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those of immeasurable radiance, and those who are radiant ones; those who have obtained the third dhyāna, that is, those of limited splendor, those of immeasurable splendor, and those of complete splendor; those who have obtained the fourth dhyāna, that is, those who are unclouded, those with abundant merit, those with great fruition, and those who have a nature that is free from perception; and those gods³⁶ [of the Pure Abodes (śuddhāvāsa)], that is, those who are relatively not great, those without trouble, those of excellent appearance, those of excellent observation,³⁷ and those who are highest—even for them [TUL.47.a] life concludes with death, has its limit in death, for there is nothing that is born that will not die. ³⁸

“Monks,³⁹ those gods of the formless realm⁴⁰—those gods belonging to the sphere of the infinity of space, those belonging to the sphere of the infinity of consciousness, those belonging to the sphere of nothingness, those belonging to the sphere of neither perception nor nonperception; even for them life concludes with death, has its limit in death, for there is nothing that is born that will not die. These are the three worlds.⁴¹

“Monks,⁴² those arhats, whose negative influences have been exhausted, who have fulfilled their duty, who have done what is to be done, who have laid aside their burdens, who have reached their own goals, those for whom the fetters of existence have been exhausted, whose minds have been completely liberated by proper, highest knowledge, those who have obtained the excellent perfection consisting of complete mastery of thought—even for them their pleasing⁴³ bodies are subject to being given up.⁴⁴

“Monks,⁴⁵ those pratyekabuddhas living alone like a rhinoceros, who live in crowds,⁴⁶ who master themselves alone, who pacify themselves alone, who enter parinirvāṇa themselves alone—even for them their pleasing⁴⁷ bodies are subject to being given up. [RAS.61.b]

“Monks,⁴⁸ those tathāgatas,