Lal:
Thank you.
Are there any suttas where this ‘retrieving from bygone desanas* in relation to the various realms are given? Or is it not necessary? Will it be simply (as I infered) and supported by your ” Note that the lifetime in those realms is 500 Maha Kalpas;” that it is in strict relation to whether desanas had been uttered by a Buddha (on this planet or on one from a previous generation of it) throughout the life span of the beings there – 576 million, 2.304 billion for deva relams 9 and 10 for instance.
Paying FULL attention is one of my better charachteristics, Lal, to the point of being oblivious to what is going on around me. When I was learning German,for instance, the teacher once asked me (in German of course): Why is it you never take down notes like the others do ? My reply was (I did not have to think about it); If I do not understand when the teacher is explaining, how will I understand from my own notes at home? I am not bragging about it; it is just my nature. There are other traits, NOT so admirable – I have to work on those.
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