Karma & The Ultimate Goal of Human Life

2024-10-03

Listen to episode 943 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Karma & The Ultimate Goal of Life. Edited and adapted from a lecture by Swami Vivekenanda.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Ultimately, we find that misery and happiness are equal factors in the formation of character. Good and evil have an equal share, and in some instances misery is a greater teacher than happiness. In studying the great characters that the world has produced, I dare say that (in the vast majority of cases), it was misery that...

Listen to episode 943 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Karma & The Ultimate Goal of Life. Edited and adapted from a lecture by Swami Vivekenanda.

Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Ultimately, we find that misery and happiness are equal factors in the formation of character. Good and evil have an equal share, and in some instances misery is a greater teacher than happiness. In studying the great characters that the world has produced, I dare say that (in the vast majority of cases), it was misery that taught more than happiness; it was poverty that taught more than wealth; and it was blows that brought out the inner fire, more than praise.

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