Devadatta The Buddha did not show any hatred or deceive, even after what Devadatta had done. Soon after, Devadatta got sick and realized that what he had done was wrong. He tried to go to Buddha's place to apologize for what he did, but it was too late. On the way to the Buddha, the earth sucked him into the Niraya Hell for his deeds. According to the Pāli Canon, he taught his sangha to adopt five tapas (literally, "austerities") throughout their lives: The Buddha's reply was that those who felt so inclined could follow these rules – except that of
Religious offense issued by a religious leader who was religiously offended by the work. Traditionally there are three uniquely religious offenses (acts which cause religious offense): Dogma is the belief that a religion necessarily only ever expresses divine truth. Any challenge to divine authority may be homologous to treason and attract similar serious punishment, typically the death penalty. More recently the term is used in modern laws which aim promote religious tolerance by forbidding 'hate crime' such as the British Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006. To allow 'outsiders' to criticize a religion or its practice might appear to serve to weaken