← Aṅguttara NikāyaAN4.156Numbered Discourses 4.156SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Numbered Discourses 4.15616. FacultiesEons“Mendicants, an eon contains four uncountable periods.What four?When an eon contracts, it’s not easy to calculatehow many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes.When an eon remains fully contracted, it’s not easy to calculatehow many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes.When an eon expands, it’s not easy to calculatehow many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes.When an eon remains fully expanded, it’s not easy to calculatehow many years, how many hundreds or thousands or hundreds of thousands of years it takes.These are the four uncountable periods of an eon.”