Heaven’s Nice, But Hell’s More Fun To Paint
Our Depictions of the Afterlife Are As Varied As Our Cultures
Where’s heaven? What’s it like? Who gets in? And what tortures await those of us who land in the alternative destination?
Scholars of religion, history, and art asked these questions during a panel discussion at the Getty Museum, in which they explored the ways different societies have imagined and depicted the afterlife and what the images we create of heaven and hell say about life on earth.
Producer and documentary filmmaker Jody Hassett Sanchez opened the conversation by asking UCLA Buddhism expert Robert Buswell where, according to the Buddha, the heavens are …
