Five crimes with immediate retribution
Five crimes with immediate retribution (Tib. 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