Question: what are sins according to hinduism?
Answer: The Gītā mentions 3 gateways to hell” which are the causes of “sin”. kāma — self-referent desire; krodha — anger and lobha — greed. The Dharma Shastras give two major divisions of SINS:– The Five Mortal Sins and the Ten Venial Sins (nomenclature borrowed from the Christian categories for convenience).