[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Buddhist Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha) › [Taishō Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho) › [法苑珠林](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122) › 1.25 # 法苑珠林 1.25 法苑珠林 1.25 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.25) 依新婆沙論云。劫有三種。一中間劫。二成壞劫。三大劫。中間劫復有三種。一減劫。二增劫。三增減劫。減者從人壽無量歲減至十歲。增者從人壽十歲增至八萬歲。增減者從人壽十歲增至八萬歲。復從八萬歲減至十歲。此中一減一增。十八增減。合二十中劫世間成。二十中劫成已住此合名成劫。經二十中劫世間壞。二十中劫壞已空。此合名壞劫。總八十中劫合名大劫。成已住中二十中劫。初一唯減。後一唯增。中間十八亦增亦減。故對法論云。由此劫數。顯色無色界諸天壽量也。 > According to the new Vibhāṣā-śāstra: Kalpas are of three kinds: first, intermediate kalpas; second, kalpas of formation and destruction; third, mahākalpas. Intermediate kalpas are again of three kinds: first, kalpas of decrease; second, kalpas of increase; third, kalpas of increase and decrease. A decrease is when the human lifespan decreases from an immeasurable number of years down to ten years. An increase is when the human lifespan increases from ten years up to eighty thousand years. An increase and decrease is when the human lifespan increases from ten years up to eighty thousand years, and again decreases from eighty thousand years down to ten years. Here, one decrease, one increase, and eighteen increases-and-decreases—together these twenty intermediate kalpas are when the world forms. For twenty intermediate kalpas, having formed, it abides; these together are called the kalpa of formation. It undergoes twenty intermediate kalpas of the world's destruction. For twenty intermediate kalpas, having been destroyed, it remains empty; these together are called the kalpa of destruction. Altogether, eighty intermediate kalpas are together called a mahākalpa. Among the twenty intermediate kalpas during which it abides after having formed: the first is solely a decrease; the last is solely an increase; and the eighteen in between are both increases and decreases. Therefore the Abhidharmasamuccaya says: It is by these numbers of kalpas that the lifespans of the gods of the form and formless realms are revealed. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.24) - [Next: 1.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.26) - [Up: 1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122~en-mt.1.25) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (2) - [瑜伽論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1828.1.452) — Classical Chinese - [俱舍論記](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.1821.12.14) — Classical Chinese --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.25) · Pramāṇa