瑜伽論記 1.435

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1.435

Regarding the statement, 'meaning there is such a time... down to eighty thousand years': the humans of Jambudvīpa decrease from an initially immeasurable lifespan down to eighty thousand years. Although it is said that the lifespan is immeasurable, it does not exceed half a kalpa, because the Vibhāṣā states: 'Among the wholesome karmas of the desire realm, none can obtain a lifespan of one kalpa; only the unwholesome karmic fruits of the Avīci hell and of the dragon kings who uphold the earth endure for one kalpa.'

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瑜伽論記 — Classical Chinese