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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''; 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''):
[[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''):


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*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/hell/index.html Hell: Subjects and Depictions outline page on the Himalayan Art Resources website]
*[http://www.himalayanart.org/pages/hell/index.html Hell: Subjects and Depictions outline page on the Himalayan Art Resources website]


 
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Revision as of 18:34, 13 March 2011

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):

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]

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