Hahava
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hahava. (T. ha ha zhes ’bod pa [alt. kyi hud zer ba]; C. 臛臛婆).[1] In Sanskrit, “crying ha ha”.[2] One of the eight cold hells of Buddhist cosmology. It is also known as the "hell of lamentation" (T. kyi hud zer ba ཀྱི་ཧུད་ཟེར་བ).[3]
It is named for the sounds its inhabitants make while enduring unthinkable cold.[2][3]
Dudjom Rinpoche states:
- The Hell of Lamentation. The beings here moan, uttering just the smallest sounds of one syllable in whispers.[4]
Notes
- ↑ The Chinese translation is from: wikipedia:Naraka (Buddhism).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
ha ha zhes ’bod pa, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 kyi hud zer ba, Christian-Steinert Dictionary
- ↑ Dudjom Rinpoche 2011, Chapter 7. Reflecting on the Defects of Cyclic Existence.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
Dudjom Rinpoche (2011), A Torch Lighting the Way to Freedom: Complete Instructions on the Preliminary Practices, translated by Padmakara Translation Group, Shambhala