[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) › [Sūtras of the Middle-length Discourses transmitted singly](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama) › [Stahānadharasūtra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra) › [འཕགས་པ་གནས་འཇོག་པའི་མདོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo) › [The Sutra of Vasishtha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000) › 7 # འཕགས་པ་གནས་འཇག་པའ་མད་ཞས་བྱ་བ 7 The Sūtra of Vasiṣṭha 7 - **Language:** English ### [7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.7) or a hundred thousandth, or any number, fraction, sum total, analogy, or comparison. Vasiṣṭha, such is the great fruit of maintaining the eightfold observance of the noble ones; such is the great benefit; such is the great power; such is the abundance. Vasiṣṭha, maintain the eightfold observance of the noble ones, practice diligently on special days, and experience all that gods and humans wish! “Furthermore, Vasiṣṭha, in comparison to the happiness of the god realms, sovereignty²⁰ in the human realm is of paltry worth. That which among humans is fifty years is but one day for the gods of the Heaven of the Four Great Kings. Fifteen of those spans of one day equal half a month, and thirty such days equal a month, and twelve such months equal a year. By that way of calculating, whatever constitutes five hundred years for the gods, that is the lifespan for the gods of the Heaven of the Four Great Kings. If calculated by human standards, it is nine million years.²¹ Vasiṣṭha, upon separation from the body, the fate of a faithful son or daughter of a good family, one who has maintained the eightfold observance of the noble ones a single time, will be a rebirth equal in status to the gods of the Heaven of the Four Great Kings. Vasiṣṭha, this is what I had in mind when I proclaimed, ‘In comparison to the happiness of the god realms, sovereignty in the human realm is of paltry worth.’ “That which among humans is one hundred years is but one day for the gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. Fifteen of those spans of one day equal half a month, and thirty such days equal a month, and twelve such months equal a year. By that way of calculating, whatever constitutes one thousand years for the gods, that is the lifespan for the gods of the Heaven of the Thirty-Three. If calculated by human standards, it is thirty-six million years. Upon separation from the body, the fate of a faithful son or daughter of a good family, one who maintains the eightfold observance of the noble ones a single time, - [Previous: 6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.6) - [Next: 8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.8) ## Linked texts (1) - [འཕགས་པ་གནས་འཇོག་པའི་མདོ་ཞེས་བྱ་བ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo.7) — Classical Tibetan --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.sanskrit.agama.madhyama.stahanadharasutra*bo~en-84000.7) · Pramāṇa