18 level of hell

Answers.com > Wiki Answers > Categories > Religion & Spirituality > Buddhism > Are there 18 levels in hell? Are there 18 levels in hell? In: Buddhism [Edit categories] Answer:   Improve As per Abhidhamma (3rd Pitaka of Dhamma), there are 08 main hells. There are 16 'mini' Hells surrounding each of these 08 hells. There is a darkness Hell, a river like hell and a tree like Hell! So, (8x16)+3= 131 A little bit of corrections, my friends. As there are 16 mini hells [4 mini hells in each of 4 directions] surrounding each main hell, it is [8 x 16 = 128] mini hells. (remember that's only mini hells total) Adding them to the 8 main hells, the number becomes [8 + 128 = 136]. The structures or kind of tortures in those hells should not add up here because we are calculating number of hells; not type of hells. And yes, this is according to Buddhism. However, it's not from Abhidhamma Pitaka (The Profound Doctrine); it's from Devadūta-sūtra, Bālapaṇḍita-sūtra and Abhidharma-kośa. The Abhidharma-kośa is a book written by a Tibetan monk; and used by Mahayana Buddhism and Tibetan Buddhism. It is said that there are 16 main hells { then it's gonna be 144 or 272 hells total :( } The 8 hells (found in Majjhima Nikaya - 130th discourse): 1. Sañjīva (Hell of Retributive Justice) 2. Kālasūtra (Hell of Black Thread) 3. Saṅghāta (Hell of Crushing) 4. Raurava (Hell of Screaming) 5. Mahāraurava (Hell of Great Screaming) 6. Tapana (Hell of Burning) 7. Pratāpana (Hell of Great Burning) 8. Avīci (Great Hell of Ceaseless Torture and Sufferings) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Hot_Hells The 8 cold hells (found in Nirvāṇa-sūtra): 1. Hahava 2. Atata 3. Alala 4. Ababa 5. Utpalal (Blue Lotus) 6. Padma (Crimson Lotus) 7. Kumuda (Scarlet Lotus) 8. Pundarika (White Lotus) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eight_Cold_Hells The 8 cold hells (derived from some sources): 1. Arbuda (Chilblains) 2. Nirarbuda (Chilblains Bursting) 3. Aṭaṭa (Chattering Teeth) 4. Hahava (!!!) 5. Huhuva (!!!) 6. Utpala (Blue Lotus) 7. Padma (Crimson Lotus) 8. Mahāpadma (Large Crimson Lotus) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eight_Cold_Hells According to Islam, there are 7 layers of hell (according to the book Ihya Uloom Ed-Din p.4.431) 1. Jahannam 2. Sakher 3. Jai 4. Hotamah 5. Saierr 6. Jahim 7. Habiyah http://www.islam-watch.org/SyedKamranMirza/IslamicHell.htm Christianity doesn't describe hell in layers; instead they differentiate with levels of torture (3 levels, I think). There are some different concepts about hell. So, please read on. Jainism has 7 layers. 1. Ratna 2. Sharkara 3. Valuka 4. Panka 5. Dhuma 6. Tamaha 7. Mahatamaha You can read more in "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell" I do not guarantee about any accuracy though. And this is interesting, too... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Problem_of_Hell Some people are trying to find hell but since they do not want to be there, they try to find it in literature. There are lots of understanding and interpretation issues. I would suggest practising some meditation techniques that could enlighten your visions and see the hells right by your third eye. (PS. just for a tip, when you get that vision, do not always find hells under the ground, look also on the horizon too. Only then try to read in religious scriptures yourself; and please tell me, and others, which are true and which religion best describes reality.) -- First answer by Kushan. Last edit by Kyawthetlwin. Contributor trust: 0 [recommend contributor ]. Question popularity: 41 [recommend question]. [report abuse] Can you answer these Buddhism questions? When did the military take charge of Burma? Answer it! Why are there more Buddhists than Jews today? Answer it! Who is the prayer leader in Buddhism? Answer it! How do Buddhist get married? Answer it! What practices can you do for Buddhism? Answer it! Relevant answers: How do you do level 18 on this is the only level on this level it is not even necessary to press the red button. Make sure you have enough block space and then jump behind the gate or bar or pole or whatever you like to call it. The ground will... What level does poochyena evolve after level 18 Poochyena will continue to try to evolve until you let it evolve, unless it holds an Everstone. It will evolve into Mightyena whenever you want it to, if you do not choose to let it evolve at level... How many levels of hell are there There is meant to be seven levels of hell, one for each of the seven deadly sins. But if you are refering to Dantes circle there are nine, the last left for betrayal. What are the levels of hell Are their different levels of hell no one has come back to say...

