Original Sin [ Bible ] is Hindu Maya [Illusion]
So many subtle things written in the Holy Bible, I am finding detailed explanation in Hindu scriptures. Original Sin is one of them.
Have you thought about ORIGINAL SIN?
Have you ever thought, why it is so difficult to explain the concept of Original Sin? There is no subject in Christianity, more liable to cause Christian theologians to fight each other, and even right wing Christians to
profess their outspoken doubt than ORIGINAL SIN. If you study
the Genesis story about Adam & Eve, then you will see that
everything in the garden of Eden from the forbidden fruit to serpent
are figurative and symbolic.
ADAM, EVE, SERPENT, GARDEN, TREE OF LIFE etc are mere symbolic representation of a higher truth, which can never be explained in very simple words or sentences.
Let us analyze the chain of events. Let us analyze the chain of events. Genesis is a story of God creating the universe in SIX [6] days and resting on 7th day. It deals with the evil serpent, and the TREE OF KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD AND EVIL. That tree of knowledge you can see in every religion in the world, including Babylonian religions and Hinduism.
Even though, many theologians try to project GODAS GOOD & LOVING, those adjectives of God are purely man made. God is timeless and formless. GOD IS NEITHER GOOD NOR BAD. Man due to his
limited knowledge sees God with attributes without realizing the fact
that God has no attributes.
What really happend according to Genesis?God said to Adam: Of the tree of knowledge of good and evil you should not eat, for the day that you eat of it, you shall die [ GEN 2:17]. Adam & Eve disobeyed and ate the forbidden fruit from the tree of GOOD & EVIL.
By eating that forbidden fruit, Adam and Eve came to know RIGHT & WRONG and GOOD & EVIL and their own naked-ness.
According to the Holy Bible, that mistake of eating the forbidden fruit by Adam and Eve caused the fall of man and man inheriting sin.
Questions:
1.
Why should all mankind be punished for a SIN [ eating the
forbidden fruit] COMMITTED BY one man, ADAM, THE VERY FIRST MAN?
2. How can a personal God, condemn the whole humanity, for endless times, for eating one and only fruit?
3.
How was the ORIGINAL SIN transmitted to the NEW BORN? If
the soul according to Christianity is created instantly at birth, then
how the NEW BORN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ADAM'S SIN?
4. What about babies dying before the age of reason, before being BAPTIZED, AND BEFORE BEING SAVED?
5. Why God has to punish EVE more than ADAM, even though both
committed the same Sin. God said to Eve- “ I will greatly multiply your
pain in child bearing: In pain you shall bring forth children and your
husband shall rule over you. ...”
Unluckily, Original Sin has no answer for all those questions. Jesus Christ did not say much about ORIGINAL SIN. Present teachings on ORIGINAL SIN is more of a teaching of St. St. Paul than teaching of Jesus Christ. Many liberal theologians reject the concept
of original sin, stating that St. Paul might have mistaken about Original sin in his interpretation. St. St. Paul might have tried to tell the whole truth. But due to limitations of spoken and written language his interpretations look
very erroneous to us. St. St. Paul's interpretations make sense ONLY,
if you analyze them through the concept of HINDU MAYA. In Romans 5:12 St St. Paul said: “There fore sin came through one man and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all men sinned.”
In Romans 5:15St.St. Paul added: For many died through one man’s trespass. St. Paul is stating to the word, "DEATH CAME THROUGH ADAM AND SALVATION FROM DEATH CAME THROUGH
JESUS CHRIST." Even the concept of BORN AGAIN originated to eradicate the ORIGINAL SIN AS WELL AS ANY PERSONAL SIN.
Judaism, the mother culture of Christianity, does not accept Original Sin. Nor Jews accept the principle of vicarious atonement. According to Judaism, EVERY MAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS SALVATION. So all these make me conclude that ORIGINAL SIN is a symbolism and is not the way St. St. Paul explained in the Bible.
