The messenger heaven (Beijing Anguttara).

                                           

Bhiksus, shortly after King Yama interrogate, examine the man, and asked him about the first heavenly messenger: "Behold, my good friend, he had never seen the herald realms First heaven appeared on earth not? "

Figure 1: Prince Siddhartha (Siddhata) first encounter heavenly messenger (devaduta) first. This messenger has transformed into an old man, he was the same age eighty, frail, bent as roof frames, walking sticks based in ... 

Figure 2: Prince Siddhartha (Siddhata) first encounter heavenly messenger (devaduta) second. This messenger was transformed into a man suffering from serious diseases, are painful, dirty from lying on urine and faeces defecate by myself ...

Figure 3: Prince Siddhartha (Siddhata) first encounter heavenly messenger (devaduta) Tuesday. This messenger was transformed into a man who died one, two, or three days, determined was bloated, discolored, and full of blood ...

Bhiksus, in heaven there are three messengers. Three heavenly messenger who is this?

[According to the traditional text, talk about the life of Buddha when he was not home, then he was a prince named Siddhartha (Siddhata). When Prince first met an old man, a sick man, and a corpse made him surprised, upset and thinking. Through this encounter, he decided to abandon royal life, and to find the path to enlightenment. Also according to the traditional text, three people but was the Prince met three heavenly messenger (devaduta), transformed into people, they come to wake Prince, wake from sleep away from reality him.]

There is one other man, he had the good manners not in actions, words and thoughts. Because he is not good behavior like that, so after his death, his fall into hell, that is lowly realms, evil, and suffering. Those guards, in hell, grabbed his arms and dragged him to the front of Death called Yama, and said: "O Death, this man, do not respect their parents, nor glasses important ascetic monks and Brahmins, he does not respect the elders in the family. Please Death please punish him! "

Bhiksus, shortly after King Yama interrogate, examine the man, and asked him about the first heavenly messenger: "Behold, my good friend, he had never seen the herald realms First heaven appeared on earth not? "

And he answered: "O Death, I did not see him."

Then King Yama told him: "Behold, my good friend, that he had seen a woman or a man the same age eighty, ninety, or one hundred years old, frail, back cuffs as roof frames, ramshackle, walking with cane based, go trembling, weakness, who looked no more vitality, shape absent youth, the other one lost tooth, salt and pepper hair, wispy or not What little longer hair, looks like a bald, wrinkled, mottled tortoise limbs? "

And the man answered: "Sir Death, I've seen this man."

Then King Yama told him: "Behold, my good friend, is an intelligent and wise man, 'then ever, he thought he would also old, and he also will not escape old ones did not. So, right at the time he had to work through noble actions, words, and thoughts are not '? "

"O Death, I did not do this. I did not notice."

Then King Yama says: "Behold, my good friend, just because he did not notice, and he did not work the last noble actions, words, and thoughts. So, he will assume the post relevant results through this careless. That evil act, was not created by his parents, his brothers and sisters, friends and his companion, nor by his relatives, devas, ascetic monks, or the Brahmins. He, himself, had sown the seeds of evil, so he will have to suffer evil fruit. "

Bhiksus, shortly after King Yama interrogated, searched, and asked the man about who finished first messenger, King continued to interrogate, search, and asked the man about the second messenger Second: "Behold, my good friend, he never saw the second celestial messenger appeared on earth not?"

And he answered: "O Death, I did not see him."

"Behold, my good friend, that he had never seen a woman or a man suffering from serious diseases, are painful, dirty from lying on urine and faeces defecate himself because she ( or he) should help this man to sit up and need help to lay down the other person or not? "

"O Death, I've seen this man."

Then King Yama told him: "Behold, my good friend, is an intelligent and wise man, 'then ever, he thought he would sicken, and he will not escape sickness is not. So, right at the time he had to work through noble actions, words, and thoughts are not '? "

"O Death, I did not do this. I did not notice."

Then King Yama says: "Behold, my good friend, just because he was not paying attention, he did not work the last noble actions, words, and thoughts. So, he will bear the consequences appropriate through this careless. That evil act, was not created by his parents, his brothers and sisters, friends and his companion, nor by his relatives, devas, the ascetic monks, or the Brahmins. He, himself, had sown the seeds of evil, so he will have to suffer evil fruit. "

Bhiksus, shortly after King Yama interrogated, searched, and asked the man about who finished second messenger, King continued to interrogate, search, and asked the man about the second messenger three: "Behold, my good friend, he had never seen people Tuesday heavenly messengers appear on earth not?"

And he answered: "O Death, I did not see him."

"Behold, my good friend, that he had never seen a woman or a man who died one, two, or three days, identification was bloated, discolored, and full blood or not? "

"O Death, I've seen this man."

Then King Yama told him: "Behold, my good friend, is an intelligent and wise man, 'then ever, he thought he would die, and he will not escape died not. So, right at the time he had to work through noble actions, words, and thoughts are not '? "

"O Death, I did not do this. I did not notice."

Then King Yama says: "Behold, my good friend, he just did not notice because he did not work the last noble actions, words, and thoughts. So, he will bear the consequences appropriate through this careless. That evil act, was not created by his parents, his brothers and sisters, friends and his companion, nor by his relatives, devas, the ascetic monks, or the Brahmins. He, himself, had sown the seeds of evil, so he will have to suffer evil fruit. "

Once, King questioned, searched, and asked the man about the heavenly messenger Tuesday, King Yama suddenly became silent.

Shortly afterwards, the jailer, in hell, causing him serious types of suffering physical and spiritual, based on plaque recording the crimes which he will have to endure: the crime is extremely serious kind important, serious offenses, crimes suffered stabbing pain, and guilt suffered many bitter. However, he will not die, until he had paid off the bad karma he had caused.

[According to Buddhist scriptures, life in hell is not forever. Those who have worked evil in the past, now they must be suffering, suffering in hell, until this man pay off the evil they have done now. After paying off bad karma, the good deeds that they have done in the past, now have a chance to bear fruit helps their regeneration. Thanks to good results, so they will be recycled into more peaceful realm.]END=VIETNAMESE TRANSLATE ENGLISH BY=THICH CHAN TANH.THE MIND OF ENLIGTHMENT.WORLD VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST ORDER=VIETNAMESE BUDDHIST NUN=GOLDEN LOTUS MONASTERY=THE EIGTHFOLD PATH.AUSTRALIA,SYDNEY.30/5/2015.