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Above this Human World, is the Upper World, magnificent, 7 rajjus high less 900 yojanas. In this there are 12 heavens: Saudharma, 莫艣腻苍补, 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补, 惭腻丑别苍诲谤补, Brahmaloka, 尝腻苍迟补办补, 艢耻办谤补, 厂补丑补蝉谤腻谤补, 膧苍补迟补, 笔谤腻峁嘺迟补, 膧谤补峁嘺, and Acyuta. The 9 Graiveyakas are as follows: 厂耻诲补谤艣补苍补, Suprabuddha, Manorama, above those Sarvabhadra, 厂耻惫颈艣腻濒补, Sumanas, and above those Saumanasa, 笔谤墨迟颈办补谤补, and 膧诲颈迟测补. Above those are the 5 named Anuttara. Beginning from the east the palaces are named Vijaya, Vaijayanta, Jayanta, 础辫补谤腻箩颈迟补, and 厂补谤惫腻谤迟丑补蝉颈诲诲丑补办补 in the center. Twelve yojanas above is 厂颈诲诲丑补艣颈濒腻, 45 lacs of yojanas long and wide. Three 驳补惫测奴迟补蝉 immediately above, in the (upper) sixth part of the fourth 驳补惫测奴迟补 are the siddhas at the end of Lok膩grat膩.

It is 1陆 rajjus from ground-level up to Saudharma and 莫艣腻苍补; 2陆 rajjus up to 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补 and 惭腻丑别苍诲谤补; 5 rajjus to 厂补丑补蝉谤腻谤补 and 6 up to Acyuta. There are 7 rajjus up to the top boundary of the universe.

Saudharma and 莫艣腻苍补 are round like the moon. In the southern half is 艢补办谤补 (as Indra) and 础颈艣腻苍补 in the north. 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补 and 惭腻丑别苍诲谤补 have the same shape as they have; 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补 is in the south half, and 惭腻丑别苍诲谤补 in the north. Beyond them, in the place corresponding to the elbow of the man representing the universe, in the center of the universe is Brahmaloka, and Brahma is its lord. At the end are the 尝辞办腻苍迟颈办补 gods: 厂腻谤补蝉惫补迟补蝉, 膧诲颈迟测补s, Agnis, 础谤耻峁嘺蝉, Gardatoyakas, 罢耻峁�i迟补蝉, 础惫测腻产腻诲丑补蝉, Maruts, and 搁颈峁ａ弓补蝉. Above it is 尝腻苍迟补办补-heaven, whose Indra has the same name. Next comes 惭补丑腻艣耻办谤补, whose Indra also has the same name; and next 厂补丑补蝉谤腻谤补 with an Indra of the same name. Then come 膧苍补迟补 and 笔谤腻峁嘺迟补 with the shape of Saudharma and 莫艣腻苍补. Their Indra, named 笔谤腻峁嘺迟补, lives in 笔谤腻峁嘺迟补-heaven. Above them are 2 heavens, 膧谤补峁嘺 and Acyuta, with the same shape. They have one Indra, named Acyuta, living in Acyuta. But in the Graiveyakas and Anuttaras the gods are Ahamindras (of equal rank).

Of these heavens, the first two are founded on thick water; the next three on (thick) wind; the next three on thick water and thick wind; above those, the heavens rest on space.

The 10 divisions of the gods are: Indras, 厂腻尘腻苍颈办补蝉, 罢谤腻测补蝉迟谤颈峁兣沘蝉, 笔腻谤峁�a诲测补蝉, 搁补办峁�a办补蝉, 尝辞办补辫腻濒补蝉, 础苍墨办补蝉, 笔谤补办墨谤峁嘺蝉, 膧产丑颈测辞驳颈办补蝉, 碍颈濒产颈峁�i办补蝉. The Indras are the lords of all the gods, 厂腻尘腻苍颈办补蝉, etc. The 厂腻尘腻苍颈办补蝉 are the same as the Indras, but lack Indraship. The 罢谤腻测补蝉迟谤颈峁兣沘蝉 are like ministers and priests of Hari. The 笔腻谤峁�a诲测补蝉 are like companions; the 搁补办峁�a办补蝉 are bodyguards; the 尝辞办补辫腻濒补蝉 have the place of spies for the sake of protection. The 础苍墨办补蝉 correspond to armies; the 笔谤补办墨谤峁嘺蝉 to villagers and townsmen. The Abhiyogyas are like slaves; and the Kilbi峁�as like the lowest castes. The 闯测辞迟颈峁�k补蝉 and Vyantaras do not have the 罢谤腻测补蝉迟谤颈峁兣沘蝉 and Lokapas.

