【The Origin of Suffering 希求解脱】the longest period of beings of the intermediate state is 49 days 中有最长是四十九天

【The Origin of Suffering】- the longest period of beings of the intermediate state is 49 days

[It may stay in the intermediate state from one to seven weeks; however, as it certainly will have found the conditions for

rebirth within that time, it stays no longer than that.]

Therefore for the seven days, we would normally call it "Seven of seven-days, the forty nine days." That's why we would often say, "Seven-seven," "Seven-seven." This is the reason. The longest that one will stay in the intermediate state is forty nine days. During this time, if he finds the conditions for rebirth on any day, he will just go. If he cannot obtain the conditions, then the seventh day from the day of death is the day that he will take on another intermediate state body. He will take on another intermediate state body after seven days. The longest that one will stay in the intermediate state is forty nine days. So after that, one will no longer exist in that state, no longer exist in the state.

[Since the texts that are reliable sources do not describe a longer life span than this, the claim that the being of the

intermediate state may stay longer is incorrect.]

This says that from all the reliable sources, there isn't one that describes a longer life span that is more than seven weeks. Therefore if anyone says that this could be longer, it would not be reasonable.

SOURCE 来源 :

77A 10’12” Vol 10 of Master Jih-Chang’s Discourse P149 L2
English Lamrim Vol 1 P311

日常师父法语📡77A 10’12”手抄稿第10册P149 L2

希求解脱 : 中有最长是四十九天

【乃至七七以内而住，于此期内定得生缘，故于此后更无安住。】

所以七天，通常我们说“七七四十九”，“七七”、“七七”就是这个道理。这个中有最长的住，是总共住四九天。任何一天，得到了生缘就去了；万一得不到，到了这个死的那天算起第 七天，满七天他又转一次，满七天转一次，最久是四九天。所以过了以后，再不会再存在的，再存在的。

【堪依教典，悉未说有较彼更久，故说过此更能久住，不应道理。】

说凡是可以依据的很多教典上面，都并没有说能超过七七四十九天的，所以说能够超过不合理。