Panda tea

First, we have the world's most expensive coffee, Kopi Luwak, made with civet's feces. And now, the world's most expensive tea is made with panda poo! This luxury brew is created by a Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi who was a calligraphy teacher at Sichuan University. He had bought 11 tons of excrement from a panda breeding centre in Sichuan, China. He then used them to grow tea leaves which are selling at £50,000 (SGD99,000) per kilogram. Bamboo, similar to green tea, contains a cancer preventative. Yanshi claimed that since pandas have a very poor digestive system and only absorb about 30 per cent of what they eat, the rest would be used to fertilize the tea which will provide cancer-preventative effects. While Yanshi hopes to make money from the tea, he claimed that his main mission is to protect the environment and replace chemical fertilizers with animal faeces. According to Yanshi, panda poo is rich in nutrients and should be much better than chemical fertilizers. So far, there have been no takers for this unusual brew. STOMPer IUIU who came across the story online wrote: "This sounds like bullshit to me. "Why not just use the bamboo directly instead? "I doubt anyone would pay such a hefty sum to drink poo."

FBI Steve Jobs file

WASHINGTON: The US Federal Bureau of Investigation on Thursday released a 191-page file on Steve Jobs that paints an occasionally unflattering portrait of the late Apple founder. The report was compiled during a 1991 background investigation of Jobs by the FBI after former president George H.W. Bush recommended his appointment to the President's Export Council. It consists of interviews with co-workers, friends, family members and even neighbours of Jobs, who died on October 5 of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56. The names of the persons interviewed by the FBI have been redacted from the file released following a Freedom of Information Act request by The Wall Street Journal although their places of employment are frequently identified. The FBI also interviewed Jobs for the background check -- after first being told he would be unavailable for three weeks and could only spare an hour. Jobs told the FBI he had not used any illegal drugs during the past five years but had experimented with marijuana, hashish and LSD between 1970 and 1974 while in high school and college. The report notes that Jobs had been involved in several lawsuits as chief executive of Apple but had never been arrested and was not a member of the communist party. Jobs, who had left Apple at the time of the background check and was head of NeXT Computer, was described by some of those interviewed as "strongwilled, stubborn, hardworking and driven," the report said, even a "genius." "They further stated, however that Mr Jobs possesses integrity as long as he gets his way," the report said. "Several individuals questioned Mr Jobs' honesty stating Mr Jobs will twist the truth and distort reality in order to achieve his goals," it said. "Appointee is very truthful and straightforwards with people and usually says exactly what he is thinking," it added. The report also delved into Jobs's relationship with his former girlfriend and their daughter. "In the past, Mr Jobs was not supportive of (the mother of his child born out of wedlock) and their daughter: however, recently has become more supportive," it said. Jobs, in a recent authorised biography by Walter Isaacson, acknowledged both his drug use and that he had not initially been close to his daughter. One woman interviewed by the FBI said Job's personal life was "lacking due to his narcissism and shallowness" but he has "far reaching vision." "She also stated that his success at Apple... also caused him at times to lose sight of honesty and integrity and even caused him to distort the truth at times to get his way," the report said. Another person said Jobs "had undergone a change in philosophy by participating in eastern and/or Indian mysticism and religion. "This change apparently influenced the Appointee's personal life for the better," the FBI said. "The Appointee lives more of a spartan-like and at times even monastic existence." While some of those interviewed had reservations about Jobs's character, all of them said they would recommend him for a "position of trust and confidence with the US government." Along with the background check file, the FBI released the report of its investigation into a February 1985 bomb threat against Apple in which an unidentified caller demanded $1 million. No bombs was ever found and no money changed hands.

