妙法蓮華經玄贊 6.192

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又寒地獄於八熱大地獄次第相望，壽量近半。近邊、孤獨二地獄中，壽量不定。上說欲果五趣壽量，梵眾天壽二十中劫一劫，梵輔天壽四十中劫一劫，大梵天壽六十中劫一劫，少光天壽八十中劫二劫。以上諸天壽量相望各漸倍增，唯除無雲，當知彼天壽減三劫。空無邊處壽二萬劫，識無邊處壽四萬劫，無所有處壽六萬劫，非想非非想處壽八萬劫。上來所說除北拘盧洲，餘一切處悉有中夭。雖一切化生，身死皆無滓穢。然即今時人鬼傍生皆有滓身，天及地獄與識俱沒無滓穢身。然《正法念》等說一百三十六地獄者，八大地獄一一皆有十六近邊四門園觀，計有一百二十八所，并根本八都計合成一百三十六；不數八寒及孤獨處，若計此者地獄甚多。《瑜伽論》云「此下過三萬二千有等活」，明知地獄在此洲下。小乘說不同，若依《正法念經》，在須彌山下有大地獄。上說壽量。

Furthermore, looking at the cold hells in succession relative to the eight great burning hells, their lifespans are nearly half. In the secondary and solitary hells, lifespans are indeterminate. The above explains the lifespans of the five destinies as fruits of desire. The lifespan of the devas of the Retinue of Brahmā is twenty intermediate kalpas [per] one [great] kalpa; the devas of the Ministers of Brahmā have a lifespan of forty intermediate kalpas [per] one kalpa; the devas of the Great Brahmā have a lifespan of sixty intermediate kalpas [per] one kalpa; the devas of Lesser Light have a lifespan of eighty intermediate kalpas [per] two kalpas. In comparison, the lifespans of the heavens above these progressively double, except for the Cloudless [Heaven], where it should be known that the lifespan is reduced by three kalpas. The Base of Boundless Space has a lifespan of twenty thousand kalpas; the Base of Boundless Consciousness has a lifespan of forty thousand kalpas; the Base of Nothingness has a lifespan of sixty thousand kalpas; and the Base of Neither-Conception-nor-Non-conception has a lifespan of eighty thousand kalpas. In what has been stated above, except for Uttarakuru, all other places have untimely death. Although for all apparitional births their bodies leave no corrupt residue at death, currently humans, ghosts, and animals all possess bodies with residue; devas and [beings in] the hells perish along with their consciousness without bodily residue. However, when the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna[-sūtra] and others speak of one hundred and thirty-six hells, each of the eight great hells has sixteen secondary enclosures and outlook towers on its four gates, totaling one hundred and twenty-eight places, which combined with the eight fundamental hells make one hundred and thirty-six; this does not count the eight cold hells or solitary hells—if these were counted, the hells would be very numerous. The Yogācārabhūmi-śāstra states: "Thirty-two thousand [yojanas] beneath this is Sañjīva," from which it is clear that the hells lie beneath this continent. The Hīnayāna traditions differ; according to the Saddharmasmṛtyupasthāna-sūtra, the great hells lie beneath Mount Sumeru. The above explains lifespan.