Part IV
What is Sin? What is not a Sin? What is Vice? What is Virtue?What is sin to me may not be necessarily a sin to others. I feel to do a certain act is a sin to me but others feels that it is his duty to do that act and hence it is not a sin.
What is that we learn from the above context is it is the power of thinking or way of thinking that changeth the behavior and attitude of a person .The sinful act which I am thinking to do may not be the same for others.
For example, having sex with woman other than a married life partner is a sin for some people , but it may not be a sinful act for some people as they think that as long as you are not forcing or coercing a woman to do that act .According to Hindu scriptures and as a matter of fact , in other religions also , having sex with other women is a sin only and will be punishable in the hell after death.
Some people believe the existence of God and if they believe God they should believe in hell and heaven after death. If they believe in this , they should also believe in punishment for various crimes and sins after their death. According to Eeshopanishath, the punishments for different sins are given. The man will be drowned alive in boiled oil or his eyes are pierced with red hot iron rods or he will be asked to swim in the flesh and blood of a river called Vytharini. But how many of us do believe in such type of punishments awaiting after death?
Some people argue that as per the laws of nature , if you do some mistake or crime , it will have spontaneous reaction and God will be observing and punish the guilty. That means for every action , there is a reaction.
Because of gravitational power , all living and non – living things are sticking to the earth and not falling nor floating in the air. Like that , since God is supervising us , and some people are balancing the good and bad deeds , the human race is still existing and surviving. I can not say all are bad people in this world .There are so many good people in this world who live for others and does all good things , trusting in God. Because of this balancing act , which is supervised by God, man is still existing and surviving.
Another example ,we can see some of the people taking revenge against others. Police are killing the naxalites in encounters and naxalites are killing police in landmines. Terrorists are being killed by our army as they are sneaking into our borders illegally and in turn terrorists are killing army, police , para- military personnel and innocent people.
In some regions , because of faction feuds , so many people are killed . Since you have killed my father and grand father , I have killed your mother and grand mother. The scores of killing are increasing and people are literally killed for petty reasons. Since a man has raped his wife , he was killed by the husband . That means for every bad action , there is bad reaction. As a result , there is a cascading effect of bad things in the society.
That means what we think is a sin is not at all sin in other’s view. That is how , in this society, the crime has cascading effect .Crime begets crime and sin begets sin. A dacoit thinks that looting other’s belongings is not a sin. Because in his view , he thinks that it is his livelihood. A prostitute thinks that , having sex with so many people is not a sin , because she thinks that it is her profession. A politician or a bureaucrat or a clerk in a office thinks that taking bribes in cash or kind is not a sin or crime , because he thinks that it is his right to take. Corruption is treated as common thing as they do some extra ordinary service to the person. In their view , it is not a sin. Government pays good salaries , allowances and provide housing accommodation , still he feels that taking bribe is his fundamental right. Political leader takes bribes and say that it is used for party funds. In his view it is not a sin or crime because , he thinks that he is sacrificing his entire life for the cause of people and society.
What do we learn from this ? To do an act or not , the difference makes in thinking. If you think good. good things will happen and if you think bad , bad things will happen.
Children are very innocent till they reach certain age. Because their thinking capacity is very limited up to taking food and playing games. If he does not see his mother , he starts crying. Once he see kis his mother , his joy knew no bounds. Child always see goodness in bad things also. He thinks the razor blade is a playing tool and try to play with that . He goes to fire and touch it .As a mother who takes care of his child not to play and touch , the God also always like a mother caution us not to venture into bad things and do bad acts. Like a child , man must realize and behave and see all goodness in bad things also. He must visualize the existence of God in all like a child sees his mother .He must feel the existence of God. Then man would certainly realize what is good and what is bad , what is sinful and what is not. He can balance the good and bad and judge the right thing like a balancing machine. Like a peacock , which takes only milk out of mixture of milk and water , man must absorb the good things in all. I can see the divinity with in you , so as the same way you can also see the divinity with in me.I can see the nature’s bliss in rocks, mountains, lakes, rivers, sky , earth , trees and animals . If I can see the nature’s bliss in all , I can see the existence of God in all things.
See a God in sickle, see a God in rifle, see a God in bomb, see a God in axe, see a God in stone , see a God in a woman, see a God in trees , see a God in darkness and see a God in devil . Then you will certainly be empowered and enlightened.
