Original Sin: Turning Away from God’s Being

This week has been a redemption of my Christian culture, but I still struggle with concepts like original sin. How should we understand these teachings? Rupert says: ‘The original sin, if we can call it a sin, is the overlooking of, or forgetting of God’s being. Sin is a word that has assumed such negative connotations. The original sin, the primary sin is the turning away from God’s being. That’s exactly what ignorance is in the Vedantic tradition. All the actions that we consider to be sinful are the consequences of turning away from God’s being.’

From event 07 - 14 September, 2025 Seven-Day Retreat at Mandali, 7–14 September 2025 – ‘Meister Eckhart and the Love of God’

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