
Ask Devdutt Pattanaik: What do Hindu scriptures say about death?
The Times Of India Podcast
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What Is the Difference Between Hell and Judgment Day?
There is no concept of judgment day, it's an accounting framework and based on how many debts you have accrued in your life. Garudh Puran has a set of hells, Manusmati has a setof hells, Agni Puran hasAgnihells and Bhagavad Puran hasBhagavadHells. So, this is the legalistic framework where you live once and there is a legal closure at the end. This is a classical Western way of looking at death... Indians believe in rebirth"
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