བསླབ་པ་ལྔའ་ཕན་ཡན་གྱ་མད notes.72
The Benefits of the Five Precepts notes.72
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72. Usually, rebirth in this worst of the so-called major hot hells is the result of grave negative actions such as matricide, patricide, and showing disrespect toward holy beings (cf., e.g., Hazlewood 1987, p. 140, n. 20). Why it is mentioned here as the result of speaking falsehoods, although the sūtra itself has stated earlier that the result of speaking falsehoods is rebirth in the Black Thread Hell, is unclear.