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Hinduism: Crime and Punishment
Hindu attitudes to crime and its causes
- 3 things to know
- Paper 2
Overview
Bhagavad Gita 14.16 to 14.18 on the three gunas, how an individual Hindu can tackle the causes of crime, BAPS Charities, Hindu prison chaplains in Britain, and crime as a harm to society.
What you need to know
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What causes of crime do Hindus recognise?
What does Bhagavad Gita 14.16 say about the fruits of the three gunas?
Questions from this subtopic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
How do Hindus view crime?
Model answer
Crime is adharma, action against dharma that harms both others and the offender. Crime creates bad karma for the one who commits it.
- 2
What causes of crime do Hindus recognise?
Model answer
Hindus recognise poverty, addiction, poor upbringing, greed and anger as causes of crime. Many Hindus see ignorance of the true self behind them all.
- 3
What does Bhagavad Gita 14.16 say about the fruits of the three gunas?
Model answer
The fruit of sattvic action is pure and good, and the fruit of rajas is pain. The fruit of tamas is ignorance.
- 4
According to Bhagavad Gita 14.17, what arises from each guna?
Model answer
Knowledge arises from sattva and greed from rajas. Heedlessness, delusion and ignorance arise from tamas.
- 5
What does Bhagavad Gita 14.18 say happens to people dominated by each guna?
Model answer
People ruled by sattva rise upwards, and people ruled by rajas stay in the middle. People ruled by tamas sink downwards.
- 6
How do Hindus use Bhagavad Gita 14.16–18 to explain crime?
Model answer
Crime springs from rajas, such as greed and anger, and from tamas, such as ignorance. A life that grows in sattva turns away from crime.
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