The Hindu religion
imposed a ban on - smoking, drinking and using drugs and stamps them as ‘maha
patak’, the ‘great sin’. There are few more ‘sins’ in the list that come under
‘maha patak’ but, the article is limited to the discussion exclusively on
- smoking, drinking and using drugs.
The reason is not just
religious but, scientific too because, everything in Hinduism is scientific. If
I smoke or drink or consume any other intoxicant – in due course of time it
[the bad chemicals that ‘come in’] will affect and spoil my reproductive
system. Due to this my sperm-cells / ovary-eggs are spoiled and due to this my
children will get the diseased genes from me and they will suffer due to no
fault of theirs, though they are not taking the intoxicants.
If luckily, my children
escape from the jaws of these diseased genes that I am gifting them, these
diseased genes will not die there as they will be latent in my children and the
‘diseased gene’ might exhibit its effects in some of my grandchildren or in my
grand grand children or in my grand grand grand children or in my
100th descendant and the like and this sequence will continue with no
end at all. In the first generation I might suffer, in the second generation it
multiplies depending on the number of children I produce, and turns exponential
after that. In my tenth generation 100 persons might get some form of genetic
disease and suffer due to the ‘bad’ or ‘diseased’ gene I have created and
passed on to my descendants and all my descendants, countless in number will
suffer without end due to the mindless act I did. But, of course, it is
possible that - I might escape unhurt from the ‘bad’ or ‘crime’ I did without
getting any disease if I am luckily.
No one could stop the
malfunctioning of the ‘bad’ or ‘diseased’ gene I had created and it has no end.
Even no one could predict which one of my descendants will develop
which disease – and it’s all depends on their fate and luck. Many might not be
affected by the ‘bad’ gene due to their luck and many will ‘surely’ suffer due
to the ‘sin’ I had committed. According to the Hindu scriptures - who
will ‘suffer’ and who will ‘escape’ is determined by their ‘prarabdha’, their
fate.
Seeking your temporary or
instantaneous joy, you are spoiling the lives or making countless individuals
to suffer and they are none other than - your own children, your
own descendants your dear descendants Many of your
descents, in fact countless from the future will look back at you with
‘pathetic eyes’ – for spoiling their lives and you will not even dare to look
into their eyes for you, ONLY YOU are responsible for their sorrow and
suffering, their lack of legs, lack of hands, their leukemia, their madness and
countless unimaginable disease and malfunctioning organs.
I know you are arguing
that – ‘I am old and already bred and will not breed anymore so, smoking or
drinking or using drugs is not bad on my part’. But, those surrounding you, the
passive smokers too will suffer and they will acquire the ‘great sin’, the
‘maha patak’ and consequently you too will get it back.
Honestly I agree that – I
don’t know the clear logic to explain – how any old person [who will not give
birth to children] who drinks – can suffer from the ‘maha patak’, the great
sin. For really I don’t know how they could make the others suffer due to their
drinking or using drugs if they don’t give birth to children. But, the Hindu
scriptures [sastras] make no exception of
them. If the scriptures say something - that should be a fact, thought we might
fail to explain them. I have understood and presented how ‘the great sin’
affects those who – smoke or drink or use drugs – before breeding children but,
I fail to answer those who argue that – ‘I am not going to breed children
so, I can smoke and drink and use drugs’. But, the Hindu scriptures are not
sparing them and the mere fact that I fail to decipher the
logic doesn't imply that there is no logic. There will be some logic
behind all these that I fail to guess – for sure. Just is I my incapability and
nothing is wrong with the scriptures.
So, according to the
Hinduism – you will be responsible for all their sorrows and sufferings and
consequently you will suffer endlessly for the crime you had committed. There
is NO limit to the ‘sorrow’ you will get back from this – that’s why the Hindu
scriptures call this as ‘maha patak’, the great sin. If I kill a person – only
one [and few of his kith and kin] will suffer – but if I smoke or drink or take
drugs – countless descendants of me will suffer so, this is a ‘great
sin’.
The main saying of all
the religions is – ‘the mastery over all the senses and the body’ as it makes
the inner self to bloom but, the use of intoxicants will work against this.
Hence, all the religions condemn their use apart from the fact that they spoil
the physical health of the individual and it is well known that they cause
deadly diseases like cancer of various kinds.
The intoxicants though
they give temporary pleasure but, in the long run they will spoil the health of
the individual concerned as all know. Not only this as explained above - they
will spoil the health of many of your descendants too and those who
are present around you. If you are used to it they will affect many of
your descendants – i. e., you are harming uncountable number of
beings in the future and the present too.
If you don’t care for
your health at least look at the ‘pathetic eyes’ of
your descendants to come, have mercy on them and stop smoking,
drinking or taking drugs. PLEASE stop them for your sake and for their
[your descendants] sake too.
Even after reading this
article - do you feel like continuing your habits, if you are accustomed to
one?
I THANK YOU - in advance
for stopping your - smoking, drinking and using drugs.
Good luck to you and all
those who smoke etc., and those who don’t smoke etc., as well.
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