HELLHELL

CHARACTERISTICS:

TERRIBLE SUFFERINGHORRID LOOKINGPAIN & ANGUISHPHYSICAL & MENTAL

TORTURE

HELL

DUE TO:

KILLING & TORTURING

HATREDTERRIBLE TEMPER

Hell is a most suffering and torturous state. A Hell being is full

of anguish, hate and cruelty.

HUNGRY GHOSTSHUNGRY GHOSTS

CHARACTERISTICS:

SUFFERING STATE• MISERY• ANGUISH OF HUNGER

& THIRST• STRONG DESIRES• INCESSANT FRUSTRATION

HUNGRY GHOSTS

DUE TO:

GREED & LUST

• UNWHOLESOME DESIRES

• ATTACHMENT & CRAVING

• SELFISHNESS

A Hungry Ghost or Peta suffers in great misery. Its wants and desires are not met

and is not at peace.

CHARACTERISTICS:* WOEFUL STATE* DIFFICULT LIFE & DULL MIND* FEARFUL* MAY BE COMFORTABLE BUT IGNORANT OF RULES

ANIMALANIMAL

DUE TO:* HURTING SENTIENT BEINGS

* FREQUENT BREAKING OF PRECEPTS* INTOXICATED & DELUDED MIND

ANIMALS ANIMALS

Life as an animal is tough – it can suffer real hard under the hostile

forces of Nature.

DEMONS & DEMI-GODSCHARACTERISTICS:

TORMENTED STATE

VIOLENT & HOT-TEMPERED

AGGRESSIVE & JEALOUS

EGOISTIC

CRAVING FOR POWER

DEMONS & DEMI-GODS

DUE TO:

EVIL ACTIONS OF BODY, SPEECH , MIND

ANGER & TEMPER

HATRED & EGO

ILL-WILL & JEALOUSY

Demons or Azuras are in mental states of suffering…they experience

aggression, hatred, anger and jealousy.

HUMAN

CHARACTERISTICS:

* FORTUNATE STATE

* MIXTURE OF PAIN

& HAPPINESS

HUMANHUMANCHARACTERISTICS:ABLE TO FEEL & THINKACTS WITH VOLITION

To be born a human is unique. We can rise above obstacles and difficulties and generate good kamma for future lives.

HUMAN

FORTUNATE HUMAN STATE

DUE TO:

CHARITY & KIND DEEDS

KEEPING THE PRECEPTS WELL

UNFORTUNATE HUMAN STATE

DUE TO:

HATRED, EGO & SELFISHNESS

GODSGODS

CHARACTERISTICS:CHARACTERISTICS:

FORTUNATE & HAPPY STATEFORTUNATE & HAPPY STATE

PLEASURE & BLISSPLEASURE & BLISS

ENJOYMENTENJOYMENT

BEAUTYBEAUTY

LONG LIFE SPANLONG LIFE SPAN

GODSGENEROSITYGOOD MORALITYGOOD MENTAL CULTIVATIONLOVING-KINDNESS

Due To*GENEROSITY

*GOOD MORALITY

*GOOD MENTAL *CULTIVATION

*LOVING-KINDNESS

Devas or gods in the heavens live happy lives because of their good kamma accumulated

when they were human beings

The End

May We Generate

Good Kamma and Grow in Compassion and Wisdom

With Metta,

Bro. Oh Teik Bin