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Fatal Wounds

Parikuppasutta

Five deeds that condemn the perpetrator to hell.

Translated by Bhikkhu Sujato · Pāli: Mahāsaṅgīti Tipiṭaka · Public domain (CC0) via SuttaCentral

  • 0.1Aṅguttara Nikāya 5.129Numbered Discourses 5.129
  • 0.213. Gilānavagga13. Sick

0.3ParikuppasuttaFatal Wounds

1.1“Pañcime, bhikkhave, āpāyikā nerayikā parikuppā atekicchā.“Mendicants, these five fatal wounds lead to a place of loss, to hell.1.2Katame pañca?What five?1.3Mātā jīvitā voropitā hoti, pitā jīvitā voropito hoti, arahaṁ jīvitā voropito hoti, tathāgatassa duṭṭhena cittena lohitaṁ uppāditaṁ hoti, saṅgho bhinno hoti.Murdering your mother or father or a perfected one; maliciously shedding the blood of a Realized One; and causing a schism in the Saṅgha.1.4Ime kho, bhikkhave, pañca āpāyikā nerayikā parikuppā atekicchā”ti.These five fatal wounds lead to a place of loss, to hell.”

1.5Navamaṁ.