Padma naraka
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Padma naraka (T. པད་མ་ལྟར་གས་པ་; C. 鉢特摩).[1] In Sanskrit, "lotus hell". One of the eight cold hells of Buddhist cosmology. Also known as "Bursting Like Lotuses", "Cracked Like Lotus Flowers", "Splitting Open Like a Lotus Hell", etc.[2]
The extreme cold of this hell turns the skin of its denizens blue and then red until they crack apart into ten or more pieces like lotus petals.[2]
Dudjom Rinpoche states:
- The Hell of Lotus-like Cracks. The skin changes from blue to red and splits into ten or many more sections.[3]
Notes
- ↑ The Chinese translation is from: wikipedia:Naraka (Buddhism).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1
པད་མ་ལྟར་གས་པ་, 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