མཚམས་མེད་པའི་ལས། | Glossary of Terms

See “five acts of immediate retribution.”

See “five acts of immediate retribution.”

The five extremely negative actions that, once those who have committed them die, result in immediate rebirth in the hells without the experience of the intermediate state. They are killing an arhat, killing one’s mother, killing one’s father, creating a schism in the Saṅgha, and maliciously drawing blood from a tathāgata’s body.

See “five acts with immediate retribution.”

See “five acts with immediate retribution.”

Describing the result of commiting one of five particularly heinous crimes: (1) killing one’s father, (2) killing one’s mother, (3) killing an arhat, (4) maliciously drawing blood from a buddha, and (5) causing a schism in the sangha.

Five particularly heinous crimes that result in immediate and severe consequences: (1) killing one’s father, (2) killing one’s mother, (3) killing a worthy one, (4) maliciously drawing blood from a buddha, and (5) causing a schism in the saṅgha.

Matricide, parricide, killing an arhat, causing a schism in the monastic order, and drawing a buddha’s blood with malicious intention. These actions are said to result in immediate birth in the hells.

The five actions that lead to going instantly to hell on death are killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an arhat, splitting the saṅgha, and wounding a buddha so that he bleeds.

Five actions considered so heinous that they result in immediate rebirth in the hell realms. They include killing one’s mother, killing one’s father, killing an arhat, harming a buddha, and creating a schism in the saṅgha.

Sanskrit ānantarya is a short for pañcā­nantaryāṇi karmāṇi. These are five grave sins which, when committed, lead one to fall immediately, i.e., with no intermediate period, into the Avīci hell after death due to their severity. Usually five are enumerated: killing one’s mother, father, or an arhat; causing dissension in the order of monks (the saṅgha); and deliberately causing a tathāgata’s blood to flow. But the exact number of items varies in different lists from two or three to five (cf. BHSD, s.v. ānantarya).

Sanskrit ānantarya here is a shorthand for pañcānantaryāṇi karmāṇi. These are five grave sins that lead one to fall immediately into the Avīci hell after death due to their severity: killing one’s mother, father, or an arhat; causing dissension in the saṅgha; and deliberately causing a Tathāgata’s blood to flow. But the exact number of items varies in different lists from two to three to five (see BHSD, s.v. “ānantarya”).

Acts for which one will be reborn in hell immediately after death, without any intervening stages; they are (1) killing one’s master or father, (2) killing one’s mother, (3) killing an arhat, (4) maliciously drawing blood from a buddha, and (5) causing a schism in the saṅgha.

The five heinous deeds or acts that bring immediate retribution: (1) killing one’s father, (2) killing one’s mother, (3) killing an arhat, (4) drawing blood from the body of a tathāgata with malicious intent, and (5) causing schism in the saṅgha.

See “five inexpiable sins.”