Jai Ganesha
What is Sin? What is not a Sin? What is Vice? What is Virtue?What is sin to me may not be necessarily a sin to others. I feel to do a certain act is a sin to me but others feels that it is his duty to do that act and hence it is not a sin.
What is that we learn from the above context is it is the power of thinking or way of thinking that changeth the behavior and attitude of a person .The sinful act which I am thinking to do may not be the same for others.
For example, having sex with woman other than a married life partner is a sin for some people , but it may not be a sinful act for some people as they think that as long as you are not forcing or coercing a woman to do that act .According to Hindu scriptures and as a matter of fact , in other religions also , having sex with other women is a sin only and will be punishable in the hell after death.
Some people believe the existence of God and if they believe God they should believe in hell and heaven after death. If they believe in this , they should also believe in punishment for various crimes and sins after their death. According to Eeshopanishath, the punishments for different sins are given. The man will be drowned alive in boiled oil or his eyes are pierced with red hot iron rods or he will be asked to swim in the flesh and blood of a river called Vytharini. But how many of us do believe in such type of punishments awaiting after death?
Some people argue that as per the laws of nature , if you do some mistake or crime , it will have spontaneous reaction and God will be observing and punish the guilty. That means for every action , there is a reaction.
Because of gravitational power , all living and non – living things are sticking to the earth and not falling nor floating in the air. Like that , since God is supervising us , and some people are balancing the good and bad deeds , the human race is still existing and surviving. I can not say all are bad people in this world .There are so many good people in this world who live for others and does all good things , trusting in God. Because of this balancing act , which is supervised by God, man is still existing and surviving.
Another example ,we can see some of the people taking revenge against others. Police are killing the naxalites in encounters and naxalites are killing police in landmines. Terrorists are being killed by our army as they are sneaking into our borders illegally and in turn terrorists are killing army, police , para- military personnel and innocent people.
In some regions , because of faction feuds , so many people are killed . Since you have killed my father and grand father , I have killed your mother and grand mother. The scores of killing are increasing and people are literally killed for petty reasons. Since a man has raped his wife , he was killed by the husband . That means for every bad action , there is bad reaction. As a result , there is a cascading effect of bad things in the society.
That means what we think is a sin is not at all sin in other’s view. That is how , in this society, the crime has cascading effect .Crime begets crime and sin begets sin. A dacoit thinks that looting other’s belongings is not a sin. Because in his view , he thinks that it is his livelihood. A prostitute thinks that , having sex with so many people is not a sin , because she thinks that it is her profession. A politician or a bureaucrat or a clerk in a office thinks that taking bribes in cash or kind is not a sin or crime , because he thinks that it is his right to take. Corruption is treated as common thing as they do some extra ordinary service to the person. In their view , it is not a sin. Government pays good salaries , allowances and provide housing accommodation , still he feels that taking bribe is his fundamental right. Political leader takes bribes and say that it is used for party funds. In his view it is not a sin or crime because , he thinks that he is sacrificing his entire life for the cause of people and society.
What do we learn from this ? To do an act or not , the difference makes in thinking. If you think good. good things will happen and if you think bad , bad things will happen.
Children are very innocent till they reach certain age. Because their thinking capacity is very limited up to taking food and playing games. If he does not see his mother , he starts crying. Once he see kis his mother , his joy knew no bounds. Child always see goodness in bad things also. He thinks the razor blade is a playing tool and try to play with that . He goes to fire and touch it .As a mother who takes care of his child not to play and touch , the God also always like a mother caution us not to venture into bad things and do bad acts. Like a child , man must realize and behave and see all goodness in bad things also. He must visualize the existence of God in all like a child sees his mother .He must feel the existence of God. Then man would certainly realize what is good and what is bad , what is sinful and what is not. He can balance the good and bad and judge the right thing like a balancing machine. Like a peacock , which takes only milk out of mixture of milk and water , man must absorb the good things in all. I can see the divinity with in you , so as the same way you can also see the divinity with in me.I can see the nature’s bliss in rocks, mountains, lakes, rivers, sky , earth , trees and animals . If I can see the nature’s bliss in all , I can see the existence of God in all things.
See a God in sickle, see a God in rifle, see a God in bomb, see a God in axe, see a God in stone , see a God in a woman, see a God in trees , see a God in darkness and see a God in devil . Then you will certainly be empowered and enlightened.
Jai Ganesha