Alternative reality on the Chinese economy

HONG KONG - China's official data isn't always helpful. But the earnings statements of foreign multinationals give a good alternative reality check on the Chinese economy. Leaf through recent numbers from those with big businesses in the People's Republic, such as Yum Brands, Siemens or Moet Hennessy-Louis Vuitton, and three trends emerge. Consumer companies tell a tale of rising prices. Yum, the parent group of Kentucky Fried Chicken, is just one struggling to pass through rising costs to Chinese customers. Same-store sales rose by 21 per cent in the fourth quarter, but food, wages and rent hikes helped drag down margins to 16 per cent from 18 per cent a year earlier. Yum plans to raise prices again in 2012, after a small 2 per cent increase in September. So much for inflation being under control. Heavy industrials, meanwhile, convey slowing investment. Siemens, which supplies machinery to manufacturers, reported a 16 per cent decline in new Chinese orders in the last quarter of 2012, measured year on year. Power company Eaton Corp singled out China as one factor behind its own missed sales targets. Foreign suppliers feel the pinch early when manufacturers start running down stocks instead of increasing production. Then there are the luxury firms. For them life is great, showing that even if the economy is slowing, the rich and powerful are doing fine. That's bad for China's rising wealth gap and its fight against corruption, both of which fuel social tensions that threaten steady growth. Richemont, which owns Cartier, and LVMH both enthused about Chinese demand in their quarterly statements. They are also the top brands for Chinese millionaires buying gifts, according to the Hurun report. It's not all bleak. Richemont's sales in Europe, which rose 16 per cent year on year, were driven in part by Chinese tourists. They bought $7.2 billion of luxury goods abroad during the lunar New Year break, according to the World Luxury Association. Those don't officially count as imports - yet if they did, they would almost balance the estimated $10 billion trade surplus for January. It's some comfort that China is consuming, even if not always at home. Context news Yum Brands, the U.S. parent of Kentucky Fried Chicken, said on Feb 6 that sales at established restaurants in China grew by 21 per cent during the fourth quarter of 2012, measured year on year. Operating profits grew 15 per cent in China over the same period, after Yum increased prices by 2 per cent in September. Siemens, the German engineering group, reported a 16 per cent decline in new Chinese orders in the last three months of 2012, and said it had witnessed a "marked slowdown in short cycle businesses" in China, particularly in industrial automation. 3M, the U.S. industrials group, said it anticipates continued below-trend growth in China in the first half of 2012. Another global manufacturer, Eaton Corp, singled out China as one of several factors that caused it to miss sales targets for the year. Richemont, the maker of Cartier jewellery and IWC watches, said in January that sales in Europe rose 16 per cent year on year in the fourth quarter of 2012, driven by Chinese tourists purchasing the group's goods whilst abroad. Chinese consumers bought $7.2 billion luxury goods abroad during the lunar New Year festival, up 29 per cent from the same period a year earlier, according to World Luxury Association. That accounted for a third of global luxury goods sales during that period, or 62 per cent of the sales in Europe and 28 per cent of the sales in North America.

Biggest baby in China

7kg baby boy biggest ever born in China YourHealth, AsiaOne | Wed, Feb 08, 2012 Weighing in at a whopping 7.04kg, Dragon baby Chun Chun may be the heaviest infant ever born in China. The baby boy was delivered on Saturday in a local hospital in Xinxiang city, Henan province. The Daily Mail reported that both mother and child are in good health. The happy father expressed delight in welcoming a Dragon baby to local television channel Xinxiang Television. The infant's arrival auspiciously fell a day after the start of spring for the Year of the Dragon. According to the Wan Nian Li, or Ten Thousand Years Calendar, only those born after Feb 4 can be considered Dragon babies. Han Jingang, father of Chun Chun, added that his wife showed no signs that she would give birth to such a big and fat son. She behaved no differently from other pregnant women, eating and drinking normally. However, the 29-year-old proud mother, Wang Yujuan, had a suspicion that she was carrying something special. She said she was more clumsy than when she had been pregnant with her previous child, and her belly was bigger than expected. But she never thought her baby would tip the scales at 7kg, having previously guessed the baby would weigh a maximum of 5kg. The couple's first child, now six years old, weighed a normal 4kg at birth. Chun Chun, whom doctors say weighs twice as heavy as a normal baby, is a tad heavier than three other babies who previously jointly held the record. Born between 2008 and 2010, the three babies weighed exactly 7kg. According to the Guinness World Records, the heaviest baby ever born weighed 10.8kg. However, the Ohio-born baby boy died 11 hours after birth. Also read: 6kg baby the heaviest newborn born in Singapore yamadak@sph.com.sg

