Desire, the root cause of sorrow

@LadyGrace Isn't Sin abstract. In that context, is desire a sin?

@Renkon it depends on how far you take desire. Desire is like anything else you might think. If you let it go overboard and get out of hand, that's when it becomes sin. Anything we overindulge in, like overeating or even over exercising, can become sin, because it is hurting our bodies. But it's not like we have to think all time "Oh, every little thing I do, is going to be a sin." No... Jesus said over indulgence can develop into a sin, like when we drink alcohol in excess.

Jesus used to drink wine. That's because in that day and age, the water was terribly impure so people drank wine. Not just at weddings. They also got good water out of wells, but they did drink wine at times, as well. Jesus never said that drinking wine was a sin. He said drinking [i]too much[/i] wine, to the point where you get drunk and could do something harmful to yourself or others, is where that falls into the sin category.

@LadyGrace 'Over indulgence' ...that's the point, isn't it? Buddha talked about a middle path. It holds a resemblance to what you said.

@Renkon Yes. He was right. That is the point.