The Petavatthu is a Theravada Buddhist scripture, included in the Khuddaka Nikaya of the Pali Canon`s Sutta Pitaka. It is composed of 51 verse narratives describing specifically how the effects of bad acts can lead to rebirth into the unhappy world of petas (ghosts) in the doctrine of karma. It gives prominence to the doctrine that giving alms to....
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(from the article `Khuddaka Nikaya`) 7. Petavatthu (`Stories of Spirits of the Dead`), 51 similar poems on those whose misdeeds have condemned them to a sorrowful fate after death. This ...
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