Page 64 - Desire to Disaster

He stated, “O great one, if people wish to become slaves to
sensuous desires, which are the enemies of the soul, and lead
to rebirth in naraka {hell} and in nigoda {the lowest level
of existence, where many souls share one body and where
the lifespan is shorter than 1/18th of second}, how can our
prohibition stop anyone?”

The king was taken aback. He asked, “What is naraka and
nigoda?
Horrors of Hell

The monk replied, “Naraka is a place located below where
we stand. It is a place where people bear the consequences
of their sins. Sinners are born there, in a dark narrow cave,
like a rat’s burrow. In naraka, they are dragged out from
the cave through an even thinner path by the wardens of
hell (known as paramadhami deva) and beaten up brutally by
them. Firstly, by dragging them through a very narrow cave,
the beings suffer like seeds in a mill. So they shriek in agony
and cry piteously. But the wardens of hell have no mercy.
They stretch them on a flat rock and whack them with a huge
stick, just as washermen pound dirty clothes with a flat club.
Then they grab them by the feet and dash them against the
rock. This pounding goes on for a long time. After that they
are shoved in a giant oil extracting machine. After that, they
are shoved in a giant oven and baked over fire. Who can even
count the terrified shrieks of pain of the denizens of hell?”
And then, the wardens of hell ask the person, “Didn’t you
enjoy ogling beautiful women?” And a sharp spear is pushed
into one eye.
“Didn’t you enjoy listening to the singing of prostitutes?”
And then burning hot lead is poured in their ears.

“Didn’t enjoy the touch of soft sensuous objects” And then
they are scraped on a giant scraper, just like bananas are
scraped to make wafers.

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