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BUDHISM. 



days make one year, and the duration of life 500 of these 

 years : the whole period being 9,000,000 years of men. 



The period of life in each ascending heaven is in a four- 

 fold proportion, thus in tawatinsa it is 36,000,000, in yama 

 144,000,000, in tusita 576 millions, in nimmanarati 2,304 

 millions, and in paranimmita wasawatti, the duration of life 

 is 9,216 millions of years. 



The whole of these details are taken from the Wibhange 

 division of the Abhidarma Pitaka. (24) 



Above these heavens there are 16 Brahma worlds. A birth 

 in the Brahma worlds results from the performance of the 

 four Jhana, or courses of profound meditation. (25.) There 

 are three modes in which the Jhana may be attended to, the 

 imperfect, the medial, and the perfect. 



The imperfect performance of the first Jhana, "'compre- 

 hending investigation and research concerning the nature 

 of things, procures a birth in the lowest of the Brahma 

 worlds named @s5®oo<3eadf^) brahmaparisajja,the duration 

 of life being one-third of a calpa. (26.) The'medial perform- 

 ance of the same Jhana leads to the @&f©g@d)^S) brahma 

 purohita Brahma world, in which the duration of life is half 



(24.) See Friend, vol. II. p. 65, 66. 



(25.) otosio Par ittan, imperfect; ©daa5©o Majjhiman medial; 

 and S3<3^s> Panitan, perfect. 



(26.) &&®&- 1 &)3&)oa8&5io «553©8^)3®!S8<3Pdtf««Sc?<S©df^©3OToC3 

 6£D5)°SD3<^E)£2)3 g^©C33§cae03^Do ©^©3253o€S»9»S)« £C3dfC*«3*9 



?S«>S) < 255o^5gao©3«3o i 2S5dcE^S3S3^S(^cs3S33^(533^ patemajj harian pa- 

 rittan bhawetwa katthe uppajjanti, patemajj hanan parittan bha- 

 wetwa brahme parisajjanan dewanan sahawyatan uppajjanty fesan 

 kittakan ayuppamanan kappasse tatiyo bhagoti. " To what is the 

 initial contemplation of the first Jhana introductory. The initial 

 contemplation of the first Jhana introduces to a residence with the 

 gods of Brahmaparieajja. What is the length of their life? One 

 third of a kalpa. 



