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 | | Each of the four stages takes up twenty small kalpas--twenty kalpas for coming into being, twenty kalpas for dwelling, twenty kalpas for decaying, and twenty kalpas for going empty." (EDR I) "The very first kalpa [of a particular world-system], of course, begins the cycle of coming into being, stasis, decay, and emptiness. |
 | | A period of stasis also spans twenty small kalpas, a period of decay is twenty small kalpas long, and a period of emptiness is also twenty small kalpas. |
 | | A person's lifespan extends for several decades, and those years span the time of being born, the time of growing old, the time of sickness, and the time of death. |
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