- "Sin
- and
- Piety"
- is
- a
- collection
- of
- essays
- describing
- bhakti-yoga,
- the
- science
- of
- self-realization,
- and
- Krishna
- consciousness
- based
- off
- select
- verses
- from
- sacred
- Vedic
- texts
- like
- Bhagavad-gita,
- Ramayana,
- Chaitanya
- Charitamrita,
- and
- others.
- Estimated
- length
- of
- 236
- pages."The
- activities
- or
- desires
- that
- relatively
- help
- a
- soul
- attain
- his
- constitutional
- position
- are
- called
- piety.
- The
- opposite
- are
- called
- sin.
- Since
- devotional
- service
- to
- Krishna
- is
- one's
- constitutional
- position,
- when
- one
- cultivates
- this
- service,
- then
- nescience,
- which
- is
- the
- root
- cause
- of
- relative
- situations
- in
- the
- form
- of
- sin
- and
- piety,
- is
- gradually
- fried
- and
- abolished."
- (Shrila
- Bhaktivinoda
- Thakura,
- Shri
- Krishna
- Samhita,
- 10.2 Purport)
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