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[2, 3, 3] According to the internal-sequence, the duration of the movement of a single being is described as follows:
[379] A being who is an eater remains for a minimum of three moments, which is the time of a small-body-absorption. ||211|| At most, they remain an eater for an immeasurable number of moments, which is the time of an immeasurable number of cycles of descent and ascent. ||212||
How long does a being remain a non-eater? ||213|| For how long does a being remain a non-eater? ||213|| At least for one moment. ||214|| At most, they remain a non-eater for three moments. ||215||
An inner-moment. ||216||
Compared to a non-liberated being, a being remains a non-eater for a maximum of an inner-moment. ||216||
|| The description of the duration of a single being is complete. || 2 ||
3. According to the internal-sequence, what is the duration of the interval between two beings in hell, as described in the discourse on the movement of a single being? ||1||
Compared to a single being, the interval between two beings in hell is at least an inner-moment. ||2||
A single being exits hell and is born in the womb of a beast or a human. There, within the most wretched lifespan, it dies with the karmic residue of hell, and is reborn in hell again. Thus, the most wretched interval between two beings in hell is only an inner-moment.
At most, their interval is an immeasurable number of moments, which is the time of an immeasurable number of transformations of matter. ||3||