Cinema, as such, is not an evil, though it generally wrecks the health of people and spoils
their eyesight, when indulged in inordinately. And it leads to several evil contacts. Its great
condemnation is when it consists of sensational pictures, rousing the passions, exciting the senses
and causing a revolt of the immoral and non-ethical worldly propensities like lust, hatred, vanity,
agitation or any form of sensuality or egoism. Of course, there is no harm in educational,
religious and spiritual pictures, though there is always a tendency in men to go beyond the limits
prescribed by the moral law and cultured habits.

From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivananda
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