Buddhism: Pluto is hell
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Thanks for your information.
We must appreciate our parents and offer praying....
Should repent now....Hope is not late.
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The wrong beliefs stems from Pluto name origin :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(mythology)
" Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld ..... "
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i think he is mixing greeks with asians...like steak with chicken briyani...
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Just a note... Pluto as a planet is discovered less than a century ago.
That planet is named after the ancient god, not the ancient god named after a planet.
The ancients were not aware of the planet pluto.
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
The wrong beliefs stems from Pluto name origin :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto_(mythology)
" Pluto was the Roman god of the underworld ..... "
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thats right...based on greek mythologies
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Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Just a note... Pluto as a planet is discovered less than a century ago.
That planet is named after the ancient god, not the ancient god named after a planet.
The ancients were not aware of the planet pluto.
ya
in fact the Chinese & Japanese translation of Pluto (planet) into Chinese Characters is 冥王星, which literally means "King Of Hell Planet"
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
ya
in fact the Chinese & Japanese translation of Pluto (planet) into Chinese Characters is 冥王星, which literally means "King Of Hell Planet"
This is just a literal translation, doesn't mean the location. Hell is not so easy to find.
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we should go visit King Of Hell one day if so easy hor
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I believe the King of Hell does not entertain anyone that goes to him.
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Looks like i have to be careful with believers from any religions that tell me pluto is hell.
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ya, people with no religion oso can say pluto is hell by linking the name with this & that mythology
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Originally posted by Bangulzai:
ya, people with no religion oso can say pluto is hell by linking the name with this & that mythology
oh ya, pretty true -
Anyway, a probe will be getting close to Pluto in 2015 to take up-close photos of planet Pluto. Let's see if they detect any hells
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Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Anyway, a probe will be getting close to Pluto in 2015 to take up-close photos of planet Pluto. Let's see if they detect any hells
Like you said hell is not a physical place , so even it is there nobody can see it. hahhah. -
Originally posted by An Eternal Now:
Anyway, a probe will be getting close to Pluto in 2015 to take up-close photos of planet Pluto. Let's see if they detect any hells
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so AEN, u said hell is a mental realm and not physical.. den later u showed us the list of hot and cold hells...so it's both mental as well as physical? as in after pple die, beings who commited those evil deeds will go to...hell? i mean, hell as in what is usually assumed. confusing.
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Originally posted by Aloozer:
so AEN, u said hell is a mental realm and not physical.. den later u showed us the list of hot and cold hells...so it's both mental as well as physical? as in after pple die, beings who commited those evil deeds will go to...hell? i mean, hell as in what is usually assumed. confusing.
I can't remember the source, but I have read from Buddhist teachers that hell is a project of mind, though nevertheless as real as anything we experience right now. It is not a physical location, but it certainly feels real.
Those with heavy bad karma will be reborn in one of the hells I mentioned. Those with bad karma but not so heavy may be reborn in the other 2 lower realm, hungry ghost and animal realm.
Those who meditate can also see heaven and hell, they can witness that these realms exist. My Taiwanese teacher been to both and described each of them. I can't remember the precise description now, but basically what he described is just like what the sutras stated.
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This is an article by Longchen in 2008.
The non-solidity of existence
This article describes a spiritual insight. It may be quite hard to understand.
The things that we experience are registered by all the sense organs. The eye sight registers vision, the ears register sound, the body registers sensations. These perception, sensations and experiences are not happening in some places. They are the experience of the arising of certain conditions. There is no solidity and physicality in the actual experience.
What we experienced is not universal and common to all. Here's an example to illustrate that: We know that as human beings, we see in term of colours. Some animals are however colour-blind, thus they see differently from us. But none of us, is really seeing the truth nature directly. The senses of different species of sentient beings experience things differently. So who is seeing the real image of an object? None.
Likewise, the various planes of existence are due to different conditions arising. In certain types of meditation, one is said to be able to access these planes of existence. This is because they are not specific locations. They are mental states and are thus non-localised. In these meditations, our consciousness changes and 'aligned' more with these other states or planes of existence.
All the planes of existence are simultaneously manifesting, but because our senses are human-based conditioned arisings, we only see the human world and other beings that shared 'similar' resonating arising conditions. But nevertheless, the other planes of existences are not elsewhere in some other places.
What we think of as places are really just consciousness and there is no solidity whatsoever. Even our touch sense is just that. The touch sense gives an impression of feeling something that is physical and three-dimensional. But there is really no solid self-existing object there. Instead, it is simply the sensation that gives the impression of physical solidity and form.
OK, that all I can think of and write about this topic. I will revise and improve this article where the need arises.
For your necessary ponderance. Thank you for reading.
These articles are parts of a series of spiritual realisation articles .An interesting and related video on teleportation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wb1u9zOPwiQ&feature=player_embedded
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I think you friend is referring to Thai astrology, which over the centuries are entwined with Theravadan Buddhism.
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
Heard from an acquaintance who practises Theravada buddhism.Anyway, it is confusing and unbelievable that hell is pluto
I am practicing Theravada, and this is the first time I have heard of it. LOL
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Originally posted by Fantagf:
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All i know is Pluto is changing colours rapidly now.
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is life an illusion?
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Originally posted by Larryteo:
is life an illusion?
It is like an illusion but it is not an illusion. For eg, ask someone who is dying or just escape from death, he will tell you life is like an illusion.
You can also feel that life is an illusion when few days ago, you spoke to that person, few days later you called him but his hp was not in use, worse still someone called and told you that he had passed away. You would have sleepless night thinking life is so fragile and like an illusion.