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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''; [[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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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):

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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