Hell

Regardless of East or West, all religions talk about the afterlife.
There is hell and heaven in Christianity and Islam too.
Buddhism uniquely discusses the idea of ​​reincarnation in the six realms: heaven, human, asura, hungry ghost, animal, and hell.
Among them, hungry ghosts, animals, and hell are specifically called the three evil paths.
It's a place everyone is afraid to go.
In Buddhism, hell is not the final destination of life, but a stopover leading to the next life.
For the dead who arrive in hell, a variety of extreme punishments await them to settle their karma from their previous lives.
That is why descendants of this life perform ceremonies such as the 49th day memorial service, Ullambana memorial service, and Suryuk memorial service to commemorate those who have passed away.

The 49th day memorial service is a ceremony that is held for a total of 49 days after death.
Every seven days, the dead meet one of the ten kings of the underworld, one by one, to be judged for their karma from their previous life, and then await the next life.
People in this world hold a memorial service at the time when the King of Hell passes judgment.
It is with the heart of asking the King of Hell, who judges, to be lenient so that the deceased can be reborn in a better place.

We meet seven kings, one every seven days. Why are they written as "Shi" (十) kings, meaning "ten"? Yama (Yama), who ruled over the underworld in India, crossed over to China and met the Taoist gods.
The Siwang Ritual is a ritual that was created by combining Buddhism with Chinese Taoism and Confucianism.
The ancestral rites held on the 100th day after death were added, and the small rites held around the first anniversary, which are considered important in Confucianism, and the great rites held around the second anniversary were added, making the number ten.
There is an old saying that 'it takes three years to get rid of the wound', but in reality, it only takes about two years.
Various hells appear in various Buddhist scriptures.
The most representative example is the Eight Hot Hells, but later the Eight Cold Hells were added and other hells appeared.
Is it because the punishment in hell is so scary?
Let's take a look at the hell we might encounter after we die.
- writing.
Kim Nam-su (editor-in-chief of the monthly magazine "Bulkwang")