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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

12 Sins

1) Forsaking the Guru and the parents and ill treating them.

2) Forsaking the wife and children.

3) Committing of adultery, theft, etc. (even sensuous thoughts about other women are as much a sin).

4) Killing of animals or inflicting of even the least suffering upon them.

5) Separating away the calf from its mother.

6) Non-observance of injunctions regarding food.

7) Failure to perform the Shraddha ceremony to the departed souls (ancestors) and forbears of the family.

8) Indulging in slanderous talk, especially blasphemy against the Vedas, Deities and Gods.

9) Turning away the guests and not offering them food.

10) Refusing to give water to thirsty person.

11) Indulging in iconoclasm (breaking of idols) and causing damage to temples and places of worship, or fouling tanks, well and rivers.

12) Non-observance of the Nitya-Vidhis, the daily obligatory duties enjoined on one.

Source
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhikshatana
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Bhikshatana

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