2. HELL CHARACTERISTICS: TERRIBLE SUFFERING HORRID LOOKING PAIN & ANGUISH PHYSICAL & MENTAL TORTURE

3. HELL DUE TO: KILLING & TORTURING HATRED TERRIBLE TEMPER

4. Hell is a most suffering and torturous state. A Hell being is full of anguish, hate and cruelty.

5. HUNGRY GHOSTS CHARACTERISTICS: SUFFERING STATE MISERY ANGUISH OF HUNGER & THIRST STRONG DESIRES INCESSANT FRUSTRATION

6. HUNGRY GHOSTS DUE TO: GREED & LUST UNWHOLESOME DESIRES ATTACHMENT & CRAVING SELFISHNESS

7. A Hungry Ghost or Peta suffers in great misery. Its wants and desires are not met and is not at peace.

8. CHARACTERISTICS: * WOEFUL STATE * DIFFICULT LIFE & DULL MIND * FEARFUL * MAY BE COMFORTABLE BUT IGNORANT OF RULES ANIMAL

9. DUE TO: * HURTING SENTIENT BEINGS * FREQUENT BREAKING OF PRECEPTS * INTOXICATED & DELUDED MIND ANIMALS

10. Life as an animal is tough – it can suffer real hard under the hostile forces of Nature.

11. DEMONS & DEMI-GODS CHARACTERISTICS: TORMENTED STATE VIOLENT & HOT- TEMPERED AGGRESSIVE & JEALOUS EGOISTIC CRAVING FOR POWER

12. DEMONS & DEMI-GODS DUE TO: EVIL ACTIONS OF BODY, SPEECH, MIND ANGER & TEMPER HATRED & EGO ILL-WILL & JEALOUSY

13. Demons or Azuras are in mental states of suffering … they experience aggression, hatred, anger and jealousy.

14. HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS: * FORTUNATE STATE * MIXTURE OF PAIN & HAPPINESS

15. HUMAN CHARACTERISTICS: ABLE TO FEEL & THINK ACTS WITH VOLITION

16. To be born a human is unique. We can rise above obstacles and difficulties and generate good kamma for future lives.

17. HUMAN FORTUNATE HUMAN STATE DUE TO: CHARITY & KIND DEEDS KEEPING THE PRECEPTS WELL UNFORTUNATE HUMAN STATE DUE TO: HATRED, EGO & SELFISHNESS

18. GODS CHARACTERISTICS: FORTUNATE & HAPPY STATE PLEASURE & BLISS ENJOYMENTBEAUTY LONG LIFE SPAN

19. GODS GENEROSITY GOOD MORALITY GOOD MENTAL CULTIVATION LOVING-KINDNESS Due To *GENEROSITY *GOOD MORALITY *GOOD MENTAL *CULTIVATION *LOVING-KINDNESS

20. Devas or gods in the heavens live happy lives because of their good kamma accumulated when they were human beings

21. The End May We Generate Good Kamma and Grow in Compassion and Wisdom With Metta, Bro. Oh Teik Bin