MOTIVE DETERMINES FRUIT

Near Hanuman Ghat in Benares two girls were drowning. Two young men rushed immediately into the Ganges and save them. One man asked one of the girls to marry him; the other said, "l have done my duty. God gave me an opportunity of serving and improving myself." The latter had purity of heart.
The external action was the same in both cases, but the motive was different. The fruit also must therefore be different.
Be righteous always and never deviate from the path of righteousness. Virtue brings its own reward, vice its own punishment. If you identify yourself with the silent witness within, you need not eat the fruit of your good or bad actions.

From "Daily Sayings" 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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MOTIVE DETERMINES FRUIT

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