30 Jun 2015
Shri Anil asked: “Even in the case of servants of God doing the divine service with full sacrifice (saints), you say that 0.1% or 1% sin exists due to the corresponding leakage of sperm in unnoticed way or hand practice respectively.” This means that even the servants of God are punished for small sins also.
Shri Swami replied: The sin is recorded in the personal file of the individual soul as per the normal rule of divine administration. The recorded sin is not punished in this world and is postponed to list of punishments to be exhibited in hell after death. Thus, the saint escapes the punishment here. Before his death, the servant of God is certainly transformed by such practical service to God as said in the Gita (kshipram bhavati dharmaatmaa). When there is complete transformation of the soul, all the sins in the personal file get cancelled. This is divine rule based on the concept that any punishment aims at the transformation of the soul only and not to react with vengeance as tit for tat. Based on this rule, all the list of punishments to be implemented in the hell gets cancelled. The same is preached by Lord Jesus also that if you repent and do not repeat the sin after confession, God will cancel all the past sins. When you confess, repent, realize and do not repeat the sin, you are totally transformed in the direction of that sin. When this process takes place with respect to all the sins, the total transformation of the soul has taken place. There is no need of any punishment after total transformation. Though the punishment aims at the total transformation, the punishment is inefficient and ineffective to bring such total transformation. Even the severe punishments given in the hell can only reduce the intensity of the sins like the third degree torture in the police station in the case of a thief. The thief behaves as a good person for some time because the transformation of the soul is not achieved fully. Only the divine knowledge can bring such full transformation. The final result is that the servant of God avoids the practical punishments here and there even though the theoretical recording exists. Sometimes, the total transformation may not be achieved in this birth itself. But, it is certain after few more births and if God is convinced with such possibility of hope, the punishments after this death will be postponed to such last birth in which the full practical transformation is achieved. Such procedure does not hurt judicial system in any way in view of already framed divine rules. Therefore, the servant of God need not fear about the sins and punishments. God will take care of everything in the case of His real devoted servants without interfering in the rules of divine justice and divine administration (Yogakshemam... Gita).
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