Visuddhimagga XXIII-48

880. Kathaṃ ṭhānanti evaṃ samāpannāya panassā kālaparicchedavasena ceva antarāāyukkhayasaṅghapaṭimānanasatthupakkosanābhāvena ca ṭhānaṃ hoti.

（七）「如何在定」？如是入定者，若无中途寿尽，僧伽的期待及师召，则依此（灭定的）时限而在定。

Ñ(XXIII,48): (vii) How is it made to last? It lasts as long as the time predetermined for its duration, unless interrupted meanwhile by the exhaustion of the life span, by the waiting of the Community, or by the Master's summons.



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