Comments on: A little slice of Hell, just for you! http://theworsthorse.com/2009/02/a-little-slice-of-hell-just-for-you/ the buddhist sub- and pop-culture site Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:29:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug http://theworsthorse.com/2009/02/a-little-slice-of-hell-just-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1230 Doug Fri, 06 Feb 2009 14:01:15 +0000 http://theworsthorse.com/?p=2267#comment-1230 If you want to see the East Asian Mahayana version of Buddhist hells, you can look at Ojoyoshu, which was text written in medieval Japan not unlike Dante's Inferno, expect the focus was rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha, not something Christian. Buddhajones brings up a good point: as graphic as these images are, reality is much worse, even if less vivid. What happened at Tuol Sleng is a far worse hell than anything minds could conceive of in fiction. If you want to see the East Asian Mahayana version of Buddhist hells, you can look at Ojoyoshu, which was text written in medieval Japan not unlike Dante’s Inferno, expect the focus was rebirth in the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha, not something Christian.

Buddhajones brings up a good point: as graphic as these images are, reality is much worse, even if less vivid. What happened at Tuol Sleng is a far worse hell than anything minds could conceive of in fiction.

]]> By: buddhajones http://theworsthorse.com/2009/02/a-little-slice-of-hell-just-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1210 buddhajones Wed, 04 Feb 2009 16:00:54 +0000 http://theworsthorse.com/?p=2267#comment-1210 Several images depict torture at Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh under the Khmer Rouge. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum Several images depict torture at Tuol Sleng prison in Phnom Penh under the Khmer Rouge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuol_Sleng_Genocide_Museum

]]> By: Adam B. http://theworsthorse.com/2009/02/a-little-slice-of-hell-just-for-you/comment-page-1/#comment-1209 Adam B. Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:49:06 +0000 http://theworsthorse.com/?p=2267#comment-1209 looks like a ton of Thai Theravadin stuff in there...it seems like it fits right in with all the cultural gory ghost stories from Thailand. (o_o) looks like a ton of Thai Theravadin stuff in there…it seems like it fits right in with all the cultural gory ghost stories from Thailand. (o_o)

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