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The hell realms (Skt. ''naraka''; [[Wyl.]] ''dmyal ba'') which are one of the realms of the [[six classes of beings]] are characterized by extremely intense suffering; they consist of '''eighteen hells''':
The hell realms (Skt. ''naraka''; [[Wyl.]] ''dmyal ba'') which are one of the realms of the [[six classes of beings]] are characterized by extremely intense suffering; they consist of '''eighteen hells''' (Skt. ''aṣṭadaśanaraka''):


*the [[sixteen hells]] grouped into
*the [[sixteen hells]] grouped into
**[[Eight Hot Hells]] and
**[[Eight Hot Hells]] and
**[[Eight Cold Hells]];
**[[Eight Cold Hells]]; along with
*the [[Neighbouring Hells]] and  
*the [[Neighbouring Hells]] and  
*the [[Ephemeral Hells]].
*the [[Ephemeral Hells]].


[[Chökyi Drakpa]] says in ''[[A Torch for the Path to Omniscience]]'':
[[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.
: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.<ref>In ''[[A Torch for the Path to Omniscience]]''</ref>
 
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Revision as of 17:06, 13 July 2009

The hell realms (Skt. naraka; Wyl. dmyal ba) which are one of the realms of the six classes of beings are characterized by extremely intense suffering; they consist of 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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