In this episode, Jiawen continues to discuss the karmic retribution in the 8 major hells, the lifespan in the major hells and the additional 16 smaller hells that attached to each major hell.

🔸Reference:

The Dīrgha Āgama (长阿含经) Sutra no. 30 A Buddhist Cosmology (世纪经); Chapter 4: The Hell Realm (地狱品）

The Great Perfection of Wisdom Treatise (大智度论) by Bodhisattva Nagarjuna, Chapter 16 (where it discusses the karmic retribution of the 8 major hells in more detail), currently unavailable in English.

Abhidharma-kośa-bhāṣya/śāstra (俱舍论) by Bodhisattva Vasubandhu, Chapter 11（where it discusses the lifespan in the 8 major hells)

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