Hell is not to scare people or initimidate people for not adhering
to Buddha's teaching .It is simply a place where one pay back one
evil deed in saha world
I cant remember who is the guy ,but it is stated in a story , a
young man in ancient china ,went down to hell to see .He was
questioning to the Judge why punishment is so cruel to the hell
beings .when the Judge show him ,He realised its a mistake
.Punishment in hell is figment of ones hallucination of own
fruition of one eight consciousness deeds ..there is actually no
beings punish .
He thus cant see any beings taking punishment
According to the Jataka tales ,one of the birth of Buddha is in
hell.He was punished by carrying a pot of hot liquid on his head
,constantly scalded as the liquid dripping onto him ,as a result of
giving His mother a kick aside to board a boat when He is bound on
a business trip. When He saw fellow beings sufferings, He
contemplated ,"May I share the suffering of all hell beings who are
suffering the same punishment as me and remove the suffering of
others .Instantly, with this noble thoughts ,He was expiated from
his sufferings and die immediately to reborn in the Heaven .
Thats the beginning of Lojong practice in Tibetan Buddhism
According to scriptures , a block of wood 1 "zhang" [probably
3metre] fell into the burning hell, within 1 minutes turn to
ashes
there in a abode in the most darkest corner ,a light shine upon the
hell beings , if they remembered and repent at the minute of
thoughts abt their misdeeds
Ksheetigarbha Bodhisattva is always there to remind them to
remember to undo the misdeed in their saha life before reborn as
human once their punishment in hell exhausted
More will be discussed about the Buddhist Hell ,just stay
tuned
I personally feel that taboos in chinese society must be
demystified ,like mentioning of Hell to many people
