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one soul in going once, round every single point of space in the universe consecutively, beginning from the foot of Mount Meru.
(3) Kala Parivartana. Time-cycle,-a soul is born in the first samaya, or instant of an Avasarpiní, then in the 2nd samaya of another (next or any other) Avasarpiní, then in the 3rd samaya of a third, and so on; till in the last samaya it is born in the last samaya of a new Avasarpini. Similarly it must be born in Utsarpini. Then it must die in each samaya of the two eras, like the above. The time taken to go through all this is a Time-Cycle(KálaParivartama.)
(4) Bhava-parivartana, Incarnation-cycle, a soul is born in hell with minimum age of 10,000 years. He is reborn again (after other births) in hell with 10,000 years ago. This goes on as many times as there are samayas in 10,000 years. Then he is reborn there with an age of 10,000 years, and one samaya, then with an age of 10,000 years and 2 samayas, and thus at every birth, he adds one samaya till he is born with the maximum age of 33 Ságaras. The time taken is called Hellish-Cycle. Similarly with the Celestial-Cycle; but there the minimum is 10,000 years and the maximum is only 31 Ságaras, up to the 9th Graiveyaka.
In the sub-human and human-Cycles the minimum is one Antar-muhúrta, and the maximum is 3 palyas. The procedure is the same as in the Hellish and Celestial-Cycles.
The time taken in all these four cycles, is called one Incarnation-Cycle.
(5) Bháva-Parivartana. Thought-Cycle.
Innumerable units of soul's, Yoga-sthána, Vibratory activity make one Anubhága-bandha-Adhyavasáya-sthána, or a degree of the passion which determines intensity of bondage. Innumerable xinnumerable, Anubhága-bandhas make one Kasháyá-dhya-vasáya sthána. 2. e., one degree of passion which determines the duration of bondage. Innumerable x innumerable Kasháya, etc., make one Jaghanya-sthiti-bandha, i. e., minimum duration of bondage in a rational wrong-believing person. This is Antah crore X crore ságars. One sthiti needs that the soul should pass through everyone of the innumerable Yoga-sthánas, to earn one Anubhága-bandha and then so on, to earn one sthiti. Thus it should go up to the maximum duration of each one of the 8 Karmas, of course adding only one samaya at each step onwards from the minimum duration. When it has thus gone through the 8 karmas and their 148 divisions, it is said to have done one Thought-Cycle (Bháva-parivartana).
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