[Advaita-l] Is there a difference between papa and dushkarma

[Kaushik Chevendra]

Namaste sir.
Our acharyas have already provided the answer to this question.
Only "unintentional" sins are what are removed from devata Pooja, tirtha
yatra, ganga snana etc or intentional sins committed once but which we
repentance for.
Hence there is no contradiction in the karma theory.

On Thu, 9 Mar, 2023, 3:05 pm sammit khandeparker via Advaita-l, <
advaita-l at lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

> Dear Scholars,
> Sadar Pranams. I have a query. It may look simple to learned minds but I
> am quite perplexed by it. Towards the end of shodoshopchar Puja we say that
> performance of such rituals can eliminate papa caused by sins like
> brahmahatya. Many a falashrutis also say that recitation of such an such
> stuti will eliminate mahapapa.
>    - My first question is how is this achieved, i.e. how is maha-papa or
> brhamaHatya eliminated by a devpuja or stuti?
> I have this issue because we are told that we have to pay for bad karma.
> Such falashrutis contradicts karma law.
>
>    - Can such patha of stuti block all types of karma, like say kriyaman
> karma?
> Please guide me on this. It seems so unjust that great sins like brahma
> hatya  be forgiven so easily? How does this thing operates?
> DhanyawadSammit
>
>
>
> Dr. Sammit P. S. Khandeparkar PhD(Religious Studies)
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