The Greatest Sin

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This is what Sri Ramakrishna used to say. Once the Holy Bible was read out to

him. From the very beginning there were references to the doctrine of sin in

it. After hearing a little and finding that it talked of nothing but sin, he

refused to listen anymore. He used to say: "Just as in the case of snakebite,

if the patient can be made to believe that there is no poison at all, he will be

all right. Similarly, if one constantly thinks, 'I have taken the name of the

Lord, so I am sinless,' one becomes pure." The more we give up such ideas as

"I am sinful,I am weak," the better for us. The Almighty God dwells in

human beings. We are part of God. We are his children. How can we be weak?

Our strength comes from him. We can never be weak. So the greatest sin is to

think oneself weak and sinful.

 

---Swami Saradananda, Ramakrishna As We Knew Him