Translation guide

five cardinal sins

In Buddhism, the five most serious offenses that condemn the perpetrator to the lowest hell. This is a specialized religious term with no common secular equivalent.

Buddhist concept

The five grave offenses in Buddhist doctrine

五ご逆ぎゃく罪ざい

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Standard Buddhist term for the five cardinal sins. Literally 'five rebellious crimes'.

五ご逆ぎゃく罪ざいを犯おかすと無む間けん地じ獄ごくに落おちるとされる。

It is said that committing the five cardinal sins leads to the Avīci hell.

五ご逆ぎゃく

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Abbreviated form of 五逆罪, common in Buddhist texts.

五ご逆ぎゃくの罪つみは最もっとも重おもいと教おしえられている。