▓▒░ TORLEY ░▒▓ - Latest Comments in Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Torley — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 10:18:26 -0000

@skribe: Ashamed am I because I don't remember that quote from the movie. I like the "Hey, I'm a reasonable guy..." one, tho. ;)

@June: Oh I saw pictures of that later! Often pays to fly up high!

Comments here are crackin' me up.

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Terri Holrych — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:17:44 -0000

PS the Earth Store Bodhisattva Sutra describes the Hells and it's pretty popular with Chinese ppl so there are a few English translations.
Okay, I'm off to Hell now.

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Terri Holrych — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:14:51 -0000

If I go there will it purify my karma?

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Corcosman Voom — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 17:33:02 -0000

We went there last night on the Virtual Artists Alliance Photohunt - one hour to get your best shot, upload it and post it, then vote for your favorites, a fun event - and the sim was just loaded with great photo opportunities. Everyone that posted came back with a really good shot and most of us had several good ones to choose from.

One of the estate managers came by to take a look at what we had done. That was pretty cool.

Drop by the VAA Photohunt gallery some time and take a look.

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Sveid Heidenstam — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:20:12 -0000

Mmm, I look forward to visiting this place again once we have shadows. Absolutely marvelous build.

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

June — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 01:47:16 -0000

It was built by Japanese resident Budo Brickworks! Be sure to look for the hidden "Heaven" area too! :)

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

skribe Forti — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:37:00 -0000

It's a quote from Big Trouble in Little China =)

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Torley — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:09:35 -0000

@Susan: I've seen a few depictions of hell (and heaven) in Second Life and while this one may shock some and terrify others, I associate it with fond memories from my childhood!

@Charles: That sounds like quite an eclectic idea — I'm going to download the PDF and read. :)

@Bettina: Thanx! Ravie's using my WindLight settings, and feel free to use and modify them however you wish. Download @ http://snurl.com/windlight

@Milton: Admittedly, some stuff gets lost in translation: "hell" isn't an exact meaning, and the Wikipedia article sheds more light on this darkness. I'm glad you're very curious.

@skribe: Hmmm... are you replying to someone named Jack? If so, I don't see his comment, and I hope my spam filter didn't eat it.

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

skribe Forti — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:32:55 -0000

Chinese have a lot of hells, Jack.
=)

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Milton Broome — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 19:54:30 -0000

What's all that got to do with Buddhism though? I thought its message was a lot simpler than dichotomies, about the wheel of life and death and reincarnation, rather than that kind of karma. Perhaps I'm buying into 'Western' Buddhism too much. Oh no, that means more reading on the subject to escape my ignorance. Doh! The more I become inerested in things, the more I come to understand, the more I realise I don't know, the more I want to discover, the more I become interested in things... . Thanks for the pointer to that build in SL Torley.
Regards, Milton Broome

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Bettina Tizzy — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:31:26 -0000

I like your lighting in your vid so much better. I really need to spend more time developing some presets.

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Charles Cameron (hipbone) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:05:58 -0000

Apologies, I fubarred my HTML above.

Should read:

I posted an updated version at The Lama and the Game Designer, and it's neat to see someone exploring the same terrain.

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

Charles Cameron (hipbone) — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:54:49 -0000

I suggested parallels between Tibetan iconography and FPS games in an article in The Cursor (game developer magazine) years ago, and posted an updated version of the idea at . Neat to see someone exploring (at least a taste of) that terrain...

Re: Buddhist Hell Theme Park in Second Life

susanreynolds — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 17:14:11 -0000

The idea of hell is Buddhism is so odd to me - a non-buddhist, I'll admit - but I have a lot to learn. Luckily some of it I learn through Second Life and some I don't :) Though this experience sounds like one I'll skip (bloodcurdling is just not my thing - even on Halloween) still the detail looks exquisite . . . in its own macabre way.