"I didn't think there was a hell in Buddhism," I said.
"Oh yes," Jinpa said, with a tut. "We don't just have one, we have many hells! We have one where it's hot, one where it's cold, eighteen different hells in all. Everyone is terrified of ending up there."
"I seem to remember reading that, according to the Buddha, hell is more like a state of mind," I said.
"Do you mean to say there really isn't a hell?" Jinpa looked at me, thunderstruck. "Then what is the point of walking all the way around Mount Kailash?"
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