Nanda Moe Kye - Myths from the Buddha's time that every Buddhist should know

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It is said that there are four realms of existence.

Of the four realms, the hell realm is separate. It is his realm and his. However, the ghosts are not separate from their realm. They live together with people in the human realm. It is known that during the time of the Buddha, the ghosts lived in large numbers in a forest called Vindhavi on the slopes of the Himalayas.

"The ghosts of the great defilements have temples to live in. The ghosts of the great defilements, those who have no defilements, those who have little defilements, live in trees, bushes, and thickets, in ravines and ditches, in old caves, in cemeteries, in old ruined temples, in old ruined temples, and on mountain slopes and cliffs, according to the unwholesome karma they have committed."

 

The food of the defilements is also disgusting and disgusting according to the unwholesome karma they have done. For example, they eat leftovers from people's food, rice, soup, leftover bread, leftovers from bread, discarded fish, meat, rotten animals, rotten blood, the waste products of pregnant women after childbirth, feces, etc. The defilements that are even more unwholesome than these defilements are not allowed to eat and drink as much as these defilements, and they are hungry and thirsty. In addition, there are defilements that have not eaten or drunk anything for many years and are always hungry, and there are defilements that have not drunk even a drop of water for (55) years. You will read about these defilements in this book.

The appearance of the demons is so beautiful that it is difficult to see them, so terrifying that it is difficult to look at them. They are always hungry and have no food or drink, so their flesh and blood dry up. They are nothing but skin, sinews, and bones.

Some of the pittas, however, have great power of creation and are capable of various forms. Therefore, they can create the appearance of houses and create special and unusual forms, and people call them Nanabhava. This is also to be read in this book. It is said that pittas are people who live in the human world and do the same things as humans in matters of marriage and childbirth. In the question and answer of King Milinda and Lord Nagasena, it is found that the ghosts of the dead pittas appear in the form of worms, in the form of frogs, in the form of grasshoppers, in the form of centipedes, in the form of birds, in the form of deer, in the form of wild animals and insects, in the form of various creatures.

There are many types of pitta, such as the one who is in the world,

There are many opportunities for the poor to transition to a better life.

"Unless one's parents, relatives, or other relatives are able to invoke the merit of the gift they have donated, they can obtain it as their ancestors. If they are unable to obtain any merit, they can certainly obtain it as a donor who is a physical entity.

Arriving in the afterlife is the process of human life.

Due to unwholesome actions such as excessive envy, jealousy, lack of giving and charity, being jealous of and prohibiting the giving and charity of others, committing the three karmas..., one falls into the recluse life.

Therefore, this book has been written as a reminder to avoid descending into the lower, suffering-filled realms of hell, animal, demon, and arahant life while attaining this noble human life.

If reading this book will help you gain more knowledge and wisdom, then I would say that it was worth writing this book.

Nanda Moe Star

(22-5-2012)

A prostitute who eats excrement

A forest called "Vinjatiwi"...

The Venerable Moggallana arrived at that forest after wandering through the mountains with the power of meditation.

In the forest, as if fireworks were being launched... the colors were shimmering and rising upwards. The sight was so strange that Moggallana went to the nearby area and stopped for a moment to watch.

"Oh...the Pita family is in a lot of trouble, isn't it?"

The suffering of the four noble families is so great that it is worth mentioning it. When the noble families saw the Venerable Moggallana, they were terrified and terrified. Then they began to suffer the same suffering as before. Seeing this scene, which was beyond comfort, the Venerable Moggallana asked:

"Oh... all you whores. How terrible is your situation? One of you four is setting himself on fire. There... another is beating his own head with an iron club. There... another is scratching his own back with his own nails and eating his flesh. And the last one is eating disgusting, delicious excrement with relish...

"Oh... you degenerates, what bad karma have you committed that you are experiencing in this way?"

When Moggallana finished his question, the Pitta family looked at each other, "He answered, I answered."

Finally, the great sage... pointed to the individual...

"Venerable sir... he was the husband of your disciple in his human life. He was the son of your disciple in his human life, and she is your disciple's daughter-in-law."

The Master said that the disciple's family had each committed evil deeds since their human lives, so when they left this life, the disciple said, "All four families became ghosts in this forest."

"It's not comforting to hear this, but what kind of evil deeds have people committed in the past that we see?"

A small village near Sawatthi.

In this small village, there is only one family. The owner, his wife, and their four sons and daughters-in-law. Each of these four families has their own unique personality...

The head of the household, the husband, was a grain merchant who made a living through deceit.