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Chinvat peretu

Zoroastrianism

Also known as: Bridge of the Requiter

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immortality beliefs

In immortality
…Zoroaster accepted the notion of Chinvat peretu, or the Bridge of the Requiter, which was to be crossed after death and which was broad for the righteous and narrow for the wicked, who fell from it into hell. In Indian philosophy and religion, the steps upward—or downward—in the series of…
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Last Judgment

In Last Judgment
…fourth day goes to the Bridge of the Requiter, where the person’s deeds are weighed. If the good outweigh the bad, even if only slightly, the soul is able to cross the bridge to heaven; if the bad deeds outweigh the good, the bridge becomes too narrow for the soul…
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