佛祖統紀 31.12

31.12

The *Dīrghāgama* says: In the trichiliocosm, there is furthermore a Great Vajra Mountain encircling the great ocean waters. Outside the Vajra Mountain, there is yet a second Great Vajra Mountain. Between the two mountains, it is deep, obscure, and gloomy, containing the eight great hells, which the divine sun and moon cannot illumine. / The *Ruiying jing* says: The country of Kapilavastu lies in the center of three thousand suns and moons (the Gushan Commentary: "the great-thousand") and twelve thousand heavens and earths (the Commentary: "the great-thousand has a myriad billion heavens and earths; two thousand refers to the medium-thousand and small-thousand"). / The *Xianyang lun* [says]: The illumination of one sun and moon is named one world. A thousand such suns and moons, a thousand [heavens of] the six desires, and a thousand First Dhyāna [heavens] are named a small-thousand realm. Taking a thousand small-thousands is named a medium-thousand, within which there is one Third Dhyāna, one thousand Second Dhyānas, and one million First Dhyānas. Again, taking a thousand medium-thousands makes a great-thousand, within which there is one Fourth Dhyāna, one thousand Third Dhyānas, one million Second Dhyānas, and one hundred million First Dhyānas (according to this, it should be called one hundred million Sumerus). / The *Abhidharma-kośa* says: From the edge of this Sumeru summit to the edge of that Sumeru summit is 1,200,3450 yojanas. From the center of this Sumeru to the center of that Sumeru is 1,200,83,450 yojanas. From the base of this mountain to the base of that mountain is 1,200,3015 yojanas. This was spoken by the Buddha.