The “Trivatta” Diagram of Right View Individuals
2. The States of Unhappiness (Loss and Woe): Individuals who have committed unwholesome deeds will meet with suffering and difficulties in both this and the next existences. Individuals destined for the States of Unhappiness are those who possess 'Wrong View. That is, they have wrong understanding about the Law of Kamma. They are driven by base motives to commit unwholesome deeds through their body, words, and thoughts. When they die, the fruits of their unwholesome deeds will cause them to be reborn in the States of Unhappiness. The four States of Loss and Woe include the Hell Realm, the Peta Realm, the Asurakaya Realm, and the Animal Realm. These are the planes of existence where the inhabitants experience the horrible consequences of their unwholesome deeds. Inhabitants of these realmsn are considered to be unfortunate, since they cannot realize any stages of the Dhamma. They cannot realize the Four Noble Truths, which include suffering, the cause of suffering, the cessation of suffering, and the path leading to the cessation of suffering.
According to the Lord Buddha, once a being is reborn in the States of Loss and Woe, it is extremely difficult for it to be reborn a human being. Having a rebirth as a human being is as difficult as a blind turtle which comes up to the surface of the ocean once every 100 years and gets its neck caught in a life-buoy the size of its head, which just happens to be floating around in the vast ocean.
