Kathavatthu 2.7.12

2.7.12.1

Ākāsānañcāyatanūpagānaṃ devānaṃ vīsati kappasahassāni āyuppamāṇaṃ, ākāsānañcāyatanūpagānaṃ devānaṃ ekaṃ cittaṃ vīsati kappasahassāni tiṭṭhatīti?

The life span of the gods who have attained the sphere of infinite space is twenty thousand eons; does a single mind of the gods who have attained the sphere of infinite space last for twenty thousand eons?

You affirm, I say, this duration of a unit of consciousness during the 20,000 æon ons of the Arūpa-deva's life, yet you deny an analogous duration in a unit of human consciousness, lasting, say, for 100 years, and you deny it in the case of all those devas of the Kāmaloka and Rūpaloka, whose lifetime varies from 500 years in the Four Great Kings to 16,000 æon ons of years in the senior devas.

2.7.12.2

Āmantā.

Yes.

2.7.12.3

Manussānaṃ vassasataṃ āyuppamāṇaṃ, manussānaṃ ekaṃ cittaṃ vassasataṃ tiṭṭhatīti?

The life span of human beings is a hundred years; does a single mind of human beings last for a hundred years?

2.7.12.4

Na hevaṃ vattabbe.

It should not be said thus.