五逆 wǔ nì

wǔ nì set phrase pañca-ānantarya-karma; Five Great Violations; Five Cardinal Sins; the five heinous crimes
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Notes: Sanskrit equivalent: pañca-ānantarya-karma, there are different formulations for Theravāda and Mahāyāna. For Theravāda they are 1. patricide, 2. matricide, 3. killing an arahant, 4. wounding a buddha, 5. creating a schism in the sangha (FGDB '五逆'; Lancaster 1968, 377; Tzu Chuang 2012, pp. 368-370)

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