Anantarika-karma

thumb|Amitabha Buddha (pictured) discusses the Ānantarika kamma in his [[Original Vow.]] Ānantarya karma (Sanskrit) or Ānantarika kamma (Pāli) are the most serious offences in Buddhism that, at death, through the overwhelming karmic strength of any single one of them, bring immediate disaster. Both Buddhists and non-Buddhists must avoid them at all costs. Such offenses prevent perpetrators from attaining any of the stages of enlightenment and from ordaining into the Sangha. Those who have committed any of the five acts of Ānantarika kamma are said to be reborn in the naraka of Avīci, the very lowest of all the Hells of Buddhism. The Ānantarika kamma are: Killing one's mother (matricide) Killing one's father (patricide) Killing an Arahant Wounding a Tathāgata Creating division in the Sangha

== Etymology ==