[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Buddhist Sanskrit literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit) › [Āgama sūtras of the mainstream schools](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama) › [Āyuḥparyantasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra) › [ཚེའི་མཐའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo) › [The Limits of Life](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000) › 10 # ཚའ་མཐའ་མད 10 The Limits of Life 10 - **Language:** English ### [10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.10) “Monks, do you want to hear about the lifespan of beings who have been reborn in the Blistering Hell?”¹⁰⁵ “Yes, Bhagavān, the time is right for that. Sugata, this is the right time for it. We, the monks, having heard the teaching from the Blessed One about the lifespan of beings that have been reborn in the Blistering Hell, will retain the teaching well.”¹⁰⁶ “Monks, in that case, listen carefully and concentrate! I will teach. Monks, it is like this: Imagine a container¹⁰⁷ with a capacity of twenty khārī¹⁰⁸ that contains a full measure of twenty khārī of Kosalan sesame seeds and is filled to the brim with them. Now imagine that someone were to remove a single seed from that container every hundred years.¹⁰⁹ I say, monks, that the contents of that container holding twenty khārīs of sesame seeds would quickly be emptied out completely by this method, but, monks, not so the lifespan of beings who have been reborn in the Blistering Hell. “Twenty times the lifespan in the Blistering Hell is that in the Bursting Blister Hell.¹¹⁰ Twenty times the lifespan in the Bursting Blister Hell is that in the Hell of Chattering Teeth. Twenty times the lifespan in the Hell of Chattering Teeth is that in the Hell of Lamentation. Twenty times the lifespan in the Hell of Lamentation is that in the Cold Whimpering Hell. Twenty times the lifespan in the Cold Whimpering Hell is that in the Splitting Open Like a Blue Lotus Hell. Twenty times the lifespan in the Splitting Open Like a Blue Lotus Hell is that in the Splitting Open Like a Lotus Hell. Twenty times the lifespan in the Splitting Open Like a Lotus Hell is the Great Splitting Open Like a Lotus Hell.¹¹¹ Devadatta’s¹¹² partisan,¹¹³ the monk Kokālika, because he felt anger toward¹¹⁴ the monks Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana,¹¹⁵ will be reborn in the Great Splitting Open Like a Lotus Hell with his own body.¹¹⁶ “Therefore, monks, you should train the mind thus: not even toward the burnt stump of a tree should you generate an attitude of hatred, let alone toward a conscious being! You should train in that way, monks!” Then, at this point, the Bhagavān spoke the following verses:¹¹⁷ “Some people are born - [Previous: 9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.9) - [Next: 11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.11) ## Linked texts (1) - [ཚེའི་མཐའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo.10) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.10) · Pramāṇa