Five crimes with immediate retribution
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Five crimes with immediate retribution (Skt. pañcānantarīya; Tib. མཚམས་མེད་པ་ལྔ་, tsam mepa nga, Wyl. mtshams med pa lnga):
- killing one's father
- killing one's mother
- killing an arhat
- maliciously drawing blood from the body of a tathagata
- creating a schism in the sangha
See also the five actions similar to those with immediate retribution
Alternative translations
- Five boundless crimes
- Five heinous acts (Geshe Thupten Jinpa)
- Five inexpiable acts
- Five sins of immediate effect (Padmakara)
- Five inexpiable crimes (84.000, Padmakara Translation Group)
- Five with immediate reckoning