四し重じゅう禁きん

noun

four grave prohibitions

Buddhist term for the four most serious precepts: killing, theft, adultery, and deceit. The reading しじゅうごん is also attested but less common.

• 四し重じゅう禁きんは仏ぶっ教きょうにおいて最もっとも重おもい戒かい律りつの一ひとつです。

  The four grave prohibitions are among the most serious precepts in Buddhism.