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[[Image:Hell_realm.jpg|frame|Depiction of the hell realms from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]]The '''hells''' (Skt. ''naraka''; [[Wyl.]] ''dmyal ba'') constitute one of the realms of the [[six classes of beings]], they are characterized by extremely intense suffering; there are '''eighteen hells''' (Skt. ''aṣṭadaśanaraka''): | [[Image:Hell_realm.jpg|frame|Depiction of the hell realms from a [[thangka]] of the [[Wheel of Life]]]]The '''hells''' (Skt. ''naraka''; Tib. དམྱལ་བ་, [[Wyl.]] ''dmyal ba'') constitute one of the realms of the [[six classes of beings]], they are characterized by extremely intense suffering; there are '''eighteen hells''' (Skt. ''aṣṭadaśanaraka''): | ||
*the [[sixteen hells]] grouped into | *the [[sixteen hells]] grouped into | ||
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The hells (Skt. naraka; Tib. དམྱལ་བ་, Wyl. dmyal ba) constitute one of the realms of the six classes of beings, they are characterized by extremely intense suffering; there are eighteen hells (Skt. aṣṭadaśanaraka):
- the sixteen hells grouped into
- Eight Hot Hells and
- Eight Cold Hells; along with
- the Neighbouring Hells and
- the Ephemeral Hells.
Chökyi Drakpa writes:
- The cause of being born in any of these eighteen hells could be a vast accumulation of harmful actions perpetrated out of desire or delusion. Even so, a single momentary act such as taking life or speaking harsh words to an exceptional being, when carried out with a mind of intense anger, will propel you straight to the hells.[1]
Notes
Further Reading
- Patrul Rinpoche, The Words of My Perfect Teacher (Boston: Shambhala, Revised edition, 1998), pages 63-72.