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### 大三災部時量

> Section on the Duration of the Three Great Calamities

### 時量

依《新婆沙論》云：「劫有三種：一、中間劫；二、成壞劫；三、大劫。中間劫，復有三種：一、減劫；二、增劫；三、增減劫。減者，從人壽無量歲，減至十歲；增者，從人壽十歲，增至八萬歲；增減者，從增至減。此中一減一增，十八增減，合二十中劫，世間成。二十中劫成已住，此合名成劫；經二十中劫世間壞，二十中劫壞已空，此合名壞劫。總八十中劫，合名大劫。」

> According to the \*Abhidharma Mahāvibhāṣa Śāstra\*: "There are three kinds of kalpas (eons): the intermediate kalpa, the kalpa of formation and destruction, and the great kalpa. Intermediate kalpas are also of three types: the kalpa of decreasing, the kalpa of increasing, and the kalpa of both increasing and decreasing. In the kalpa of decreasing, human lifespan decreases from countless years down to ten years. In the kalpa of increasing, human lifespan increases from ten years up to eighty thousand years. In the kalpa of both increasing and decreasing, lifespan goes from increasing back to decreasing. One kalpa of decreasing, one kalpa of increasing, and eighteen kalpas of both increasing and decreasing together make twenty intermediate kalpas. During these twenty intermediate kalpas, the world is formed. Then another twenty intermediate kalpas follow, during which the formed world remains stable. These two stages together are called the kalpa of formation. Then the world undergoes destruction for twenty intermediate kalpas, followed by a period of emptiness for another twenty intermediate kalpas. These two stages together are called the kalpa of destruction. In total, eighty intermediate kalpas are called a great kalpa."