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瑜伽師地論略纂 2.81

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2.81

Regarding "Anabhraka decreases by three": Apramāṇābha Heaven is four yojanas; Ābhāsvara Heaven is eight; Parīttaśubha is sixteen; Apramāṇaśubha is thirty-two; Śubhakṛtsna is sixty-four; Anabhraka is one hundred and twenty-five, because it decreases by three; in this way it doubles and doubles progressively, up to Akaniṣṭha Heaven where the body length is sixteen thousand yojanas. Because karma differs, bodily stature has differences, which cannot be cross-examined. Since it is not said that the body of the Avīci [beings] pervades the place, we know it is small. The asuras are also like this. Unlike other schools, the great hells exist only below this [continent]. In the other three [continents] there are solitary and peripheral [hells]; because of the preponderance of karma, it is said that those who commit evil deeds come to enter this hell.

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