Summary
s.1The 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.
s.1《壽命終經》詳細而系統地描述了居住在宇宙中各類眾生的壽命，按照早期佛教宇宙論的設定，從較低的存在界逐步展開到較高的境界。佛陀根據色界天神的壽命與八大熱地獄眾生壽命之間的關係或比例來說明各類眾生的壽命，而地獄眾生的壽命明顯長於天神的壽命。