Dictionary of Pali Proper Names v1.c7.602

v1.c7.602

The Buddha visited him and convinced him of the error of his belief.⁹ When the universe is dissolved after the lapse of a long epoch and is again evolved, beings are mostly born in the Ābhassara world. When, sooner or later, the world begins to re-evolve (vivaṭṭati), the Brahmavimāna appears, but it is empty. Then some being or other, either because he has finished his life there or because his merit is exhausted, leaves the Ābhassara world and is reborn in the Brahmavimāna. Others follow his example, and it is then that the first to be reborn in the Brahma-world thinks of himself as Brahmā, the eternal, etc.¹⁰