Hell into degrees of agony or pleasure. Of these realms, the hell realms, or "Naraka", is the lowest realm of rebirth. Of the hell realms, the worst is "Avīci" or "endless suffering". The Buddha's disciple, Devadatta, who tried to kill the Buddha on three occasions, as well as create a schism in the monastic order, is said to have been reborn in the Avici Hell. However, like all realms of rebirth, rebirth in the Hell realms is not permanent, though suffering can persist for eons before being reborn again. In the Lotus Sutra, the Buddha teaches that eventually even Devadatta will
Nancy Wilson (religious leader) College, Claremont School of Theology, and the University of Southern California. Wilson is the author of: Nancy Wilson (religious leader) Nancy L. Wilson (born 1950) is an American cleric who served as the Moderator of the Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan Community Churches (MCC or Metropolitan Community Churches). On Sunday, 29 October 2005, at Washington's National Cathedral, Wilson was installed as Moderator of the Metropolitan Community Churches in succession to the denomination's founder, Troy Perry. Wilson retired from her position in October 2016, and was succeeded by Interim Moderator Rev. Elder Rachelle Brown. Wilson was elected moderator of the denomination of