Hell Sufferings
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Those who are reborn in hell, due to the bad deeds they have done when alive, suffer immeasurably. Some of the examples are being burned by fire, tongue and limbs being cut off and so on.
Anyone got the Di Zhang Wang sutra to describe hell sufferings and Di Zhang Wang Pusa, cos would like to know about this great Bodhisattva.
Another thing, is it possible for one to visit hell and come back to earth?
Read that there is even hell visits organise for it by people who would want to know what is it like in hell.
How long is one hell day in regards to 1 earth day? heard that 1 earth day is equilavent to 30 hell days isnt it. -
Scientist is going to drill a hole into the core of the Earth. maybe you can ask them.
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thus i heard the lifespan of hell beings is abt 7000-10000 human years, but
How long is one hell day in regards to 1 earth day? heard that 1 earth day is equilavent to 30 hell days isnt it.
to them it's infinity aeons.
therefore, 1 earth day is equilavent to 7000-10000 divide by 360 = 20-27 hell days. so ur 30 hell days is around there.
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only through Karma or achievement of great cultivation practice can a person goes to Hell.
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can those people suffering in hell chant Na Mo Di Zhang Wang Pusa for help???
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sure, if u remember.Originally posted by gamesharkuser:can those people suffering in hell chant Na Mo Di Zhang Wang Pusa for help???
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who told you hell is located at the inner crust of the earth lol.Originally posted by Darkness_hacker99:Scientist is going to drill a hole into the core of the Earth. maybe you can ask them. -
no idea, but i reckon cannot lar. Buddha or Bodhisattvas cannot erase the bad kamma you committed. for example, if you are hungry, can u ask your friend or sister to eat on behalf of you to alleviate your hunger?Originally posted by gamesharkuser:can those people suffering in hell chant Na Mo Di Zhang Wang Pusa for help???
But if you can chant Di Zhang Wang Pusa's name, it will be helpful although I have no idea how that might help. Read the great vows and the powers of Di Zhang Wang Pusa in the sutra, then you will know. -
Anyone got the link or information on Bodhisattva Di Zhang Wang Pusa, like his vows and powers in the sutra.
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Goto this page - http://web.singnet.com.sg/~alankhoo/Ksitigarbha.htm
Ksitigarbha sutra (English version) is at the bottom of this page. -
How to not get into the 3 Evil Realms ??? Will chanting guan shi yin pusa or other buddhas name help ??
lol , when we go into hell our memory will be erased ar?Originally posted by sinweiy:sure, if u remember.
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any sites to the great vows and powers of Di Zhang Wang PusaOriginally posted by marcteng:no idea, but i reckon cannot lar. Buddha or Bodhisattvas cannot erase the bad kamma you committed. for example, if you are hungry, can u ask your friend or sister to eat on behalf of you to alleviate your hunger?
But if you can chant Di Zhang Wang Pusa's name, it will be helpful although I have no idea how that might help. Read the great vows and the powers of Di Zhang Wang Pusa in the sutra, then you will know. -
Originally posted by gamesharkuser:
no, i never say erase, just forget. as sometime we can't even remember what we did in the morning.
lol , when we go into hell our memory will be erased ar?
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oh, then can chanting buddha's name help us in our suffering in hell ?Originally posted by sinweiy:no, i never say erase, just forget. as sometime we can't even remember what we did in the morning.
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EDIT: found this...Ti Tsang P'usa is an extremely popular Bodhisattva among the Chinese and Japanese Buddhists. 'Ti Tsang', meaning 'Earth-Store' is a direct translation of the Bodhisattva's name KSITIGARBHA in Sanskrit. Among the countless Bodhisattvas in the universe, he and three others have firmly captured the hearts of the Mahayanists. These four main P'usas or Bodhisattvas are depicted in the Chinese Buddhist Pantheon and they represent four basic great qualities:
KUAN SHIH YIN as Great Compassion;
WEN SHU as Great Wisdom;
PU HSIEN as Great Love and Perfect Activity;
TI TSANG as Great Vow to help and to deliver all beings.
His greatest compassionate Vow being: "If I do not go to the hell to help the suffering beings there, who else will go? ... if the hells are not empty I will not become a Buddha. Only when all living beings have been saved, will I attain Bodhi."
The Sutra of the PAST VOWS OF THE EARTH STORE BODHISATTYA, one of the most popular Chinese Buddhist Sutras, tells of the great filial piety, which the Bodhisattva practised that led to his illimitable vows to save all living beings. This Sutra was spoken by the Buddha towards the end of his life to the beings of the Trayastrimsa Heaven as a mark of gratitude and remembrance for his beloved mother.
In this Sutra the Buddha revealed that in the distant past aeons, Ti Tsang P'usa, then a Brahman maiden by the name of 'Sacred Girl', was deeply troubled when her mother died, as she had often been slanderous towards the Three Jewels: the Buddha, Dharma and Sangha.
To save her from the great tortures of hell, the young girl sold whatever she had and used the money to buy offerings which she offered daily to the Buddha of her time, known as The Buddha of Flower of Meditation and Enlightenment. She made fervent prayers that her mother be spared of the pains of hell and requested the Buddha for help.
One day at the temple, while she was thus pleading for help, she heard the voice of the Buddha advising her to go home immediately and there to sit down and practise meditation on His name if she wanted to know where her mother was. She did as she was told and while doing so, her consciousness was transported to the Hell Realm where she met a hell-guardian who informed her that through her fervent prayers and pious offerings, her mother had accumulated much merits and therefore shel had already been released from hell and ascended to heaven. She was greatly relieved and should have been extremely happy, but the sights of the great sufferings in Hell that she had witnessed so touched her tender heart that she made an immediate vow: "I shall do my very best to relieve beings of their sufferings forever in my future lives of kalpas to come".
