Human Development

Crushing-hells awareness

Description:
There are two states of awareness at this stage: one is the [black rope] hell for thieves, the other is for sexual perverts. The states are characterized by sensations of being cut along lines of the body made by charcoal-blackened bindings, or of being crushed.
Context:
In Tibetan Sakya Buddhism this is one of the states in the "Ascension Stages Game". In some sets it is numbered 5 on the board.<