The king of the under world cross questions, asks for reasons and studies together with him thus. ‘Good man did you not see the first divine messenger among humans?’
He says ‘Sir I did not see.’
Then the king of the under world would ask him. ‘Good man didn’t you see a todler who stands and lies with difficulty, mingled in his own urine and excreta while lying?’
Devaduta Sutta
Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Or must one lie prone & fouled in one's own excrement and urine?
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Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
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Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Whether or not there is a lavatory is probably the least of the worries of the hell realms.
There are some other references to suttas describing hell rooms on this page: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
There are some other references to suttas describing hell rooms on this page: http://www.accesstoinsight.org/ptf/dham ... /loka.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Thank you. But I feel I have dwelt here in a past life.
Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Hello hellbeing,
There is an element of this thinking in all of us from time to time. No need to go on feelings, And if any part of the Teachings seems difficult to you, just set it aside for a while (without discounting it) and continue your practice.
with karuna,
Chris
There is an element of this thinking in all of us from time to time. No need to go on feelings, And if any part of the Teachings seems difficult to you, just set it aside for a while (without discounting it) and continue your practice.
with karuna,
Chris
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---Worry is the Interest, paid in advance, on a debt you may never owe---
---It's not what happens to you in life that is important ~ it's what you do with it ---
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Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Sometimes there are elements in pop culture and shows which can help. Here is a great scene from the Lion King:hellbeing wrote:Thank you. But I feel I have dwelt here in a past life.
Dialogue elements:
Adult Simba: I know what I have to do. But going back will mean facing my past. I've been running from it for so long.
[Rafiki hits Simba on the head with his stick]
Adult Simba: Ow! Jeez, what was that for?
Rafiki: It doesn't matter. It's in the past.
Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Hellbeing = Element
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- Cormac McCarthy, The Road
Learn this from the waters:
in mountain clefts and chasms,
loud gush the streamlets,
but great rivers flow silently.
- Sutta Nipata 3.725
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Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Plenty of lavatories here at Dhamma Wheel:
Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
It so happens that "excrement and urine" is an anagram for reenacted rune minx and cad reenter menu nix
Rain soddens what is covered up,
It does not sodden what is open.
Therefore uncover what is covered
That the rain will not sodden it. Ud 5.5
It does not sodden what is open.
Therefore uncover what is covered
That the rain will not sodden it. Ud 5.5
Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
We have probably experienced all the realms.
Don't you think after a long time in a deva realm, if you fell into a lower realm, it would seem like hell? Might even make a person want to pursue the Dharma in order to transcend all realms.
Don't you think after a long time in a deva realm, if you fell into a lower realm, it would seem like hell? Might even make a person want to pursue the Dharma in order to transcend all realms.
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Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
And ironically, Let me en is an anagram for Element.rowboat wrote:It so happens that "excrement and urine" is an anagram for reenacted rune minx and cad reenter menu nix
Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
See? Just when I decided to be nice to people, element rears his ugly head.
element=unbelievable shamelessness! what motivates this guy?
element=unbelievable shamelessness! what motivates this guy?
Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Now this is seriously badass lower realm kamma - to push alan off his metta-pursuing path!
I hope that the fear of the lower realms he is heading for will turn element towards the brahmavihara of not harassing Dhamma Wheel.
I hope that the fear of the lower realms he is heading for will turn element towards the brahmavihara of not harassing Dhamma Wheel.
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Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Wait, wait...What is wrong with this element guy?
Re: Is there a lavatory in the hell realm?
Alan is kick-ass serious in these matters!