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Aug 2023
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1111: 28 Reasons to Go to Hell

RAGHUNATH CAPPO & KAUSTUBHA DAS
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our habits are like seeds - they grow / Bhagavatam’s 16,000 verses has 28 about hell (and they are shared in order to frame a message of spiritual optimism) / the bad karma that results in seeing hell mostly has to do with acts of cruelty / hell is reasonable / if you are in a position of power….don’t misuse it / what if we treated sex as if it were truly sacred?

SB 5.26.1-40

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