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These two i.c., karmayoga and the Law of Karma, are like the two sides of a coin. Karmayoga is the epistemological aspect whereas the Law of Karma is metaphysical aspect. These are closely concerned with our daily life. So, we cannot avoid these two values. We have to accept them directly or indirectly in our daily life. If we take these two properly, we will find that these are most useful for us to overcome our miseries. If we know the art of action, we cannot act foolishly. By knowing this art, one performs one's actions always on higher lines. And by performing good actions, we are not bound to suffer. Thus, we can enjoy the values of life.
Conclusions
Swami Vivekananda has revitalised the Indian thought. He gives Vedanta a new forin. According to Vedanta, this world is unreal. Brahman alone is real. The body, life, mind, ego, and the world are all illusions. They do not exist in real sense. Nothing is real except the Absolute. But, in spite of being a Vedantist, Vivekananda does not regard the world as unreal. Theoretically, he accepts Vedantic principles but he stresses more on its practical side. That is why he has been regarded as a neo-Vedantist.
The dynamic and catholic outlook towards all religions was so dominant in the twentieth century Indian Philosophy that Swamiji was also influenced by it. The Gods of different religions are but the forms of the non-dual Absolute. There is no Hindu God, Muslim God or Christian God, The Brahman manifests Himself in different Gods and deities. The Brahman is indeterminate, impersonal, formless, truth-consciousness and bliss. All religious faiths worship the same Absolute in different forms. But the differcnt Gods and deities disappear when one realises the identity with non-dual Absolute.
Humanism is the dominant note in Vivekananda's philoso. phy and religion. The religion is expressed in terms of service to m.inkind, universal brotherhood and humanism. The spirit in main is one. It is only the self that exists. Therefore, humanity, as a whole, is bound in unity.
