Voyages to Hell

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Nguyen Khang & Bui H.Huu

CHAPTER 6

VISIT TO THE MEMORY HALL WITH THE MIRROR REVELATOR OF PAST CRIMES WHERE SINFUL SOULS RE-APPEAR IN THEIR EARTHLY FORMS

Buddha Tse Kong who manifested on 6th second August 1976. Leap year of the Dragon (1976)

Facing the Mirror, the soul is exposed to truth
These irrefutable proofs are condensed and profound
Laws in hell are impartial and judgments are fair
Toward sinful persons that cannot be spared.

Buddha Tse Kong:  It’s time for us to depart for hell. Are you ready, Yang Ts’ien?

Yang Ts’ien:            I am ready, Master. Let’s set off...

TK:      We have arrived. Let’s get down.

YT:      May I ask you what place this is? Why is that crowd over there being led up to that high platform by the guards of hell?

 TK:     This is the Memory Hall with its Mirror Revelator of Past Crimes. These are the souls of a group of people who didn’t submit to moral laws. They gave themselves up to vices, and committed dishonest acts in their life on earth. At present, they become culpable demons who must come to the First Palace for declaration formalities. Then they are led to the magic mirror. Here, they witness the projection of living images relevant to the crimes they commited in their lifetime. Once their sins are exposed, they can’t go beyond the penal code of hell. Nearly all of the demon-souls tremble to the depth of their hearts when being led to this platform, because their unveiled vices could be a laughing-stock for all the attendants. Let’s follow them onto the platform. 

YT:      Yes, let’s observe the situation more closely. 

The General:  You are welcome, living Buddha Tse Kong and Mr. Yang Ts’ien of the Temple of the Sages in Tai Chu. 

TK:      Our greetings, General. Obeying the order of the Celestial Emperor, we pay successive visits to hell for the preparation of a book. Today, we visit your Memory Hall. I would appreciate your permission to let Yang Ts’ien have a closer look at the Mirror. 

YT:      Dear Master, please accompany me. I don’t feel comfortable with all those strangers in an old place like this. 

TK:      All right. Let’s follow the General up to the platform. We’ll stay on this side to watch better. 

YT:      Look there! An old man is being dragged to the mirror by the infernal guards. My! The old man suddenly seems transformed into a youth who, in the middle of the night, scales the wall and breaks into the house of someone. He is bending his back...pulling the bolt of the window. Now, he jumps into the room of an elderly couple. They are sleeping soundly. The young man is a professional burglar, experienced in opening locks. While he is busy looking for something, the husband suddenly awakens. Seized by terror, he screams out. The burglar unsheathes his dagger, springs upon the victim and stabs him. Oh dear! Red blood is gushing out in streams. I dare not look at the scene! 

The General:  Take it easy, Mr. Yang Ts’ien. These are only visual images as the Mirror reflects a wicked karma. When this old man was a young, he scaled the wall and broke into a house for burglary. Being caught in his act, he took out his jacknife, thrust it in the victim’s body and killed him. Now, he must look at himself in the Mirror which faithfully reflects all of his actions relating to his crime. 

YT:      I wonder how this mirror could be made? It’s simply miraculous! 

TK:      This mirror is made by the synthesis of the two divine forces of heaven and earth called “K’i”. When the criminal’s soul stands before it, his real nature is completely unveiled. In reality, this mirror isn’t extraordinary nor is it miraculous. We should know that throughout a lifetime, from childhood to adolescence, a person creates a lot of bad karma, which stack up from day to day. The mind makes one conscious of all their deeds. Look, our conscience is similar to a camera which imprints our every act on film. That’s the mirror of the conscience. We may possibly ignore some immortal act an individual is doing in the dark. But it is certain that the guilty one must have consulted his conscience many times, weighing the pro’s and con’s with care. He has therefore obeyed the dictates of his conscience. In this way, his sub consciousness tacitly records every single one of his acts, whether important or not. The Mirror Revelator of Past Crimes is made up of a combination of the two polar principles, Yin and Yang. These vital forces, when meeting the soul and astral body of a man, produce the crossing of two magnetic currents which enable the mirror to reflect accurately all the registered images of his existence. Consequently, no one is allowed to conceal even what he considers the most profound thought or most secret action of his life. When standing in front of the mirror, every act of wickedness is laid open. “All precepts of morality stem up from the heart” as the Buddhist scriptures relate. This truth also lies in the above principles. 