Now let us go deep into the concept of "Original Sin"
What is Original Sin? It is the act by which man attained “the knowledge about RIGHT & WRONG, GOOD & EVIL etc” .....In a nutshell, Adam and Eve learned DUALITY CONCEPT [Dwaita] BY EATING THE FORBIDDEN
FRUIT. DEATH that is associated with Original Sin is not biological
death at all. It is the spiritual death, since there are statements in the Holy Bible
which prove that.
Just look at few of passages from the Holy Bible. " Before men are life and death. Whatever they choose is given to them [ECCLESIASTIC 15:16];
" If you live according to flesh, you will die, but if by spirit you
put to death the deeds of the body, you will live [ROMANS 8:12]
Original Sin as Hindu scriptures state is MAYA or illusion or FALSE KNOWLEDGE.
1 Hindu scriptures state, the ability to discern "RIGHT AND WRONG" "GOOD & EVIL" is duality perception, which is indeed So, the HINDU MAYA
is indeed the ORIGINAL SIN.
2 The ORIGINAL SIN is very difficult to analyze without the Hindu concept of MAYA and DUALITY. The only crime Adam committed in the garden is attaining FALSE KNOWLEDGE. That is the reason why he was aware of his nakedness. The SERPENT only depicts the inner weakness of the man.
3 Hinduism states that MAYA or ILLUSION caused by DUALITY PERCEPTION [ Original Sin ] is the cause of all problems. SALVATION is realizing the TRUE KNOWLEDGE that THERE IS ONLY ONE and NOT TWO.
4 Unless and until we achieve that ONENESS, we will never have peace. That ONENESS we can achieve only within us.
5 IF WE ARE LOOKING FOR A PEACEFUL WORLD, THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. we will always have wars and rumors of wars. As long as we perceive Duality, all types of wars will go on .
6 PERENNIAL PEACE, as Aldous Huxley describes, can be achieved only WITHIN EACH ONE OF US. All of us can argue and look for a savior who will straighten out everything, but that hope is only A PIE IN THE SKY.
7 Each one of us have to work and achieve salvation of self-realization through one of the 4 methods: JNANA YOGA [ path of knowledge]; KARMA YOGA [Path of unattached, unmotivated actions];
BHAKTI YOGA [ complete self-surrender to the God within]; RAJA YOGA [ pranayama & breath control].
8 So what is the answer. SEARCH WITHIN, WHAT EVER WAY YOU CAN. This does not mean to stop working, or encouraging laziness. Instead work hard, UNTIL YOU REALIZE UNIVERSE AS ONE.
9 I hope the explanation I am giving makes sense. To me, the Holy Bible carries a lot of symbolism and it will be wrong to come to hasty literal
conclusions. I believe St. Augustine, when he said: "Knowledge always existed . It became Christian after the birth of Jesus Christ." So what ever Jesus said is a repetation of what Hindu scriptures wrote.
10 So Hindu Vedas and Buddhist Dharmapada should concur with Jesus. They cannot differ.
A.-------- Original Sin can be explained ONLY by "Hindu Dualism & Maya
theory." I feel Hindu concept of Dualism make sense, since no other
THEORY explains the Original Sin concept well.
B..-------- I feel the whole story of Adam & Eve, is the figment of imagination
of great Jewish seers, to explain the difficult and complex nature of
creation. Almost everything in that is symbolic.
ADAM is the symbolism for INTELLECT
EVE is the symbolism for SENSES
SERPENT is the symbolism for INERT WEAKNESS
TREE is the symbolism for DUALITY OF GOOD AND BAD
GOD is the symbolism for the IMMORTAL SOUL WITHIN
Original Sin as Hindu scriptures state is MAYA or illusion or FALSE KNOWLEDGE.
How can one attain RIGHT KNOWLEDGE? ... Through one of the four methods .
JNANA YOGA [ path of knowledge];
KARMA YOGA [Path of unattached, unmotivated actions];
BHAKTI YOGA [ complete self-surrender to the God within];
RAJA YOGA [ pranayama & breath control].
