{"collection":"Anguttara Nikaya","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/suttacentral_an4.156/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/suttacentral_an4.156","id":"suttacentral_an4.156","license":"CC0","rights_basis":"suttacentral_bilara_data_cc0","source":"suttacentral","source_url":"https://suttacentral.net/an4.156/en/sujato","summary":null,"tags":["Anguttara Nikaya","Early Buddhist Texts"],"text":"\u201cMendicants, an eon contains four uncountable periods. What four? When an eon contracts, it\u2019s not easy to calculate how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes. When an eon remains fully contracted, it\u2019s not easy to calculate how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes. When an eon expands, it\u2019s not easy to calculate how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes. When an eon remains fully expanded, it\u2019s not easy to calculate how many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes. These are the four uncountable periods of an eon.\u201d","title":"Eons","tradition":"Anguttara Nikaya","translated_text":null,"word_count":122}