A Catena of Buddhist Scriptures From the Chinese

The palace of the Sun — The palace of the Moon — Ou the variable splen dour of sun and moon — Ou the palace of the Star Devas — Ou birth in the Paradise of the Devas — On the conduct leading to such birth — The thirty-three Heavens — The Karma that leads to birth in these Heavens — A consecutive account of the three worlds — The size and longevity of the Devas — The Karma that leads to birth among these Devas — The comparative lustre of the bodies of Devas and men — The relative purity of food — The three worlds and the nine earths — Re specting the Lord of the Devas — The four divisions of Dhyana Heavens — The occupants of the Heavens — General summary-the five marks of decadence — Ou the way the heart generates the six.