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The bottom panel shows painful retributions of evil acts.

In the right is the realm of animals; one can see animals and birds fighting each other for survival [1]. Next, below it in the corner is the realm of hungry spirits, who suffer from hunger and thirst [2]; as soon as they want to drink water, it turns into flames. The eight scorching hells are depicted in the most realistic touch [3]. First, the hell of "All Reviving" (1), where sinners undergo interminable pain; when they die, the guard revives them and forces them to receive further pain. Second, the hell of "Black Rope" (2), where sinners are forced to walk on the red-hot iron ropes; when they fall off, a great mass of fire burns them. Also, a red-hot iron rope is tied around the sinner and the guard cuts the body along the rope. Third, the hell of "Crushing Mountains" (3), where sinners are hung upside down, crushed with a rock, or are chasing after women only to be cut by the sharp edges of the leaves. Fourth, the hell of "Shrieking" (4), where sinners are driven into flames, or redhot iron bars are forced into their mouths, or their intestines are pulled out. Fifth, the hell of "Scorching" (5), where sinners are fried in huge flames. Sixth, the hell of "Great Shrieking" (6), where sinners are tied to stakes and the guards pull out their tongues with red-hot iron pincers. Seventh, the hell of "Great Scorching" (7), where sinners are burnt alive in a huge mass of fire. Eighth, the hell of "Uninterrupted Torment" (Avici) (8), where big dogs, pythons and monsters with many heads vomit volumes of flame to burn the sinners. In the Larger Sutra there is no description of hell, but the artist depicted it based on Genshin's Ojoyoshu http://www.12.canvas.ne.jp k obrazkom

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