8.1 Of Divers Destinies

Controverted Point: That there are six spheres of destiny.

Theravādin: Did not the Exalted One name five destinies—purgatory, the animal kingdom, the Peta-realm, mankind, the devas? And did not the Kālakañjaka Asuras, who resembled the Petas in ugly or frightful shape, sex-life, diet, and length of life, intermarry with them? And did not Vepacitti's troop, who in the same respects resembled the devas, intermarry with devas? And had not Vepacitti's troop been formerly devas?

Andhaka, Uttarāpathaka: But since there is an Asura-group, it is surely right to speak of it as a possible destiny?