Ingratitude Is Hateful
We as human beings have many qualities, both good and bad. Some
of our bad traits are not very harmful, but some are never
forgiven. According to Hindu philosophy, God does not forgive
ingratitude under any circumstances.
What is gratitude? Simply saying thanks is at times enough to
express our gratitude, whereas at times, we are helped so much
by someone that mere words of thanks can never repay the help.
This kind of help and sharing has to be remembered by us at all
the times and we have to make every effort to repay that. Even
if we are not able to repay some gratitude in full, our very
feeling of being obliged keeps our heart pure and makes our
helper feel good.
We cannot measure the value of some acts of help. There is no
method to measure. Certain acts may save our life. Certain acts
may support us during our worst time. How do we measure them? No
amount of money or any work in return can do that. But we can at
least be ready and apply all our might to return the help in all
possible ways.
A mother brings up her children with great effort. Often keeping
herself hungry to feed her child. How do we repay our mother? We
can at least try and see that our mother never feels helpless
and alone in her old age. She is never short of money and she
feels totally satisfied that her children take every care to
keep her comfortable.
Similarly, we are many a time, helped in our life by our spouse.
We not only feel fully supported but the sacrifice and help also
overwhelm us. What if we walk out after all this? What if we
leave our spouse alone to fight their battle after saving our
own life? What if we not only forget what all was done to help
us, but also selfish reasons for that help? This is hateful and
never forgiven by God. One should never commit any sin, and one
should never even dream of committing the sin of ingratitude.
Even hell would not accept us.