PDF - Swami Vivekananda

Religion op The Twentieth Centurysubject to the Law of Cause and Sequence,which is called in Vedanta, the Law of Karma,Law of KarmaBy studying this Law of Cause and Sequence,and of action and reaction, we find thatwe get to the scientific explanation of thecause regarding the sin, misery, sickness andsuffering of the world. Vedanta does notteach that the Creator ofevil is one personalityand the Creator of good is another. Vedantateaches, that so long as there is good, therewill be evil ;one cannot exist without theother, so if we take the one we will have totake the other. Reject both, and see that theSoul is neither good nor evil. Evil is onlyignorance ;whatever we do without properknowledge is a mistake, and each mistake is agreat teacher in the long run. Therefore, eachsinful act has its value ; it teaches the soul thelaw that governs that act. In that way allsinful acts are the great mistakes which weare bound to commit, because we have come to33