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Five major sins (anantarika kamma) and how to mitigate them?
Firstly, karma is based on intention. If something was done unintentionally, there's no karma.
Secondly, this is not really a sin to be judged and/or forgiven by a God or gods.
Exerting oneself in the ...
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Five major sins (anantarika kamma) and how to mitigate them?
Is there any way for them to repent to reduce their sins?
One important point I would like to emphasize is that the idea of sins in the way it is defined by Christianity is quite alien to Buddhism. ...
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Five major sins (anantarika kamma) and how to mitigate them?
If someone accidentally creates the above evil karma without anger, will the result be different?
I assume that "accidentally" means it's not considered "killing".
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