Yes Bruce, the period of the Dharma-ending age gets longer in later texts. The study
of eschatalogy is a fascinating subject with various responses and results in
Bdudhist history, such as the rise of millennial cults.

P.

Bruce Burrill wrote:

> Vin. Cv Kh. 10; AN VII 51. And in the commentaries to these texts, it
> states that the Dhamma will last five
> thousand years rather than five hundred. Sp 1291. Mp IV 136f.
>
> At 05:28 PM 8/3/01 +0300, you wrote:
> >Hi Pali friends,
> >
> >I have read somewhere that after first nins have been ordained and
> >bhikkhuni (nuns) sangha has been established, Buddha told that his
> >teaching would now be preserved not for 1000, but for 500 years.
> >
> >Can anyone please tell where this sutta can be found?
> >
> >Metta,
> >Dimitry
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> >Yahoo! Groups members can set their delivery options to daily digest or
> >web only.
> >[Homepage] http://www.tipitaka.net
> >[Discussion] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali
> >[Send Message] Pali@yahoogroups.com
> >[Moderator] Pali-owner@yahoogroups.com
> >
> >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
>
>
> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
> Yahoo! Groups members can set their delivery options to daily digest or web only.
> [Homepage] http://www.tipitaka.net
> [Discussion] http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Pali
> [Send Message] Pali@yahoogroups.com
> [Moderator] Pali-owner@yahoogroups.com
>
> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/