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    Forgiveness

    is there any concept of forgiveness in Hinduism? From God or from our fellow human being?
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    Re: Forgiveness

    Hari Om
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sagefrakrobatik View Post
    is there any concept of forgiveness in Hinduism? From God or from our fellow human being?
    Namaste S,

    A few of the words from Vidura niti¹ in the Mahabharata
    Sacrifice, study, charity, asceticism, truth, forgiveness, mercy, and contentment constitute the eight different paths of righteousness. The first four of these may be practised from motives of pride, but the last four can exist only in those that are truly noble.

    There is one only defect in forgiving persons, and not another; that defect is that people take a forgiving person to be weak. That defect however, should not be taken into consideration, for forgiveness is a great power.
    Forgiveness is a virtue of the weak, and an ornament of the strong. Forgiveness subdues (all) in this world; what is there that forgiveness cannot achieve?
    What can a wicked person do unto him who carries the sabre of forgiveness in his hand? Fire falling on a grassless ground is extinguished of itself. And unforgiving individual defiles himself with many enormities. Righteousness is the one highest good; and forgiveness is the one supreme peace; knowledge is one supreme contentment; and benevolence, one sole happiness.

    A part of your answer can be found in the Mahabharata² if you care to look.

    pranams

    1. nIti नीति - leading or bringing , guidance , management; right or wise or moral conduct or behaviour , prudence , policy

    2. Mahabharata - Udyoga Parva , starting with section XXXIV and onward from there
    Last edited by yajvan; 26 April 2008 at 04:15 PM. Reason: added Mahabharata sectional reference for lookup
    यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
    yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
    because you are identical with śiva

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    Re: Forgiveness

    Pranam

    Gita
    Chapter 16: Divine and Demonic Qualities

    The Supreme Lord said: Fearlessness, purity of heart, perseverance in the yoga of knowledge, charity, sense restraint, sacrifice, study of the scriptures, austerity, honesty; (16.01)

    Nonviolence, truthfulness, absence of anger, renunciation, equanimity, abstaining from malicious talk, compassion for all creatures, freedom from greed, gentleness, modesty, absence of fickleness; (16.02)

    Splendor, forgiveness, fortitude, cleanliness, absence of malice, and absence of pride; these are the qualities of those endowed with divine virtues, O Arjuna. (16.03)

    Jai Shree Krishna
    Rig Veda list only 33 devas, they are all propitiated, worthy off our worship, all other names of gods are derivative from this 33 originals,
    Bhagvat Gita; Shree Krishna says Chapter 3.11 devan bhavayatanena te deva bhavayantu vah parasparam bhavayantah sreyah param avapsyatha Chapter 17.4 yajante sattvika devan yaksa-raksamsi rajasah pretan bhuta-ganams canye yajante tamasa janah
    The world disappears in him. He is the peaceful, the good, the one without a second.

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    Wow thanks guys that was very deep and poetic
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