Talk:18 Levels of Hell

Would it be more precise to change the first sentence to "In Taoist and Chinese Buddhist mythology ..."? I don't know that this particular conception of hell/purgatory is found in e.g. Indian Buddhism.

Verification.
None of these chambers seem to get any Google hits beyond this page and its mirrors. They all seem to have been added by one editor and have been barely edited since then. Can someone verify that these are from actual mythology, and if so, can they identify some of the specific myths and writings they're mentioned in so we can note them in the article? --Aquillion 02:17, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I know the "Transformationa Text of Mahamaudgalyayana, One Scroll" written on the 16th day of gthe fourth month in the seventh year of the True Brightness reign-period by Hsueh An-chun, lay student at the Pure Land Monastery mentions Avici hell as the lowest level. Mahamaudgalyayana has an Indian origin, but he also has the Chinese name of Mulian 156.143.72.97 04:24, 1 May 2006 (UTC) Katie Barnhill