[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) › 2 # ཚའ་མཐའ་མད 2 The Limits of Life 2 - **Language:** English ### [2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.2) is one eon. Premature death does occur. “Monks, one day for the pretas corresponds to thirty days for humans. Since thirty such days constitute one month, and twelve months constitute one year, pretas have a lifespan of five hundred years by this way of calculating.²⁴ According to human years, this is fifteen thousand years. Premature death does occur.” Then, at this time, the Bhagavān spoke these verses: “With their mouths and throats parched, they suffer intensely. Their bodies rise high like mountains tall.²⁵ They are all coated in hair,²⁶ their mouths are fretfully agape,²⁷ Their noses extremely thin like needles. “Their skeleton-like, naked bodies are clad only in their own hair— Deformed figures with hands like cups,²⁸ They suffer intensely from hunger, thirst, and fatigue.²⁹ They howl, and their aching bodies writhe. “Constantly experiencing painful sensations, they cry out in agony. Those who resort to jealousy and spite for others in this world, Having committed negative actions, Will be born in the realm of the pretas.³⁰ “Monks, the lifespan of human beings inhabiting the eastern continent Pūrvavideha³¹ is two hundred fifty years. Premature death does occur. “Monks, the lifespan of human beings inhabiting the western continent Avaragodānīya³² is five hundred years. Premature death does occur. “Monks, the lifespan of human beings inhabiting the northern continent Uttarakuru³³ is one thousand years. Premature death does not occur. “Why do the human beings who inhabit the continent Uttarakuru have a lifespan of one thousand years and not experience premature death? “Monks, the human beings inhabiting the continent Uttarakuru have no sense of mine and no notion of ownership, and their lifespan is predetermined. When they die and pass from there, they progress higher and higher,³⁴ and in the future they go to heaven. Monks, this is why the human beings inhabiting the continent Uttarakuru have a lifespan of one thousand years and do not experience premature death.” Then, at that time, the Bhagavān spoke the following verses: “Beings who are stricken by poverty - [Previous: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.1) - [Next: 3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.3) ## Linked texts (1) - [ཚེའི་མཐའི་མདོ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo.2) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.ayuhparyantasutra*bo~en-84000.2) · Pramāṇa