The young maiden has since then become an accomplished Bodhisattva through her great acts of merits and is now known as Ti Tsang P'usa.
Ti Tsang P'usa has often been mistaken by uninformed Buddhists to be Mogallana who was a disciple of Sakyamuni Buddha, because he too had a similar experience of descending to the Hell Realm to seek and save his mother. The stories may sound similar but they happened at different times and adopted quite different methods to save their mothers.
Many others also tend to mistake Ti Tsang as Hsuan Tsang, the famous Tripitaka master of the Tang Dynasty who made the harzadous journey to the West to seek the Buddhist scriptures. This is mainly due to the Sangha robe and the five-leave crown which both are seen to wear.
Ti Tsang P'usa is again taken by many to be "Yen-Lo-Wang" or Yama, the "Over-Lord of Hell." It must be mentioned that Ti Tsang is a Bodhisattva and not a mere King of the Fifth Hell. He does not judge the dead but seeks to save them from their suffering. -
Yes, if those hell beings seek help from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, they will have lessened sufferings. Those who feel they have much karmic hindrance should also chant Namo Di Zhang Wang Pu Sa often and their karmic hindrance will clear and get better gradually. I also remembered of a story of someone who just remembered and said 'Namo Buddha' (I take refuge in the Buddha) and immediately got liberated from the hell realm.Originally posted by gamesharkuser: -
is it possible? i also read that offerings to triple gem cause Mogallana mother to be reborn in heaven.Originally posted by An Eternal Now:Yes, if those hell beings seek help from Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, they will have lessened sufferings. Those who feel they have much karmic hindrance should also chant Namo Di Zhang Wang Pu Sa often and their karmic hindrance will clear and get better gradually. I also remembered of a story of someone who just remembered and said 'Namo Buddha' (I take refuge in the Buddha) and immediately got liberated from the hell realm. -
there's even a frog who was reborn in heavenly realm while listening to Buddha.
it's in Jataka in one form, and in Vimanavatthu (Stories of the Mansions) V.(51) The First: Frog-Deva's mansion.
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The frog's verse of praise for Lord Buddha, in the Pali Text Society's translation, reads:
(Buddha) "Who, bright with psychic potency and entourage, with surpassing beauty making all quarters effulgent, is honouring my feet?"
(Deva) "I was formerly a frog, a water-denizen. But while I was listening to your Dhamma, a young cowherd killed me.
"For a moment's serenity of mind, behold my psychic potency and entourage and behold my majesty, beauty and behold my brightness,
"Those who have heard your Dhamma, Gotama, it is they who have attained the unmoving place where they who go greive not." -
I remembered someone posted a link to a video clip - "Di Yu Bian Xiang Tu" in English. Very well done and describe in great detail about the different floors of hell and their sufferings. It is very worthy to have a look.
I could not locate the post now.
Image of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva
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plesae help to find the post , i 'm very interested in itOriginally posted by concerned_man:I remembered someone posted a link to a video clip - "Di Yu Bian Xiang Tu" in English. Very well done and describe in great detail about the different floors of hell and their sufferings. It is very worthy to have a look.
I could not locate the post now.
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Copied from another post (Sinweiy):
This video streaming about hell in english, from Amitabha Buddhist Society Austrialia, where my master had a part of it.
mms://video1.amtb-aus.org/OL/Hell-English/wmv/Hell-English.wmv
but have to copy the url to a new window for it to work.
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you may want to look in the popular bookstore under the ASIAN COLLECTION there a book call Tang Tai Zhong You Di Fu (tang tai zhong journey to the hell)
, it a good book for those who cant understand scripture and is fully illustrated -
The hell paintings video can also be downloaded at:
http://www.namoamitabha.net/download/caseindex_gb.html
I believe they are the same.
Parental guidance is needed for children.
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How to not get into the 3 Evil Realms ??? Will chanting guan shi yin pusa or other buddhas name help ??
Almost missed this part. Very simple, that is by observing the 5 precepts and not breaking any of them.
This is the least that a Buddhist must do... take refuge, observe the precepts. It will prevent us from falling into the 3 lower realms, so that we can continue our cultivation in future lifetimes.1. Panatipata veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
However, if we have ALREADY committed sins that lead to lower realms, we must immediately REPENT to the Buddha and chant Namo Di Zhang Wang Pu Sa very often. True repentance also include making the effort into not committing the same mistakes again. While the foolish do not admit their mistakes, the intelligent admit their mistakes, and the wise repent.
I undertake the precept to refrain from destroying living creatures.
2. Adinnadana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the precept to refrain from taking that which is not given.
3. Kamesu micchacara veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the precept to refrain from sexual misconduct.
4. Musavada veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the precept to refrain from incorrect speech.
5. Suramerayamajja pamadatthana veramani sikkhapadam samadiyami
I undertake the precept to refrain from intoxicating drinks and drugs which lead to carelessness. -
who got the link that describes the torture and sufferings of beings in hell suffer?
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hmm.. the hardcopies can be found in monasteries.. i know KongMengSan Phorkarksee has many of them hehe recently took back a copy of the medicine master sutra from there
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Copied from another post (Sinweiy):
This video streaming about hell in english, from Amitabha Buddhist Society Austrialia, where my master had a part of it.
mms://video1.amtb-aus.org/OL/Hell-English/wmv/Hell-English.wmv
but have to copy the url to a new window for it to work.
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Excellent clip. I've seen it myself.Originally posted by marcteng:who got the link that describes the torture and sufferings of beings in hell suffer?