Sin or papa<\/em> would be when I go against or break this ethical order and hurt someone or cause damage without a reason. Punya<\/em> would include all acts of worship to Ishwara<\/em>, reaching out to help fellow human beings, all acts of service and sharing what I have. If you are looking at it from a Judaeo-Christian standpoint and say that I am paying for the sins of Adam and Eve, I am sorry, Vedanta doesn\u2019t accept it. Vedanta says that each person is accountable for their action. I may have to bear the consequences of someone\u2019s actions but I am not responsible for their actions. If a business I am a part of has cheated, I may have some debts to repay, but I am not considered a criminal unless I have acted criminally. That is where we differ from the Judaeo-Christian ethic, we don\u2019t have the concept of \u2018original sin\u2019. Probably that\u2019s where your question came up.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Punya and papa are called adrishta \u2013 the unseen results of an action. Punya can give me joyful and papa painful experiences in life or hereafter. What we call as papa is what English literature speaks of as sin. There is no word translating punya in English. There is a universal ethical order, we\u2019ll call it dharma, although dharma is much more than ethical order. This is true across cultures and… Continue reading What is punya and papa and sin please explain with an example\u2014Kiran Golla<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-qa","entry"],"yoast_head":"\n