ETHICS IN VEDANTA

All ethics, according to Swami Prabhavananda, are merely a means to the end of finding God within ourselves.  Right action is action which brings us nearer to the knowledge of God, whereas wrong action leads us away from that knowledge.  Our ideas of good and evil are therefore only relative values.  They must not be used as an absolute standard by which we judge others.  Each of us has his own problems and his own path of development, but the goal is the same for all.