Part 16 & 17

Question 1

Who is in the Hindu Afterlife?

Answer 1

Yama, king of the dead, wife/twin Yami, the scribe Chitragupta, fathers & ancestors, & 4-eyed dogs that lead deceased to underworld

Question 2

Yama & Yami

Answer 2

King of dead/first man to die & wife/twin

Question 3

Chitragupta

Answer 3

Scribe who records all deeds & administers dharma

Question 4

Landscape of afterlife

Answer 4

Great, steep, & narrow path

Pasture under a tree w beautiful leaves, 3 earths & 3 skies big

Question 5

Journey of Deceased

Answer 5

Spirits go south, slow burning of body takes 4 hrs & 40 min
Sacrifices to dead
Demons attempt to attack
Parts disintegrate & scatter (eyes to sun, breath to winds, & limbs to plants (dismemberment theme))
3 days of soma & wandering

Question 6

Writer of Life of the Buddha

Answer 6

Asvagosha, Poet of India

Question 7

Buddha means…

Answer 7

“The enlightened” or “the awakened”

Question 8

Prophet that visits Buddha

Answer 8

Asita