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So what sin has humanity committed so that Jesus was needed to come for the salvation of the world?

I would like to make it absolutely clear to you that there is no need for any salvation. Secondly, if you feel there is any need, it can’t be done by anybody else except you, yourself.

Thirdly, you are not living in sin, you are living in nature – but if nature is condemned you start feeling guilty. And that is the trade secret of the priests – to make you feel guilty.

I don’t think Jesus said that his sacrifice on the cross was for the salvation of the world from the sins of man. Priests must have imposed their ideas on Jesus.

The New Testament was written centuries afterward, and then for centuries it was edited, changed, and the words that Jesus spoke were in a language which is no more alive – Aramaic. It was not even Hebrew – a dialect of Hebrew, but different in many ways.

When Jesus’ words were translated – first into Latin – a great change happened; they lost their original quality, their flavor. They lost something very essential – their soul.

And when from Latin they were translated into English, something was again lost.

For example, you can meditate over a few words: Repentance is one of the key words because Jesus uses it again and again, says to his disciples: “Repent! Repent ye, because the Day of Judgment is very close.” He repeats it so many times that it must have been of tremendous value to him.

But what does it mean – repent? Ask the Christian priest; he will say, “This is a simple word, everybody knows what it means: repent for your sins, repent for your guilt, repent for all that you have done.” And the priest can be helpful; he can help you in the ways of repentance. But the word has nothing to do with repentance.

Jesus’ word for repent simply means return; it does not mean repentance at all. It means, “Turn in, return to the source”, it means, “return to your own being”. That’s what meditation is all about – returning to the source, returning to the center of the cyclone, returning to your very being.

Now you can see the difference. When you use the English word repent it has something very ugly about it – sin, guilt, the priest, confession – this is the climate of the English word repent. But the Aramaic word simply means return to the source, return. Return, don’t waste time. And that’s how it is with almost all key words.

It is almost impossible to understand Jesus through the priests. The only pure way, the only possible way, is to go in, return inside. There you will meet Christ-consciousness.

The only way to understand Christ is to become a christ. Never be a Christian – be a christ. Never be a Buddhist – be a buddha. Never be a Hindu – be a krishna. And if you want to be a krishna, a christ or a buddha, then you need not go into the scriptures and you need not ask the scholars. You will have to ask the mystics how to go in.

That’s exactly what I am doing here – helping you to become aware of yourself.

And the moment you know yourself you will be surprised – you have never committed a sin. Sin is the invention of the priest to create guilt in you.

You don’t need any salvation. All that you need is a little shaking up so you can wake up.

You don t need priests. You certainly need awakened people, because only the awakened ones can shake those who are fast asleep and dreaming. And humanity needs to be free of guilt, free of the idea of sin, free of the idea of repentance. Humanity needs innocence, and the priests don’t allow you to be innocent; they corrupt your minds.

Beware of the priests. They are the people who crucified Jesus – how can they interpret Jesus? They are the people who have always been against the buddhas – and the irony is that finally they become the interpreters.