| All the actions that we see in the world, all the | | | | the carpenter and his son, whom millions of human |
| movements in human society, all the works that we | | | | beings worship as God? It cannot be solved by the |
| have around us, are simply the display of thought, the | | | | theory of heredity. The gigantic will which Buddha and |
| manifestation of the will of man. Machines or | | | | Jesus threw over the world, whence did it come? |
| instruments, cities, ships, or men - of - war, all these are | | | | Whence came this accumulation of power? It must |
| simply the manifestation of the will of man; and this will | | | | have been there through ages and ages, continually |
| is caused by character, and character is manufactured | | | | growing bigger and bigger, until it burst on society in a |
| by Karma. As is Karma, so is the manifestation of the | | | | Buddha or a Jesus, even rolling down to the present |
| will. The men of mighty will the world has produced | | | | day. All this is determined by Karma, work. No one can |
| have all been tremendous workers-- gigantic souls, | | | | get anything unless he earns it. This is an eternal law. |
| with wills powerful enough to overturn worlds, wills | | | | We may sometimes think it is not so, but in the long |
| they got by persistent work, through ages, and ages. | | | | run we become convinced of it. A man may struggle |
| Such a gigantic will as that of a Buddha or a Jesus | | | | all his life for riches; he may cheat thousands, but he |
| could not be obtained in one life, for we know who | | | | finds at last that he did not deserve to become rich, |
| their fathers were. It is not known that their fathers | | | | and his life becomes a trouble and a nuisance to him. |
| ever spoke a word for the good of mankind. Millions | | | | We may go on accumulating things for our physical |
| and millions of carpenters like Joseph had gone; millions | | | | enjoyment, but only what we earn is really ours. A fool |
| are still living. Millions and millions of petty kings like | | | | may buy all the books in the world, and they will be in |
| Buddha's father had been in the world. If it was only a | | | | his library; but he will be able to read only those that he |
| case of hereditary transmission, how do you account | | | | deserves to; and this deserving is produced by Karma. |
| for this petty prince, who was not, perhaps, obeyed by | | | | To get more information visit |
| his own servants, producing this son, whom half a | | | | Swami Vivekananda was a prolific speaker, a life |
| world worships? How do you explain the gulf between | | | | changing catalyst and a real master of spirituality. |