Where is the sutta passage for the following citation of the description of a kalpa?
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Can someone provide me a reference to the passage in the canon where the Buddha describes the length of a kalpa?
In the English Wikipedia article there is this quote which is allegedly by the Buddha:
> "Were a man to take a piece of cloth of this most delicate texture [of
> fine cotton], and therewith to touch in the slightest possible manner,
> once in a hundred years, a solid rock, free from earth, a yojana [~14
> miles] high, and as much broad, the time would come when it would be
> worn down, by this imperceptible trituration, to the size of a mung or
> undu seed. This period would be immense in its duration; but it has
> been declared by Buddha that it would not be equal to a Maha Kalpa."
I would like to find that exact passage but alas no luck. I don't know where this could be. In the wiki article the sutta nipata is mentioned but I couldn't find anything in there.
Thank you.
Asked by Arbuiwer
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Jul 25, 2021, 09:50 AM
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