'Glowing gem' con

  Foreigners caught red-headed in 'glowing' gem con By Zaihan Mohamed Yusof The New Paper | Wed, Feb 08, 2012 Singaporean Ravan Rai thought what he was seeing was a miracle. The tiny stone, known as a naga mani or cobra pearl, was glowing in the dark room. Just minutes ago, the amber-coloured stone, kept in a rectangular wooden box, looked nothing out of the ordinary. But when placed on a beach towel, it began to manifest its "mystical powers" - the intensity of its glow gradually increasing as the two foreigners began chanting louder in Hindi. That was the power of the naga mani, said one of two Indian nationals who had given Mr Rai a demonstration of the gem's mystical powers on Jan 19. Said Mr Rai, 29, at his shop in Pearl's Centre in Chinatown: "I was in awe because many believe that this rare stone can ward off evil and shower its owner with wealth. "I was almost convinced and willing to pay handsomely for the naga mani." But Mr Rai, who sells religious amulets at his shop, Phra Pirab Occult Specialist, refused to make a purchase that day because he believes Tuesdays are inauspicious days for major transactions. High price The men, from Karnataka in southern India, had allegedly demanded 500,000 rupees (about $12,600) for the gem. They were recommended by Mr Rai's father, who had met them at a Buddhist temple in Geylang Lorong 11. Said Mr Rai: "The price seemed like a lot, but I thought it was small compared to the benefits I stood to gain." He told the pair to return the next evening. But while excited at the prospect of owning the naga mani, he also had his doubts. So that night, Mr Rai went online to do some research. He learnt that many naga mani scams had taken place in India over the last five years. In one YouTube video, he saw a box where the naga mani stone was kept, and it was remarkably similar to the one the two men had. The next day, the two foreigners returned to the shop as agreed. But this time, Mr Rai had three friends present to witness the demonstration. Like before, the foreigners set conditions before they displayed the stone. The room had to be kept dark and quiet before the chanting began. No one was allowed to touch the stone in case he was hurt by the "energy" within the naga mani. The Singaporeans were also prevented from sitting near two edges of the beach towel "reserved" for the Indian nationals. "After a 15-minute demonstration, I had enough," said Mr Rai. "When the lights came on, I ordered the two men to move away from the towel." Their game was up. Cornered, the two men lost their confidence, said Mr Surinder Singh, one of Mr Rai's friends. Mr Singh, 33, said: "They were dumbfounded when Rai lifted the towel." Battery pack Hidden beneath the towel was a battery pack sealed with electrical tape. Attached to the pack was a dimmer. A well-hidden socket was stitched into the seam of the towel with a trail of wires leading to the centre of the towel where the naga mani had been placed. Directly below it was a tiny bulb partially hidden from view. While one of the fraudsters was chanting, the other skilfully operated the dimmer in the dark. The pair gave the impression that the stone was responding to their special prayers, said Mr Singh. He added: "Previously, they were pally with us, calling us 'brothers' and telling us we were doing the right thing. One of them even said he had special oil to cure my hair loss. "I was disappointed because Rai could have lost a huge sum of money over something worthless." Mr Rai was furious that he came so close to being cheated. He said: "I threatened to call the police. I later learnt that the stone was made of synthetic fibre worth just $2. "They begged us not to (call the police). One of them even got on his knees and touched my feet, begging for forgiveness." Mr Rai demanded to see their passports. He wanted answers. Who was their mastermind? How many have already been cheated the same way? Using a mobile phone, one of Mr Rai's friends recorded the scene as the men were questioned. In the meantime, Mr Rai made photocopies of their passports. The foreigners claimed they were sent to Singapore by a syndicate. If they did not agree to go along with the con job, their families would be harmed, they said. One man even produced photographs of his family to show the Singaporeans. Mr Singh, convinced that it was all another "show", encouraged Mr Rai to call the cops immediately. Mr Rai said: "I had to think hard. What if they were telling the truth for once? I didn't want to be responsible for any harm to their families in India." After two hours, Mr Rai agreed to let them go. But not after giving them a taste of their own medicine. Mr Rai cut off a lock of hair from both men's heads and threatened that evil spirits would haunt them if they continued to cheat honest people. The pair then left in a hurry. Mr Rai kept the rigged towel and worthless stone in his shop to remind himself not to fall for a scam. He did not lodge a police report, but The New Paper advised him to do so. Said Mr Rai: "I learnt a valuable lesson that night. Never be too eager to believe in the supernatural to improve one's quality of life. You can attain your own wealth simply by believing in yourself." This article was first published in The New Paper.

Grave documentation

Grave documentation nearly complete The New Paper | Mon, Feb 06, 2012 AN EXERCISE to document some 5,000 graves at Bukit Brown Cemetery, where a controversial road is slated to cut through, is almost complete. And the Land Transport Authority (LTA) will "use the findings from the documentation exercise to fine-tune the road alignment so as to reduce the impact on the graves", said Mr Tan Chuan-Jin, Minister of State for National Development and Manpower in a Facebook post yesterday. "Some adjustments are already being made," said Mr Tan, after visiting the cemetery yesterday morning. He met anthropologist Hui Yew-Foong and his team who have been documenting the graves that could potentially be affected by the new road. They started work on Dec 1. Last year, the Urban Redevelopment Authority announced that Bukit Brown would be needed for future housing. And the LTA revealed plans to construct a dual four-lane carriageway through Bukit Brown by next year to ease congestion on Lornie Road. The road will affect about 5,000 of more than 100,000 graves there. Noting the "heritage value" of Bukit Brown cemetery - whose redevelopment plans have upset many -Mr Tan said "tensions over development and environment-history-heritage will become more acute". But he revealed the area could yield 15,000 homes for some 50,000 residents - "roughly 40 per cent the number of homes in Toa Payoh town". He stressed: "These are homes for many many Singaporeans." Going forward, Mr Tan said: "Let's see how we can develop Bukit Brown in the interim, to make it more accessible to visitors, even as we maintain its rustic charm." This article was first published in The New Paper.