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Aggannasutta 10.1-6

Aggaññasutta 10.1-6

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Pāli

10.1

Hoti kho so, vāseṭṭha, samayo yaṃ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṃ loko saṃvaṭṭati.

There comes a time when, Vāseṭṭha, after a very long period has passed, this cosmos contracts.

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10.2

Saṃvaṭṭamāne loke yebhuyyena sattā ābhassarasaṃvattanikā honti.

As the cosmos contracts, sentient beings are mostly headed for the realm of sublime luminosity.

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10.3

Te tattha honti manomayā pītibhakkhā sayaṃpabhā antalikkhacarā subhaṭṭhāyino ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ tiṭṭhanti.

There they are mind-made, feeding on rapture, self-radiant, wandering in midair, steadily glorious, and they remain like that for a very long time.

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10.4

Hoti kho so, vāseṭṭha, samayo yaṃ kadāci karahaci dīghassa addhuno accayena ayaṃ loko vivaṭṭati.

There comes a time when, after a very long period has passed, this cosmos expands.

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10.5

Vivaṭṭamāne loke yebhuyyena sattā ābhassarakāyā cavitvā itthattaṃ āgacchanti.

As the cosmos expands, sentient beings mostly pass away from that host of luminous deities and come back to this realm.

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10.6

Tedha honti manomayā pītibhakkhā sayaṃpabhā antalikkhacarā subhaṭṭhāyino ciraṃ dīghamaddhānaṃ tiṭṭhanti.

Here they are mind-made, feeding on rapture, self-radiant, wandering in midair, steadily glorious, and they remain like that for a very long time.

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