[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) › 1.40 # 法苑珠林 1.40 法苑珠林 1.40 - **Language:** Classical Chinese ### [1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.40) 又長阿含經云。佛告比丘。有四事長久無量無限。不可以日月歲數而稱計也。云何為四。一時世間災漸起。壞此世時中間長久。不可以日月歲數而稱計也。二者此世間壞已中間空曠。無有世間長久逈遠。不可以日月歲數而稱計也。三者天地初起向欲成時中間長久。不可以日月歲數而稱計也。四者天地成已久住不壞。不可以日月歲數而稱計也。是為四事長久無量無限不可以日月歲數而計量也。 > Further, the \*Dīrgha-āgama\* says: The Buddha told the bhikṣus: There are four things that are of immense and limitless duration, which cannot be measured or reckoned by the count of days, months, and years. What are the four? First, the time when calamities gradually arise in the world and destroy this world, the interval of which is long and cannot be measured or reckoned by the count of days, months, and years. Second, after this world is destroyed, the interval is empty, vast, and devoid of a world, long and distant, and cannot be measured or reckoned by the count of days, months, and years. Third, the interval when heaven and earth first arise and are about to be formed is long, and cannot be measured or reckoned by the count of days, months, and years. Fourth, after heaven and earth have formed, they abide for a long time without destruction, and this cannot be measured or reckoned by the count of days, months, and years. These are the four things that are of immense and limitless duration, which cannot be reckoned or measured by the count of days, months, and years. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 1.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.39) - [Next: 1.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.41) - [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.1.40) — English, machine translation --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.taisho.2122.1.40) · Pramāṇa