mtshams med lnga

mtshams med lnga

Lit. "sins of immediate retribution [after death]." These five, all of which cause immediate rebirth in hell, are killing one's father, killing one's mother, killing an arhat, breaking up the saṅgha, and causing, with evil intent, the Tathāgata to bleed.

The "five inexpiable crimes," or "crimes with immediate retribution" because they result in immediate rebirth in the hells without any intermediate state, are regarded as the most severe and consequently the most difficult negative actions to overcome by reparation. They are matricide ({ma gsod pa}), killing an arhat ({dgra bcom pa gsod pa}), patricide ({pha gsod pa}), creating a schism in the monastic community ({dge 'dun gyi dbyen byas pa}), and intentionally wounding a buddha ({de bzhin gshegs pa'i sku la ngan sems kyis khrag 'byin pa}).

The five extremely negative actions which, once those who have committed them die, result in their going immediately to the hells without experiencing the intermediate state. They are killing an arhat, killing one's mother, killing one's father, creating schism in the Saṅgha, and maliciously drawing blood from a tathāgata's body.

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