"The connotation of the Sanskrit word for a hell, Naraka, is a joyless."
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Alexander Berzin, in Wise Teacher, Wise Student: Tibetan Approaches to a Healthy Relationship, Snow Lion Publications, 16 June 2010, p. 191
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