Q195. Should?

committed?

a

person

be

punished

for

the

crimes

his

grandfather

Nobody can be punished for the crimes of others. There are laws in every country which prohibit punishing a man for the crimes committed by his father, grandfather, or forefathers. Why should the supreme judge, God, order injustice by punishing a man for the sins that he himself never committed? The Law of Karma is a fundamental teaching of Sanatan-Dharma. For every action one takes, he will face a reaction. What goes around, comes around. We are all responsible for our own bills. Life is an intelligent design, nothing happens by chance. “At death, those who have developed the mode of goodness, will go to the higher planets where the saintly persons live. Those who have developed the mode of passion, will take birth among those engaged in materialistic activities. Those who have developed the mode of ignorance, will take birth in the animal kingdom.” (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 14.14-15) “Those who are situated in the mode of goodness, go to the heavenly planets. Those in the mode of passion will take birth on planets like Earth. Those in the mode of ignorance will take birth on the hellish planets or in the animal kingdom." (Lord Krishna, Bhagavad-Gita 14.18)