Though all religions have taught ethical precepts such as " Do not kill , donot injure , love your neighbor as yourself " and so on, none of them have given the reason why.. Why should we not injure our neighbors, or love our neighbor as ourself ? To these questions there was no satisfactory or conclusive answer until it was revealed by the metaphysical speculations of the Vedantic philosophers, who could not rest satisfied m with mere dogmas. The rishis said that there is one BRAHMAN , who is absolute and all pervading , and therefore infinite.There cannot be two infinities, for they would limit each other and become finite. Also each individual soul is a part and parcel of that Universal Soul, which is infinite. Therfore, by injuring his neighbor , an individual actually injures himself.This is the basic
metaphysical truth underlying all ethical codes. . Swami Vivekananda .
