The basic theory in changing human time to dog time is with a ratio of 1:7. One minute for a human is 7 minutes for a dog, 1 hour is 7 hours, and one day is 7 days. However, this is an approximation since we can't exactly get a dog's point of view.
This may apply to other areas.
The concept of time of different existences
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How did the measure the ratio? average longevity?
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Greetings,
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I thought the purpose of that ratio was to understand, roughly, how long you might expect a dog to live?
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It's based on averages, but yes, not exact. For example, the beginning years are more than 7 as a typical animal matures into sexual maturity quite quickly.
For a cat, it's 15 to 1 for the first year, about 9 to 1 for the second year and then 4 to 1 for every year after that. So a 16 year old cat is roughly equivalent to an 80 year old human.
And to bring this topic back to Theravada, there are ratios for devas to human where some devas live in the millions of our earth-human years.
For a cat, it's 15 to 1 for the first year, about 9 to 1 for the second year and then 4 to 1 for every year after that. So a 16 year old cat is roughly equivalent to an 80 year old human.
And to bring this topic back to Theravada, there are ratios for devas to human where some devas live in the millions of our earth-human years.
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With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day.
2 Peter 3:8
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That too. But the concept of the perception is interesting to meretrofuturist wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 1:30 am Greetings,
I thought the purpose of that ratio was to understand, roughly, how long you might expect a dog to live?
Metta,
Paul.
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Always a psychological and a biological explanation.DNS wrote: ↑Fri Aug 12, 2022 1:48 am It's based on averages, but yes, not exact. For example, the beginning years are more than 7 as a typical animal matures into sexual maturity quite quickly.
For a cat, it's 15 to 1 for the first year, about 9 to 1 for the second year and then 4 to 1 for every year after that. So a 16 year old cat is roughly equivalent to an 80 year old human.
And to bring this topic back to Theravada, there are ratios for devas to human where some devas live in the millions of our earth-human years.
Re: The concept of time of different existences
Maybe related to the appearance, change and disappearance of things.
For example-
Sun, moon, atoms decay
Viruses, bacteria, rodents, humans, turtles - lifespans
Thoughts, feelings, sounds.
Monsoons, summer, winter
For example-
Sun, moon, atoms decay
Viruses, bacteria, rodents, humans, turtles - lifespans
Thoughts, feelings, sounds.
Monsoons, summer, winter
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The sutta said beings that delight in the same things and have the same perceptions comes together.
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However, if we remember our past lives we will never die.Of all the bugs, mayflies have the shortest lives. They only live a couple of hours to a day. Drone ants, house flies, fruit flies, pantry moths, and dragonflies also have very short lifespans.
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What sutta please.
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When I come across again I will update you. That appear in more than one sutta is what I can tell you.
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If only we took these stream entry possibilities more seriously, we would surely live the dhamma more.
"Therein monks, that Dimension should be known wherein the eye ceases and the perception of forms fades away...the ear... the nose...the tongue... the body ceases and the perception of touch fades away...
That Dimension should be known wherein mentality ceases and the perception of mind-objects fades away.
That Dimension should be known; that Dimension should be known."
(S. IV. 98) - The Dimension beyond the All
That Dimension should be known wherein mentality ceases and the perception of mind-objects fades away.
That Dimension should be known; that Dimension should be known."
(S. IV. 98) - The Dimension beyond the All