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Re: Sin.
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Sin.
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From: dwaite@aladdin.co.uk (Dennis Waite)
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Date: Sun, 09 Jul 1995 02:39:50 GMT
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From news@alpha.aladdin.co.uk Sat Jul 8 14: 25:25 1995
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Anshuman Pandey <apandey@u.washington.edu> wrote:
>I have been pondering this question for a long time, and have decided to
>post it to see what you all can make of it.
>Sin is supposed to be a deed done contrary to what is good, or simply, a
>bad deed. So, if an individual commits an act which he is not taught is
>bad and does not view it as a sin sin, but society as a whole views the
>deed as bad and as a sin, then is the deed the individual committed a
>sin?
>Also, another perspective: sin is something which is wrong, and if what
>is wrong to others is not wrong to you, then is it still a sin?
>Thanks!
>Anshuman Pandey
Sri Parthasarathy says in his excellent commentaries on the Gita that
something is a sin if it causes an adverse reaction in the mind after
the event. Thus, it is O.K. to eat meat for example if one feels no
guilt or other negative reaction afterwards but if one feels bad about
it (mentally!), then it is a sin. This avoids all direct consideration
of 'good' and 'evil', 'right' and 'wrong' etc. and the
opinions/beliefs of others.
Dennis Waite
dwaite@aladdin.co.uk
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