Pañcānantarya
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pañcānantarya (P. pañcānantarīya; T. mtshams med pa lnga མཚམས་མེད་པ་ལྔ་; C. wu wujian ye) is translated as "five acts with immediate retribution," etc.
These five acts are:[1]
- patricide
- matricide
- killing an arhat
- maliciosly wounding a buddha and drawing blood
- creating a schism in the sangha (the community of Buddhist monks and nuns)
This term is primarly used in the Sanskrit tradition. More generally, these types of acts are referred to as ānantaryakarman.
Alternative translations
- Five acts of immediate consequence (Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism)
- Five crimes of immediate retribution (Rigpa wiki)
- 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
Notes
- ↑ Buswell & Lopez 2014, s.v. pañcānantarya.
Sources
Buswell, Robert E.; Lopez, Donald S. (2014), The Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism, Princeton University