YT:      Now, I understand. If I’m not mistaken, this mirror has no effect on virtuous men. 

The General:  The souls of honest people do not have to stand before the mirror. Don’t you see that inscription: “No honest souls on the platform of the Mirror Revelator?” After his death, the honest man’s soul is translucent before the mirror. An immaculate white prevails in it, in the way a film is fogged by a flash of light. He sees nothing of his genuine nature, because his heart is hiding no dark thoughts and memory. His aureole is more brilliant as his merits are more numerous. His soul will either rise straight to paradise or will be sent to the palaces of hell for a special investigation of his merits and his wrongs, if any. This is why he doesn’t have to come here. The Mirror Revelator of Past Crimes is also called “Mirror of Karma”. Every time a man creates a bad karma, he sees it appear in the mirror. Mr. Yang Ts’ien, would you like to have another look? 

YT:      I certainly would. Now, I see a girl being escorted by the guards to the platform. Seized by a great panic, she refuses to move forward; she groans and writhes terribly. Her situation is really sorrowful. Far from handling gently so fragile a creature as they should do a blossom or a pearl, the infernal guards shove her savagely ahead with their harpoons, just as if they would treat one deserving blame. Also, I see over there, at some distances, a house where many men come in and out. It is decorated with rosy paper-lanterns, and its door is painted green, the perfect description of a brothel in the terrestrial world. 

The General:            That’s just it. Observe it attentively. 

YT:      Inside, in the various rooms, young girls are seen entertaining their clients, chuckling, gossiping, their voices resounding like the chirpings of orioles and swallows. This is really a bewitching den that drowns men in an ecstatic delight. I just can’t watch all this any longer. How about going home, Gracious Master? 

TK:      If you feel uneasy at that sight, it is because you’re endowed with great virtues such as respect for rites, sense of duty, integrity, purity and fear of disgrace. Really, you shouldn’t be ashamed of being my favorite disciple. Now, that girl was a prostitute who dealt in the business of the flesh. She charmed the male sex for the sake of taking their money. With boorish speech and dark thoughts, she destroyed her femininity. Her sins were grave. Attacked by venereal diseases, she died a premature death. Now that her soul comes to hell, it is impossible for her to avoid punishment. I advise women on earth to respect and take care of their bodies. They should not allow themselves to fall in perdition by selling their chastity, using their jadelike arms for pillows for the heads of numberless ruffians who scorn and insult them. They will commit many sins, simply to satisfy their greed for money. The men who are passionately fond of unhealthy diversions are also considered lascivious. It is hopeful they will change. 

YT:      We must be gone now. 

The General:            It’s too bad you can’t stay a little while longer. 

YT:      I have learned how efficient this Mirror Revelator of Past Crimes works. Now, I dare not watch it any longer. The vices of sinful souls are neatly unveiled in it, and as a profane fellow from the living world, I shouldn’t stay longer, for fear of worsening their shame. I ask to take leave. 

TK:      General, we greatly appreciate your information. Now, we have to return to the Temple. Another time we will visit the “Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Scriptures”. Yang Ts’ien, the dais is this way. 

YT:      It was a dreadful scene, Master. It made my flesh creep. 

TK:      Dreadful, did you say? Well, just try to behave correctly, and you won’t have to come here with a hideous face. Here we are! Get down from the lotus dais quickly, and let your soul be reincorporated in your body.

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CONTENTS

Forward
Introduction
Preface
Summary
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Celestial Edict
Postface

 

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