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The Sūtra on the Limits of Life
ཚེའི་མཐའི་མདོ།
Āyuḥparyantasūtra
《壽命終經》（大正藏：《佛說較量壽命經》）
tshe’i mtha’i mdo
Translator: Translated by Bruno Galasek with Lama Kunga Thartse Rinpocheunder the patronage and supervision of 84000: Translating the Words of the Buddha
Read time: 28 min
Version: v1.0.19
The KangyurDiscoursesGeneral Sūtra Section
Summary
The Sūtra on the Limits of Life presents a detailed and systematic account of the lifespans of different beings that inhabit the universe, progressing from the lower to the higher realms of existence as outlined in early Buddhist cosmology. The Buddha describes the lifespans of beings in terms of the relationship or proportion between the lifespans of the devas of the form realm and the lifespans in the eight major hot hells, the latter being significantly longer than the former.