At this moment, Bao Liexing came to the small dung hell and saw a human head protruding from the cesspit. His body was completely submerged in it. It was stinking, and several white and fleshy maggots were on his neck. Crawling. His eyes were filled with a melancholy and helpless luster, and his face was filled with a look of remorse.
The ghost soldier told Bao Liexing that this guilty soul was a very great person in his lifetime, but because he was too violent, killed countless lives, and had a long-lasting resentment, he has been tortured for thousands of years and still cannot escape from this shit hell. .
When Bao Lixing heard that he was a person, he felt a deep respect for him in his heart. However, seeing that he was being tortured in such a useless manner, his respect for him was greatly reduced.
Bao Liexing held his nose and asked the ghost soldier. In the Yang world, those who were kings and emperors were very cultivated and blessed people. If they killed too many people who shouldn't be killed during their reign, would they go to hell after death?
The ghost soldier said that kings and emperors are also human beings. They have enjoyed all their blessings and committed crimes. After death, their souls are also sent to hell. Their afterlife also changes with their careers. Some become pigs, dogs, birds, insects, etc. Can't tell clearly.
Bao Liexing kept nodding and turned around to leave this shitty hell. But the ghost official stopped him and said, don't go, don't go. The man soaked in the manure tank was a famous general of the Qin State during the Warring States Period. He led troops and killed more than one million people from other countries in his life. You can ask Him, see if he admits it or not?
Bao Liexing walked to the cesspit and bowed to the famous general of Qin, and asked him if he had led troops to annihilate more than one million enemies when he was the general of Qin. The man nodded his head, and a look appeared on his face. A look of repentance.
Bao Liexing returned to the ghost soldiers again and asked doubtfully, Lord Shen, there is something I don't understand. When I was in the world of the sun, I heard this saying. When two armies are fighting, leading the troops to kill the enemy is to protect the family and the country, and to be loyal to the king. The righteous act of protecting the people is not only faultless, but also meritorious. How can a general who leads troops in battle and has great military exploits be thrown into hell once he reaches the end of his life, and the total account of the murderous karma is calculated?
The ghost soldier patted Bao Liexing on the shoulder and said that your statement was ridiculous. Generals or generals who led troops to kill the enemy in the Yang world died or died in the Yang life. Not all of them went to hell. It depends on the circumstances. Some not only did not go to hell, but also ascended to heaven and became gods. Take Guan Yu as an example. During his lifetime, in order to restore the Han Dynasty and assist Mingjun, he traveled on the battlefield where heroes competed and killed countless enemies. However, all he killed were bad people who deserved to be killed. He killed one bad person and undoubtedly saved many good people.
Therefore, it was not a sin for him to kill the enemy according to the underworld, but it was meritorious. Therefore, after his death, he ascended to heaven and became a god. He was named Emperor Guan and enjoyed the incense of sacrifice for eternity.
The situation of the general you saw soaking in the manure tank just now is very different. He led the troops in the war, and it should be said that he also had merit, but he killed thousands of people who should not have been killed, and he was not To carry out a just war according to the order of the king, but to unscrupulously lead troops to massacre innocent people according to his own war-loving ideas. This is too much. If it is too much, it becomes a sin. This is the sinful spirit that has been carried out for thousands of years. The main reason for being stuck in shit hell and not being able to escape.
When Bao Liexing heard this and saw the miserable situation of those guilty souls being tortured in hell, he was so horrified that he was speechless for a long time.
After a while, Bao Liexing said to the ghost soldier again, I have a friend in the Yang world who is a butcher and kills animals as his profession. What kind of retribution will he receive in the future?
Butchers usually kill pigs, sheep, cows and other animals. After death, they are destined to become pigs, sheep, cows and other animals to pay their debts. That is to say, whatever they kill will be repaid, and karma will not be happy at all.
The ghost soldier answered like this, and Bao Liexing asked again, I didn't do any work like killing pigs and sheep, but my friend once killed a pig, and the pig had a fierce temper. He asked me to help hold down the pig's front legs. , to control its commotion, and then my friend thrust the red knife towards the pig's neck, and the pig bled, and then died after jumping around for a while. Tell me, have I done anything wrong in this situation?
The ghost soldier smiled slightly and said that if you help to hold down the pig, you are an accomplice. Can you say that you have not done any evil? In the past, before the Buddha became a Buddha, he was still a young man. People in his village were fishing in the pond and threw a caught big fish on the shore. It was not dead yet, with its tail straight up and its body straight up. The young man thought it was funny and used I tapped the fish head three times with the stick. Do you know what happened?
Bao Liexing shook his head and listened carefully to what the ghost soldier said. As a result, the boy's head hurt for three days and he was extremely uncomfortable. What I mean is that you helped the butcher hold down the pig's feet to kill the pig. This is a much heavier crime than the young man's crime of tapping the fish's head three times with a stick.
then what should we do? Bao Liexing asked anxiously.
When the pig dies, it will definitely take revenge on you. The ghost soldier continued to speak bluntly. What's more, you became an accomplice? Even if you are not an accomplice, if you eat the meat of an animal, from the perspective of the six paths of reincarnation, you will still bear the guilt. Do you think, how could such a good thing happen? If you just eat the meat of an animal, the animal will eat your meat sooner or later, because sometimes an animal can turn into a human being, and sometimes you can turn into an animal.
When Bao Liexing heard this statement, he was really frightened. He asked the ghost soldier if he and his friend who killed the pig could not remain animals and continue to become humans after death.
The ghost soldier said that there is a way, but it requires pious repentance. You'd better ask your friend who is a butcher in your dream to tell him to change his career and stop killing. Otherwise, when his life span is over, he will fall into the lower realms, and he will never recover.
Bao Liexing asked again, I had a bad temper when I was alive and suffered a lot. I hurt myself and others. Can this bad temper be changed?
The ghost official pondered for a long time, saying that it is not easy to change such a bad temper all of a sudden. The key to your bad temper is that you can't bear it, you get angry when you can't bear it, you get angry when you get angry, you lose your temper when you get angry, and you become a bad person.
There is a saying: A thought of anger will burn the forest of merit. That is to say, no matter how many good deeds you have done in the past and how much merit you have accumulated, if you cannot bear it and get angry when something slightly unsatisfactory happens, then it is over. All the good deeds you have done in the past and the merits you have accumulated will be wiped out. The fire of your hatred burns you away.
At this point, the ghost soldier deliberately asked Bao Liexing, do you hate the gangster who stabbed your stomach with a dagger? It was he who took away your life.
Bao Liexing's face immediately darkened and he said, "I wish I could kill him myself to avenge his death." The ghost soldier accused him that your idea was wrong.
Of course Bao Liexing refused to accept it and threatened, blood for blood, tooth for tooth, he will kill me first, and I will kill him next. It is a matter of course, why is it wrong? I can't figure it out.
