(Chinese) After we die, we cannot go to heaven without great merit. With more merit, we can become heavenly beings. Only those with the greatest merit can become Bodhisattva. The case of becoming Buddha is very, very rare, so now we won't talk about it. Those who haven't earned much merit, nor committed big crime won't go to hell or become lonely ghosts wandering around after they die, but they will become low-level astral beings, and live in the astral realm which is the closest place to our earth. Heavens are a ...