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Does bathing in the Ganga river destroy all the sins?

(Divine Satsang On 15-04-2023: Shri Kunal Chatterjee, Smt. Suchandra Chatterjee, Ms. Noishadha Chatterjee from Mumbai, Prof. JSR Prasad, Ms. Thrylokya, Smt. Anita R, Ms. Bhanu Samykya, Mr. Abhiram, Mr. Hrushikesh and Prof. Annapurna attended this Satsanga and the flashes of spiritual knowledge radiated from Shri Datta Swami are given below in a condensed way.)

Ms. Noishadha asked: Some people think that bathing in Ganga river destroys all sins. Is it correct?

Swami Replied:-  Bathing in the Ganga river gives some freshness to the mind, with the help of which you can pray God and then, do some practical devotion also. By this, there can be a change in the sins in the sense that you may develop a good mind in not doing sins further. Then, your sins are cancelled. Hence, non-repetition of the sin in future alone can cancel all sins of that type. Except this one method, there is no other method to cancel your past sins. There is a logic in this. Suppose, you are giving punishments to a sinner. The aim of the punishment is only to prevent the future sin by bringing some reformation. If the reformation is already achieved by the sinner, then, there is no meaning of implementing any other punishment to the sinner, which is useless because the reformation for the sin is already achieved. It will be just like beating a dead serpent. Mere confession will not cancel the sin. Realization of the sin is Jnaana yoga (knowledge), repenting is Bhakti yoga (devotion) and final non-repetition is Karma yoga (practice). Practice alone brings the fruit.

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