【The Origin of Suffering 希求解脱】what is the lifespan of the beings intermediate state? 中有的寿量多长？

【The Origin of Suffering】- what is the lifespan of the beings intermediate state?

So how long will this intermediate state last? This says,

【With regards to life span, if a being of the intermediate state has not found the conditions for rebirth, it may remain for any length of time up to seven days.】

If one cannot find the conditions for rebirth, he can remain in this intermediate state for seven days.

【Once it has found such conditions, its life span is not definitely seven days.】

If within these seven days, he finds the condition for his next life, then as soon as he encounters it, he will go. However, what if seven days is up, but one has not found this condition? He will assume another body within the intermediate state.

【If it does not find the conditions for rebirth within seven days, it assumes another body within the intermediate state.】

Therefore for every seven days, the intermediate state will change once. For every seven days, the intermediate state body will change.

SOURCE 来源 :

77A 09’24” Vol 10 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P148 L7
English Lamrim Vol 1 P311

日常师父法语📡77A 09’24”手抄稿第10册P148 L7

希求解脱 : 中有的寿量多长？

那么这个中有的寿命能够维持多久呢？说：

【寿量者，若未得生缘，极七日住，】

这个如果说他得不到新生命的因缘的话，他这个中有可以住七天。

【若得生缘，则无决定，】

如果说在这七天当中，遇见了这个下一生的去处的话，那他随时遇见了，随时就去了。那么万一到了七天，没有碰到怎么办呢？他就会转一次。

【若仍未得则易其身，】

所以他每过七天，他这个中有会转一次，每过七天中有会转一次。