“The diseases we suffer from the births we get here on earth are all products of actions done by us in previous times. Every action has its reaction and no action goes unrewarded in a suitable manner. Evil actions do not go without their bitter effects upon the doer. Here are given some of the many pitiable conditions of life which man has to live in due to his careless sinful deeds.”

— Swami Sivananda

Karmas and Diseases, Divine Life Society, http://dlshq.org/download/karmadisease.htm (1959)

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