In Saudharma there are 32 lacs of palaces of the gods. In 础颈艣腻苍补, 厂补苍补迟办耻尘腻谤补, 惭腻丑别苍诲谤补, and Brahma there are 28, 12, 8, and 4 lacs respectively. There are 50,000 in 尝腻苍迟补办补, 40,000 in 艢耻办谤补, 6,000 in 厂补丑补蝉谤腻谤补. In the pair (膧苍补迟补 and 笔谤腻峁嘺迟补) 400, and 300 in 膧谤补峁嘺 and Acyuta. In the first three Graiveyakas there are 111, in the middle three 107, in the last three Graiveyakas there are 100 palaces. There are only 5 Anuttaravim膩nas. So there is a total of 8,497,023 palaces of the gods.

In the four Anuttara-palaces, Vijaya, etc., the gods are reborn twice,^[1] but once in the fifth (厂补谤惫腻谤迟丑补蝉颈诲诲丑补). From Saudharmakalpa up to Sarv膩rtha the gods become stronger in each successive heaven in respect to duration of life, brilliance, power, purity, soul-color, and happiness, in the sphere of the senses, and in clairvoyant knowledge. In respect to attachment to worldly objects and arrogance, body and marriage, they become weaker and weaker, successively. The gods who have the minimum term of life breathe at the end of 7 stokas,^[2] and eat once in two days. The gods, whose life-term is a palyopama, breathe once a day and eat once in several days. The ones whose life is measured in 蝉腻驳补谤补蝉 breathe at the end of as many half-months as there are 蝉腻驳补谤补蝉, and eat at the end of so many thousands of years. The gods usually have pleasant feelings, but if they have unpleasant, it would be only for an antar尘耻丑奴谤迟补, not more than a 尘耻丑奴谤迟补.

Goddesses are born up to 础颈艣腻苍补,^[3] and marriage exists up to Acyuta. Ascetics are born up to the 闯测辞迟颈峁�k补蝉. Birth of wandering monks is up to Brahmaloka, and rebirth of five-sensed creatures up to 厂补丑补蝉谤腻谤补. Laymen are born up to Acyuta; monks who have wrong belief but have observed the practices are born up to Graiveyakas. Those who knew all the 辫奴谤惫补蝉 (fourteen) are born from Brahmaloka up to 厂补谤惫腻谤迟丑补蝉颈诲诲丑补. Monks and laymen of good character are born in Saudharma at least.

Up to 础颈艣腻苍补, the gods, 叠丑补惫补苍补惫腻蝉颈苍蝉, etc., have physical marriage. For they have impure karma. Possessing strong affections, embracing in love like humans, they attain delight from pleasure of physical contact. The remainder have marriage of touch, sight, hearing, respectively, in successive pairs of heavens. In the four, 膧苍补迟补, etc., they have marriage of mind. In the other heavens, Graiveyaka, etc., the gods have no marriage, having the nature of infinite bliss more than the gods with marriage.

With such divisions鈥攍ower, middle, and upper鈥攊s the universe. In its center is the 迟谤补蝉补苍腻岣嵞� with a height of 14 rajjus, 1 rajju wide and thick at top and bottom. Within it are movable and immovable lives, and outside of it only immovable. The universe, 7 rajjus wide at the bottom, 1 rajju at the middle, 5 at Brahmaloka and 1 at the very top, with a well-supported appearance, was made by no one and is supported by no one. It is self-produced, and moreover remains in the sky without support.

The wise man should meditate on this universe, all of it or in part, the cause of obstruction to impure meditation. In 诲丑补谤尘补诲丑测腻苍补 would arise the state of mind having destruction and subsidence, etc. The soul-colors^[4] are yellow, rose, and white, in the order of their purity. In it filled with union with keen disgust with worldly existence there is produced in people a happiness which has spontaneous consciousness, beyond the cognizance of the senses. With (worldly) association abandoned, after abandoning the body, those united with 诲丑补谤尘补诲丑测腻苍补 become the highest gods in the Graiveyaka, etc.^[5] heavens. They attain there a body which has great power and beauty, resembling the autumn-moon in color, adorned with wreaths, ornaments, and clothes. They enjoy pleasure rich in remarkable power and knowledge, devoid of love, pain, and old age, unceasing and unexcelled, for a long time. Enjoying repeatedly the nectar of happiness delightful with all objects produced by (mere) desire, without any obstacles, they do not know that the birth has passed. Falling from heaven at the termination of divine delights, they descend to earth with the best body. Born in a divine family they enjoy manifold pleasures charming with constant festivals, their desires unbroken. Then, resorting to discernment, having attained disgust with all pleasures, their karma destroyed by meditation, they attain the state from which there is no return (emancipation).鈥�

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[1]:

I.e., before attaining 尘辞办峁�a.

[2]:

I.e., about every 37 seconds.

[3]:

鈥楿p to鈥� is inclusive, throughout this description.

[4]:

尝别艣测腻, a psychic color varying according to the karma of the soul. There are 6 of them: black, dark blue, gray, rose, yellow, and white. For a detailed account see Uttar. 34.

[5]:

And the Anuttara.