seven deadly sins

Japanese: seven deadly sins(英語表記)sevendeadlysins
seven deadly sins

In Buddhism, sin is an act that goes against the law (Dharma) or the precepts, and the most representative of these are the "Five Cardinal Sins" or "Five Cardinal Sins." These are the five types of sins: (1) killing one's mother, (2) killing one's father, (3) killing a monk (Arahant), (4) injuring the body of the Buddha, and (5) destroying the harmony of the religious community. These are also called the "Five Cardinal Sins" because they are sins that will lead to hell. However, these are basically crimes that go against moral standards, just like the "Five Evils" (or "Ten Evils") in Buddhism and the "Seven Deadly Sins" in Christianity. Later, however, the awareness that human existence itself is covered in sin emerged, and this was combined with the idea of ​​the afterlife, such as paradise and hell, and the idea of ​​retribution, to give rise to the Pure Land Buddhist view of sin.

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Japanese:

… 仏教における罪は法(ダルマ)にそむく行為,戒律に反する行為であり,その代表的なものが〈五逆〉ないし〈五逆罪〉である。すなわち(1)母を殺すこと,(2)父を殺すこと,(3)僧(阿羅漢)を殺すこと,(4)仏の身体を傷つけること,(5)教団の和合一致を破壊することの5種の罪をいい,無間(むげん)地獄に堕ちる罪であるから〈五無間業(ごむげんごう)〉ともいうが,これは基本的には同じ仏教でいう〈五悪〉(または〈十悪〉)や,キリスト教でいう〈七大罪seven deadly sins〉などと同じく道徳的規範に反する罪悪に属する。ところがのちになると,人間存在そのものが罪に覆われたものであるとの自覚があらわれ,それが極楽や地獄などの他界観や応報思想と結びついて浄土教的な罪業観が生じた。…

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