The Dharma Realm of of Hell-beings
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The
hells' anxiety and suffering Commentary: It is said, Depressed and
melancholy, you roam through the hells. Once you become worried, you travel to the hells to take a vacation. If you get worried, you plant a seed for the hells. If you smile, you plant a seed for the heavens. It is said, From ancient times,
the divine immortals have had no other practice If you become depressed, you take a trip to the hells. If you smile all the time, you look youthful even if you are old. If you cry, you give yourself a lot of vexation. In general, there is no happiness in the hells. They are full of suffering and distress. The hells' anxiety and suffering / Is devoid of doors, yet one bores right in. Unlike jails built to hold criminals, the hells haven't any doors. However, if you are due to go to hell, when you arrive it is just as if a door opened, because you find yourself worming and boring in where there was no entrance. Giving rise
to delusion, deeds are done. Why do you go to the hells? Ignorance
and afflictions make you stupid and confused, so you create bad karma
and don't do good deeds. The retribution is borne in due accord.
When you create bad karma, you fall into the hells to undergo the retribution.
There is no end to this cycle once it starts. You receive exact repayment
for whatever karma you create, and the retribution is never off by even
a hair's breadth.
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