@ Ven. Lal Sir,
Please kindly correct me if I am wrong.
You said: “Violation of any of the five precepts, in many cases, is not an apayagami act. For example, telling a lie is an akusala kamma, but it is not an apayagami act.”
That may be true but not always. Of course telling a lie is not an apayagami act in many cases. But telling a lie CAN BE an apayagami act in several other cases too.
For example:
(1) Cinca Manavika falsely accused Lord Buddha in front of monks and laypersons that she was pregnant with him. It is said that she was directly reborn in hell after that. So it means that “falsely accusing” an Arahant, a Pacceka Buddha or a Samma Sambuddha is a serious apayagami act.
(2) Falsely declaring one’s spiritual attainments to others for gaining money, name, fame, status in society, etc can also be an apayagami act. For example, falsely declaring that one has attained magga-phala is said to be a serious offence (parajika).
(3) Telling a lie to create schism in the Sangha is a heinous crime which leads to being reborn in the niraya. For example:
- Explaining what is Dhamma as not-Dhamma (and what is not-Dhamma as Dhamma).
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Explaining what is Vinaya as not-Vinaya (and what is not-Vinaya as Vinaya).
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Proclaiming what is said by the Tathagata as not said by the Tathagata (and what is not said by the Tathagata as being said by the Tathagata).
Similarly there can be many more cases where “telling a lie” can become an apayagami act.
Of course these all acts are done with micca ditthi.