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an.5.129 Aṅguttara Nikāya (Numbered Discourses)

In Agony

“There are these five inhabitants of the states of deprivation, inhabitants of hell, who are in agony & incurable. Which five? One who has killed his/her mother, one who has killed his/her father, one who has killed an arahant, one who—with a corrupted mind—has caused the blood of a Tathagata to flow, and one who has caused a split in the Sangha. These are the five inhabitants of the states of deprivation, inhabitants of hell, who are in agony & incurable.”

- Translator: Thanissaro Bhikkhu

- Editor: Gabriel Laera