Common Knowledge in Pure Land Teaching
淨土小常識
The Five Gravest Transgressions
The Five Gravest Transgressions are the most serious violations, for which one must receive the retribution of falling into Avici hell and suffering five kinds of uninterrupted pain.
There are two ways of classifying the Five Transgressions, the Hinayana and the Mahayana.
The Five Transgressions in Hinayana Buddhism are: killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing Arhats, causing the Buddha’s body to bleed, and disturbing the harmonious life of the Sangha. The first two are the most serious types of worldly ingratitude, and the other three prevent us from transcending reincarnation.
(to be continued tomorrow)
五逆
「五逆」就是五種逆罪，簡稱「五逆罪」，造作五逆罪將來必定承受阿 鼻地獄五種無間的最大痛苦，所以也叫作「五無間業」。
五逆有小乘五逆與大乘五逆
小乘五逆：一、殺父，二、殺母，三、殺阿羅漢，四、出佛身血，五、破 和合僧。前二殺父殺母，違逆世間之「恩田」；餘三違逆出世間之「福田」， 故名為逆。
Namo Amituofo!
