In the commentary of the *Pravachanasārōddhār*, it is stated that its subtle perception is equal to the body of the earth-body of the *bādar* *paryāptak*.