I am good friends with the netherworld king and know him well. We had a discussion about the law of causation and karmic fruition which was truly fascinating.

I was very curious regarding the transmigration of eminent officials, tycoons, and big-time celebrities.

I asked him, "What about these kind of people?"

The netherworld king replied, "This is the karma of great influential power! This karma is separated into three different grades: high, medium, and low."

I asked, "How are these three grades different?"

The netherworld king responded, "For people with great influential power, their power to commit negative karma is also great. Those who accumulate merits and virtuous karma are few, while those who commit great negative karma are many. Those who commit negative karma are further separated into three grades. Those with "high grade" negative karma will become great influential and powerful asuras (kings of conflicts) when they transmigrate. Those with "medium grade" negative karma will reincarnate as powerful killer whales. Those with "low grade" negative karma will reincarnate into a hell realm of mountains full of swords and forests made of blades where they shall suffer innumerable deaths."

I was intrigued by the karma resulting in reincarnation as killer whales.

I asked, "Who become killer whales?"

The netherworld king answered, "If they were presidents who started wars, they shall enter the animal realms as killer whales. If they were leaders of criminal organizations who were also cold-blooded killers murdering numerous people, then they shall enter the animal realms as killer whales. If they were tycoons with great influential power who plundered, murdered, raped, and committed other serious offences, then they shall enter the animal realm as killer whales."

I said, "In the netherworld, I saw a butcher of men who had killed a great number of people during World War II and another butcher who had killed a great number of people during World War I. What will they reincarnate as?"

The netherworld king replied, "They will definitely reincarnate as great powerful killer whales."

"Yet, the number of killer whales is on the decline," I said.

(To be continued )

(From Book #187 "Manifestations of the Netherworld")

(本文選自蓮生活佛第187冊著作「地獄變現記」文章「大威勢的殺人鯨」)