Hell Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Taoism=== {{unreferenced section|date=October 2017}} Ancient [[Taoism]] had no concept of hell, as morality was seen to be a man-made distinction and there was no concept of an immaterial soul. In its home country [[China]], where Taoism adopted tenets of other religions, popular belief endows Taoist hell with many deities and spirits who punish sin in a variety of horrible ways. Buddhist hells became "so much a part of [many Daoist sects] that during [[Funeral|funeral services]][,] the priests hang up scrolls depicting" similar scenes.<ref name=":100">{{Cite book |title=World Religions: Eastern Traditions |publisher=[[Oxford University Press]] |editor=Willard Gurdon Oxtoby |year=2002 |isbn=0-19-541521-3 |edition=2nd |location=Don Mills, Ontario |pages=401β402 |oclc=46661540}}</ref> Typically, Daoist hells are "said to be ten in number" and "are sometimes said to be situated under a high mountain in [[Sichuan]]".<ref name=":100" /> "Each is ruled by a king serving as judge, surrounded by ministers and attendants who carry out his decisions."<ref name=":100" /> Punishment is usually "inflicted with the use of torture instruments", although there are some non-physical and more metaphysical punishments.<ref name=":100" /> However, this type of Daoist hell is usually not final and a soul will make a journey of refining by going through at least several hells and their punishments until it is reincarnated into another body in the human world.<ref name=":100" /> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page