Can a buddhist suffer in hell if monks light themselves on fire without feeling pain?

Question

Look at what the monks did in Vietnam. They burned alive while sitting peacefully in meditation.

Answer 1

wow..wee.

man...you feel'n okie today?

yeah..but did the Flamethrowers help any?
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Answer 2

Yes, it is possible. There is a Jataka Tale, that tells of the Buddha's previous life as a ferryman. At that time he was already a pretty well attained person... then came an entourage 99 monks. whom the ferryman saw with his Heavenly Eye was a group of Arahat beings ( Self-enlightened sagely beings ) and jumping in late was a man with criminal intent. He had intended to rob the 99 monks and then murder everyone on the boat once they are ashore.

Now, The ferryman seeing into the future possibilities knew that should this man kill 99 Arahat beings, his karmic retribution for killing one would already last for eons in a Hell realm... imagine to kill 99!! That would be ALMOST an eternity!!! He decided to sacrifice his own karmic future, took his oar and swung it at the head of the Robber instantly killing him and preventing his future of a horrible rebith into the Hells

Upon his death, the Ferryman in fact did end up in Hell, but because throughout most of his life, he had led a benevolent peaceful and compassionate life, he sentence in hell was for only 1 day.

In this way... if the monks had done the burning sacrifice for the sake of liberating the people of their, WITH the intention of not harming others, then the karmic rebound WOULD STILL be there but its severity is a lot less.

No Act of harming others goes unpunished. If even the Lord Buddha of the Buddhists had to take responsibility and face the results of his own actions, what more any other devotee that came after that? For the true judge, jury and executioner are not any external gods, but the manifestations of our own minds realising the harm we have comitted upon others. We can lie to others, but never to yourself... we have the conscious, subconscious and the super conscious minds in us. If one aspect of us didnt know, the other two would.

Answer 3

The idea of sacrifice is a key in Buddhist thought and self-immolation could be thought of as the ultimate form of sacrifice. However, it is hard to totally embrace such a violent act, even if it is directed on the self.
Thich Nhat Hanh, a well-known authority on Buddhism, believes that the practice of self- immolation may be connected to the ritual of burning incense on one’s body as a form of vow taking. Several sources point to Buddhist scripture, especially the Lotus Sutra, as one possible origin of the practice.

No matter what the specific historical origins are for self-immolation, there is a definite connection between fire and the act of sacrifice. Many stories come to mind about pagan rituals in which plants or perhaps animals are sacrificed to the gods by fire. Self-immolation can be best thought of as a way of sacrificing one’s self in the name of ending suffering. In that sense, self-immolation transcends the idea of a religious practice or a political statement and becomes a spiritual plea for peace.

Answer 4

LOL


That's funny.

For one thing, not all Buddhists believe in any kind of Hell. For those that do, it's rarely or never about just fire. There's also the belief that they'll live in a desolate, famine-ridded land, for example, and have to work their way through them. ;) ANd I think that they believe that you have to get to a certain level of enlightenment to be able to resist fire. Those who believe in that kind of thing, anyway....

That's the entire principle of most Buddhist sects.... the belief that some things are unknowable unless perceived through personal experience.

I know you were probably just trying to be funny, but I just answered the question so that people will see that Buddhism is not so ridiculous as it's sometimes made out to be. Buddhists do think, just like most other people.

Answer 5

Really a difficult one to answer and I believe there is no fixed answer. It will depend on the true intentions of the burned monk which unfortunately only he can know. Suicide in general is believed in Buddhism to bring bad results while not having a single care or attachment for the physical body is seen as a supreme attitude. So it depends on what he was really trying to do.

Answer 6

A Buddhist is only a follower of a philosophy-he can feel everything that other people can feel. If however he is enlightened his negative karma is less therefore he is unlikely to experience hell. The most enlightened are Boddhisatvas and for them there is no hell or suffering only eternal bliss and knowledge of divine truth.

Answer 7

Hell is just as much a state of mind as a physical location, so anyone can suffer in hell, be they buddhist or not.
for example, if I am distrustful, hateful and angry, the stress, tension, and unpleasantness that builds up inside of me is just as much hell as if I am reborn in hell.

Answer 8

No one has yet seen hell. So you can not tell whether the fires in hell is the same as our fire.

Answer 9

All men suffer hell if they were disobedient to the Messengers of God for their times; and the reverse is heaven.
It is really hard to recognize the Messenger of God, but God promises that He never tasks His servants beyond their capacities.
So, please exert all effort to reach your sublime purpose.

Answer 10

dude what kind of dumb question is that i suppose u believe in the muslim 100 virgin **** when u kill ppl