Look at the world around us. So many sins are committed by so many people on a daily basis. The aggregate of sins on a sin meter would hit infinity in no time.
Then look at ourselves. Are we any different?
The countless mistakes we’ve made, well, “by mistake”, those are probably not sins, and can perhaps be forgiven. But even though we made these mistakes unintentionally, they still could have hurt someone deeply right?
And the sins that are committed on purpose – what about those? No respite there.
My Guru though says there is only one real sin. The biggest sin of them all. And we have all committed it. And continue to commit it.
That sin is called aham in Sanskrit. The “I” feeling. The ego. The conviction that I am the body and mind and not the soul.
In front of this sin, all the others are meaningless. If this one sin is rectified, the concept of a sin itself becomes irrelevant.
Concluded tomorrow…