Definition of SinSunahu Sadhak Pyare - Part 6
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In the previous editions, it has been established that all living beings want happiness that is permanent, infinite and ever increasing. We have been searching for that happiness for time immemorial but have not achieved even an iota of that happiness.
Why could we not attain that happiness?
The reason is our ignorance about our real self. We consider ourselves to be the body, while we are the immortal soul.
This ignorance is eternal. We have eternally been turned away from God and for this reason have been overpowered by Maya. Maya made us forget our real self and we started considering ourselves to be the body. Consequently, we considered our physical relatives to be our own relatives and started committing innumerable sins day and night.
What is sin? There are many definitions of sins. For example -
Why could we not attain that happiness?
The reason is our ignorance about our real self. We consider ourselves to be the body, while we are the immortal soul.
This ignorance is eternal. We have eternally been turned away from God and for this reason have been overpowered by Maya. Maya made us forget our real self and we started considering ourselves to be the body. Consequently, we considered our physical relatives to be our own relatives and started committing innumerable sins day and night.
What is sin? There are many definitions of sins. For example -
सांच बरोबर तप नहीं, झूठ बरोबर पाप ।
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sāṃca barobara tapa nahīṃ, jhūṭha barobara pāpa
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"there is no virtue like truth and no sin like falsehood".
नहीं असत्य सम पातक पुंजा
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nahīṃ asatya sama pātaka puṃjā
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"There is no offense like falsehood"
But, my definition of sin is different. Any moment, when we do not remember God/Guru (divine personalities) we commit sin. - Shri Maharaj Ji
There are three modes of Maya- Sattvik, Rajas and Tamas. Immoral acts like robbery etc. are signs of Tamas mode of Maya. Fulfilling our own selfish motives without harming others is Rajas mode of Maya. Such kind of people often say:
न ऊधो के लेने न माधो के देने
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na ūdho ke lene na mādho ke dene
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"I don’t want to take or give anything to anyone."
The third one is Sattvik mode of Maya. To sacrifice one’s own benefits for the help of others is the trait of Sattvik mode.
But all of them are material. People dwelling in Sattvik, Rajas and Tamas modes of Maya attain heaven, earth and hell respectively. So, getting attached to the matters of any of these modes of Maya is a sin.
You may refute saying is it a sin to love my mother, brother, wife and son etc.? Yes, it is a sin. Because, they are material beings, attached to material matters. Thus, their mind is contaminated. By associating with these people our eternally dirty mind becomes dirtier. We have to purify our mind to attain true bliss. Attachment in worldly relatives will contaminate it further. That’s why even loving celestial gods and goddesses is also a sin. For e.g. if you wash a dirty cloth in clean water, it will become clean. If you wash the same cloth in dirty drain water, it will become dirtier. In much the same manner, attachment in any material person or thing makes our mind dirtier and attachment in God and Guru makes it cleaner for they are pure. That’s why Lord Krishna says in the Shrimad Bagavad Gita
The third one is Sattvik mode of Maya. To sacrifice one’s own benefits for the help of others is the trait of Sattvik mode.
But all of them are material. People dwelling in Sattvik, Rajas and Tamas modes of Maya attain heaven, earth and hell respectively. So, getting attached to the matters of any of these modes of Maya is a sin.
You may refute saying is it a sin to love my mother, brother, wife and son etc.? Yes, it is a sin. Because, they are material beings, attached to material matters. Thus, their mind is contaminated. By associating with these people our eternally dirty mind becomes dirtier. We have to purify our mind to attain true bliss. Attachment in worldly relatives will contaminate it further. That’s why even loving celestial gods and goddesses is also a sin. For e.g. if you wash a dirty cloth in clean water, it will become clean. If you wash the same cloth in dirty drain water, it will become dirtier. In much the same manner, attachment in any material person or thing makes our mind dirtier and attachment in God and Guru makes it cleaner for they are pure. That’s why Lord Krishna says in the Shrimad Bagavad Gita
सर्वधर्मान्परित्यज्य मामेकं शरणं व्रज | अहं त्वां सर्वपापेभ्यो मोक्षयिष्यामि मा शुच: ||
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sarvadharmānparityajya māmekaṃ śaraṇaṃ vraja | ahaṃ tvāṃ sarvapāpebhyo mokṣayiṣyāmi mā śuca: ||
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Give up all other duties and surrender yourself unto me alone.
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