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The Buddhists believes that there are three special procedures that men had to undergo before they were able to enter heaven. They had to first enter through the Gates of Hell and face the two guardians known as the Ox-head and the Horse-face. Their duty was to usher new dead souls to the respective courts for their punishment or reward.
The Buddhists believes that there are three special procedures that men had to undergo before they were able to enter heaven. They had to first enter through the Gates of Hell and face the two guardians known as the Ox-head and the Horse-face. Their duty was to usher new dead souls to the respective courts for their punishment or reward.
Men who were virtuous during their past life, would be led over to the Golden Bridge bound to the Heaven while those whose past good deeds outweighed the crimes committed would be sent to the Silver Bridge to a different Heaven. The evil doers would be sent to the Ten Courts of Hell to repent.
Some examples of the punishments in Hell include tongued being pulled out, being thrown into a wok of boiling oil, the body being dismembered, being thrown into a hill of knives, the body being sawed into two, etc. These punishments would be used on offences such as wasting food, cheating, raping, abducting, cursing and so on and so forth.
After going through the Ten Courts of Hell, men would either go straight to heaven if they had some virtous characters while the non-virtuos would stand in front of the mirror of retribution to witness alll their past misdeeds. The final judgment was passed upon them as to who or what they would be reincarnated to.
Then, they would be lead to Pavilion of Forgetfulness, whereby Meng Po would serve a magic tea to help them forget their past lives. They would be separated into six paths of the wheel reincarnation know as the Samsara.
Overall, these graphic representations act as a deterrent for men to commit crimes.
Some examples of the punishments in Hell include tongued being pulled out, being thrown into a wok of boiling oil, the body being dismembered, being thrown into a hill of knives, the body being sawed into two, etc. These punishments would be used on offences such as wasting food, cheating, raping, abducting, cursing and so on and so forth.
After going through the Ten Courts of Hell, men would either go straight to heaven if they had some virtous characters while the non-virtuos would stand in front of the mirror of retribution to witness alll their past misdeeds. The final judgment was passed upon them as to who or what they would be reincarnated to.
Then, they would be lead to Pavilion of Forgetfulness, whereby Meng Po would serve a magic tea to help them forget their past lives. They would be separated into six paths of the wheel reincarnation know as the Samsara.
Overall, these graphic representations act as a deterrent for men to commit crimes.
[To be continued…]
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