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Re: Sin.
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: Sin.
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From: dwaite@aladdin.co.uk (Dennis Waite)
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Date: Mon, 21 Aug 1995 20:46:57 GMT
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From news@alpha.aladdin.co.uk Mon Aug 21 16: 38:30 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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References: <406ba5$rrh@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
mpt@mail.utexas.edu (michael tandy) wrote:
> Let's hypothesize; supposing they are 'liberated' according to
> your ideal. Should they be subjected to trial and punishment
> for the laws they break?
I'm not sure I understand what you are suggesting.
Irrespective of his previous 'sins', if an individual becomes
'self-realised', *we* would be the only losers if we were to punish
him subsequently. He would not really be interested one way or the
other. He would be in the position of Christ saying, "Forgive them for
they know not what they do." The trouble is that, yes, of course we
would subject him to trial and punishment, or perhaps more likely
punishment without trial. That seems to be what we do traditionally to
self-realised men, whether or not they have 'sinned'.
Dennis
dwaite@aladdin.co.uk.
