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What is Sukhavipaga? What is described in it?
Sukhavipaga describes the happy results of good deeds, including cities, gardens, shrines, forests, kings, parents, assemblies, Dharma teachers, Dharma stories, special powers in this world and the next, renunciation of worldly possessions, ordination, study of scriptures, practice of austerities, initiation, pilgrimages, images, Sanlekhanas, rejection of food, walking on foot, going to heaven, returning to a good family, regaining enlightenment, and their interactions.
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Duḥkhavipaga describes the painful results of bad deeds, including violence, false speech, theft, adultery, attachment, intense passions, indulgence in sense pleasures, negligence, evil actions, and negative intentions. These bad deeds lead to suffering in hell, animal realms, and various other forms of existence, where one experiences countless hardships. Even after being reborn as a human, the residue of past bad deeds continues to cause suffering, such as beatings, castration, nose-cutting, ear-cutting, lip-piercing, finger-cutting, hand-cutting, foot-cutting, nail-cutting, tongue-cutting, branding with hot iron, burning on a bed of thorns, being crushed under an elephant's foot, being torn apart with a sword, being hung from a tree, being pierced with a trident, being beaten with a club, being broken with a stick, being burned with hot iron, being poured with molten lead and oil, being cooked in a furnace, being drenched with ice-cold water in winter, being tied up with ropes, being pierced with spears, being skinned alive, being tortured with fire, and other terrible punishments. These sufferings are endless and cannot be escaped due to the chain of bad karma. There is no liberation for those who are bound by their passions. Therefore, it is important to be mindful and avoid these actions.