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Re: From the sastric version: What is sin?
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: From the sastric version: What is sin?
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From: Mats Olausson <bbt-intl@algonet.se>
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Date: 27 Jul 1995 06:56:58 GMT
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From news@algonet.se Thu Jul 27 02: 44:52 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: AlgoNet Public Access Node, Stockholm
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References: <3v3nfu$j91@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
asharma@io.org (Anupam K. Sharma) wrote:
> My understandingfrom the Geeta is that it is for the individual to
> gather all the facts at his disposal and determine what is good and
> what is bad. Life and afterlife is based on the choices one makes.
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> An ignorant or misled person (and who among us is not one of these at
> one time or another) will obviously make wrong choices at times. If we
> did not make such wrong choices in our previous lives, we would not be
> here today. This life is to make amends for them and perhaps win over
> the cycle of birth and death.
>
Yes, an intelligent person gathers facts before deciding. However, there
are different ways to gather, like hear-say, sense perception, accepting
spiritual authority (shastra-chaksu). Because the jiva is fallible he
is always prone to making mistakes. Therefore accepting spiritual
authority is the best way to ensure proper acting, i.e. committing
minimum sin by always coming closer to God through (spiritually
guided) acting, speaking and thinking.
