Doctrine Of Karma

Author(s): Abhedananda Swami
Publisher: Ramkrishna Vedanta Math

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DUTY OR MOTIVE IN KARMA
and Mine,' vanishes; where we see all creation as one on the spiritual plane. Therefore it is said in the Bhagavad Gita: "He who sees the same divine Self equally abiding in all, doth not kill himself by his Self and so attaineth the supreme goal.”ı This realization of oneness of spirit is the highest ideal of life. It is the climax of unselfishness, and becomes identical with Divine love, because God loves all creatures equally. His love, indeed, shines alike upon all, as does the light of the sun upon man and beast without distinction of kind. When this love or feeling of oneness awakens in the soul, we rise above all duty, and work, not through a sense of obligation, but through love. Which is the higher of these two motives? Love must be higher than duty, and where there is love, there can be
1. grua fe a wafuanitari
न हिनस्तयात्मनात्मानां ततो याति परां गतिम् ॥
-Bhagavad Gita, Ch. XIII, 29.
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