五無間

(五無間, 五无间)

The uninterrupted, or no-interval hell, i. e. (sa) avīci hell, the worst, or eighth of the eight hells. It is ceaseless in five respects-- karma and its effects are an endless chain with no escape; its sufferings are ceaseless; it is timeless; its fate or life is endless; it is ceaselessly full. Another interpretation takes the second, third, and fifth of the above and adds that it is packed with [lang id =1028]罪器 implements of torture, and that it is full of all kinds of living beings.

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五無間業的簡稱， 又名五逆罪， 即殺父、 殺母、 殺阿羅漢、 出佛身血、 破和合之僧， 誰要是犯了其中的一項， 死後即墮入無間地獄， 故名五無間業。