What is wrong doing?

[Kapalika]

What is wrong doing, and what are it's consequences?

What is the difference, if any, between adharma, evil, wrong doing, and actions which bring harmful karma (ignoring that all karma attachment is less than ideal)?

Is there a place of punishment between rebirths, and if to any degree how much does wrong doing in one incarnation affect future incarnations? Are we responsible for the actions of past egos? Even if in this life we have a different and distinct ego?

I ask these questions, not because I don't have my own thoughts or answers to them, but to explore the diversity of opinion within Hinduism. Please, share your thoughts and beliefs.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Wrong doing: one is not fulfilling his/her dharma. One is doing something which pains other people without a valid reason.
Consequences: Unfortunate happenings and punishment in hell for those who believe in that.
Psychological distress, retribution - legal or otherwise for 'advaitists' like me. We won't have another birth in the normal sense.

Is there a place of punishment between rebirths, and if to any degree how much does wrong doing in one incarnation affect future incarnations? Are we responsible for the actions of past egos? Even if in this life we have a different and distinct ego?: Yes, most Hindus believe in this.The next incarnation depends on Lord Brahma's will and our accumulated deeds, good or bad. He is the writer of the fate - Vidhata. Yes, we are responsible, because it is a burden which a patiicular soul 'atma' carries. The able accountant Chitragupta keeps a detailed account of all different and distinct egos. Nothing is hidden from him.

 

[ajay0]

What is wrong doing, and what are it's consequences?

Issue with wrongdoing in Hinduism is that it crashes the state of consciousness and brings in more duality and unconsciousness.

As Swami Chinmayananda stated, 'Sin is never in action. It is always in reaction.'

I have put a thread over here in this subject.

What is the difference, if any, between adharma, evil, wrong doing, and actions which bring harmful karma (ignoring that all karma attachment is less than ideal)?

All karmas are bondage, but good karmas are a better base or foundation than bad karmas to transcend the state of karma.

Karma denotes that the ego or 'I' is there, but through good karmas, the 'I' is more polished, refined and disciplined, and does not err much.

Is there a place of punishment between rebirths, and if to any degree how much does wrong doing in one incarnation affect future incarnations? Are we responsible for the actions of past egos? Even if in this life we have a different and distinct ego?

In traditional Hinduism there is mention of heaven and hell. In Paramahamsa Yogananda's 'Autobiography of a Yogi', Yogananda writes in detail about heaven and hell being worlds in the astral plane, knowledge he gains from his resurrected guru Sri Yukteshwar . However these are considered temporary abodes based on one's karma and not permanent abodes as in the abrahamic religions.

Even the greatest sinner is considered as a form of divinity temporarily enveloped in a sheath of ignorance, and who will eventually realize that peace, joy and bliss is his intrinsic nature. Sin is but errors, and the more you err, the more you suffer and take time to realize this fact.

Liberation is realising the impersonal nature of existence and that there is no personality or psychological self, which we usually denote as 'I' or 'we'. The true Self is the Awareness within, and this is our true identity.