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naraku ならく / 奈落 hell, hades
sanskrit : naraka, niraya
. Diyu 地狱 (Jap. jigoku) (Sanskrit: नरक "Naraka") .
is the realm of the dead or "hell" in Chinese mythology.
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Naraka (Sanskrit: नरक) or Niraya (Pāli: निरय) is a term in Buddhist cosmology usually referred to in English as "hell", "
hell realm", or "
purgatory". The Narakas of Buddhism are closely related to diyu, the hell in Chinese mythology. A Naraka differs from the hells of Abrahamic religions in two respects: firstly, beings are not sent to Naraka as the result of a divine judgment and punishment; secondly, the length of a being's stay in a Naraka is not eternal, though it is usually very long.
A being is born into a Naraka as a direct result of his or her accumulated karma and resides there for a finite period of time until that karma has achieved its full result. After his or her karma is used up, he or she will be reborn in one of the higher worlds as the result of karma that had not yet ripened.
In the Devaduta Sutta, the 130th discourse of Majjhima Nikaya, the Buddha teaches about hell in vivid detail.
Physically, Narakas are thought of as a series of cavernous layers which extend below Jambudvīpa (the ordinary human world) into the earth. There are several schemes for enumerating these Narakas and describing their torments. The Abhidharma-kosa (Treasure House of Higher Knowledge) is the root text that describes the most common scheme, the Eight Cold Narakas and Eight Hot Narakas.
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Arbuda (頞部陀), the "blister" Naraka, is a dark, frozen plain surrounded by icy mountains and continually swept by blizzards. Inhabitants of this world arise fully grown and abide lifelong naked and alone, while the cold raises blisters upon their bodies. The length of life in this Naraka is said to be the time it would take to empty a barrel of sesame seed if one only took out a single seed every hundred years.
Nirarbuda (刺部陀), the "burst blister" Naraka, is Naraka is even colder than Arbuda. There, the blisters burst open, leaving the beings' bodies covered with frozen blood and pus.
Aṭaṭa (頞听陀) is the "shivering" Naraka. There, beings shiver in the cold, making an aṭ-aṭ-aṭ sound with their mouths.
Hahava (臛臛婆) is the "lamentation" Naraka. There, the beings lament in the cold, going haa, haa in pain.
Huhuva (虎々婆), the "chattering teeth" Naraka, is where beings shiver as their teeth chatter, making the sound hu, hu.
Utpala (嗢鉢羅) is the "blue lotus" Naraka. The intense cold there makes the skin turn blue like the colour of an utpala waterlily.
Padma (鉢特摩), the "lotus" Naraka, has blizzards that cracks open frozen skin, leaving one raw and bloody.
Mahāpadma (摩訶鉢特摩) is the "great lotus" Naraka. The entire body cracks into pieces and the internal organs are exposed to the cold, also cracking.
- - - - - Hot Narakas
Sañjīva, the "reviving" Naraka, has ground made of hot iron heated by an immense fire. Beings in this Naraka appear fully grown, already in a state of fear and misery. As soon as the being begins to fear being harmed by others, their fellows appear and attack each other with iron claws and hell guards appear and attack the being with fiery weapons. As soon as the being experiences an unconsciousness like death, they are suddenly restored to full health and the attacks begin again. Other tortures experienced in this Naraka include having molten metal dropped upon them, being sliced into pieces, and suffering from the heat of the iron ground. Life in this Naraka is 1.62×1012 years long. It is said to be 1000 yojanas beneath Jambudvīpa and 10,000 yojanas in each direction (a yojana being 7 miles, or 11 kilometres).
Kālasūtra, the "black thread" Naraka, includes the torments of Sañjīva. In addition, black lines are drawn upon the body, which hell guards use as guides to cut the beings with fiery saws and sharp axes.Life in this Naraka is 1.296×1013 years long.
Saṃghāta, the "crushing" Naraka, is surrounded by huge masses of rock that smash together and crush the beings to a bloody jelly. When the rocks move apart again, life is restored to the being and the process starts again.Life in this Naraka is 1.0368×1014 years long.
Raurava, the "screaming" Naraka, is where beings run wildly about, looking for refuge from the burning ground. When they find an apparent shelter, they are locked inside it as it blazes around them, while they scream inside. Life in this Naraka is 8.2944×1014 years long.
Mahāraurava, the "great screaming" Naraka, is similar to Raurava.Punishment in here are for people who maintain their own body by hurting others. In this hell, ruru animals known as kravyāda torment them and eat their flesh. Life in this Naraka is 6.63552×1015 years long.
Tapana is the "heating" Naraka, where hell guards impale beings on a fiery spear until flames issue from their noses and mouths.Life in this Naraka is 5.308416×1016 years long.
Pratāpana, the "great heating" Naraka. The tortures here are similar to the Tapana Naraka, but the beings are pierced more bloodily with a trident.Life in this Naraka is 4.2467328×1017 years long. It is also said to last for the length of half an antarakalpa.
Avīci, is the "uninterrupted" Naraka. Beings are roasted in an immense blazing oven with terrible suffering. Life in this Naraka is 3.39738624×1018 years long. It is also said to last for the length of an antarakalpa.
Some sources describe five hundred or even hundreds of thousands of different Narakas.
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. Hachi Netsu Jigoku 八熱地獄 Eight Hot Hells .
. Hachi Kan Jigoku 八寒地獄 Eight Cold Hells .
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僧兵の古寺を奈落に樹氷咲く
soohei no koji o naraku ni juhyoo saku
turning the old temple
of the monk-soldiers into hell -
rime blossoms on trees
Kimura Kohitsuji 木村仔羊
There were many temples where the monks functioned as soldiers too.
Even nowadays there are festivals in their honor.
. soohei, sōhei 僧兵 monk-warrior, monk-soldier .
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あさがほや奈落のふちのやはらかく
asagao ya naraku no fuchi no yawarakaku
morning glories -
the softness of the edge
of hell
Tr. Gabi Greve
Masaki Yuuko 正木ゆう子 Masaki Yuko
(1952 - ) from Kumamoto
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桜散る山車の奈落の昼の闇
伊藤いと子
辻廻す山車の奈落を人知らず
出島かず江
腕もがれ鬼は奈落へ嵯峨念仏
鈴木妙子
堪へたりし金神奈落寒明けぬ
稲垣きくの
逆縁の奈落を鳴けり青葉木菟
神戸周子
散り紅葉奈落しずめる祇王の地
千曲山人
倶利伽羅の奈落へ落葉急ぐ木々
入村玲子
工事場の奈落に落葉舞ひつづけ
鈴木貞雄
水暮れて奈落のごとし朴落葉
渡辺古鏡
きらめきつ奈落へ飛べる木の葉かな
西村和子
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. Jigoku Bosatsu 地獄菩薩 "Bosatsu of Hell" .
- - - - - Namu Jigoku Daibosatsu 南無地獄大菩薩, Jizoo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩
. jigokudoo 地獄道（じごくどう）The World of Hell .
. Jigoku no Baba 地獄の婆., Datsueba 奪衣婆 or 脱衣婆 the Old Hag of Hell .
. jigokuyaki, jigoku yaki 地獄焼 grilling seafood alive - "Hellish grilling" .
. Juu Oo, Jū-ō 十王, Juo, Ju-O - 10 Ten Kings of Hell, Ten Yama Kings .
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