If when we understand
sin or karma in that way it is rather difficult to surmount to it just by our
confidence or decisions. It is more than that. So in this point I think there
is some similarity of Christian sin and our idea of sin. Both for us and
Christian this idea of sin is something inevitable and something impossible to
get out of it. This is, you know, the idea of karma or sin for us.-------------------------------- Excerpt from Shunryu Suzuki lecture - 68-06-29 as found on shunryusuzuki.com. Edited by DC -[DC note: Keep in mind that the root meaning of sin is to miss the mark or to make a mistake, often a tragic mistake, a mistake with consequences.
