Krishna DOES allow evil in the material world.
The material creation is controlled by His expansions (representatives) Maha Vishnu, Garbhodakashayi Vishnu, Brahma etc
Krishna allows evil because He is obliged to forfill the desires of the individual jiva souls regardless of desire.
This is why there are so many different heavenly and hellish realities in the material creation.
The choice to do good or bad is the jiva souls decision, that is THEIR choice, not Krishna's, which can be completely different to what Krishna wants.
The fact is, Krishna does NOT interfere with the free will and personal choices of the jiva souls, even in Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrindavana!
If He did, then free will would not exist and the jiva souls would be no better than dead stone Prabhupada has told us.
Can we blame God or Krishna for so much suffering and death going on in the material creation?
The fact, NO we cannot blame God.
To start with, suffering and death is ALWAYS going on in the material world, but mostly hidden.
When Krishna says -
"Not a blade of grass moves without his will"
This comment includes "Krishna's will" that allows all jiva-souls, as part of their individual make up, to have the free will and ability to choose for themselves that Krishna does NOT interfere with.
This further means the jiva-souls ARE responsible for THEIR chooses and action and MUST reap what they sow, good or bad.
Krishna does NOT interfere with the jiva souls independence and free will, Prabhupada has explained this.
There is ALWAYS choice of how to act in Vaikuntha and Goloka Vrindavan but after entering the material creation, becomes restricted due to the type of material body one is in.
Today, the Coronavirus is more out in the open and known to the public more because all of us around the world, have "stay at home orders" and the virus is constantly reported in the media, more so than other causes of death that are not greatly reported.
For example, even though a thousand people have died in America from Coronavirus, almost 3 thousand people died have died in car accidents in America over the same period.
In the material world so many terrible things happen, NOT because Krishna "personally" allows them to happen.
No, it is NOT Krishna's fault!
Why?
Because Krishna gives the jiva-soul free will and the ability to choose their own journey in life.
This automatically means the jiva-soul is responsible for their own actions, life after life, NOT Krishna.
Therefore technically this Coronavirus has nothing to do with Krishna spreading all over the world!
It is caused by the karmic reactions to the sinful activities the jiva's have "chosen" to perform in this life or a previous life.
This is important to understand and realize that we CANNOT blame God even for the suffering of what appears to be innocent children dying of so many different diseases.
What many do not see, is the "jiva-soul is eternal" and all the suffering in this present life, even as a child, is coming from what that jiva-soul did in previous life times that could number in the millions.
The bank balance of karmic reactions, good and bad, are stored in the subtle body that are accumulated from thousands of previous lives.
Such karma, good and bad, gradually unfolds to the present life we are living, and continue on to all future lives (material bodies) we enter into within the material universe.
God (Krishna) is not the cause of our suffering, we are by the selfish exploitive choices we have made in the past.
And technically Krishna does not create this material world, that responsibly is given to Krishna's expansion Maha Vishnu who then gives all managerial duties to Lord Brahma.
Why does Krishna allow so much suffering? Especially children?
ReplyDeleteWhy doesn't He heal everyone so no one suffers?
The reason why the jiva soul suffers is because Krishna gives the jiva-soul "free will and the ability to make choices" carving out their own journey in life.
And sadly, some souls make the wrong choices.
This means the jiva-soul is fully responsible for their own actions, life after life after life.
Krishna is NOT responsible for the choices you make.
All suffering is caused by the karmic reactions to the sinful activities the jiva-soul have "chosen" to perform in this life and in many previous lives.
This is important to understand and realize.
We CANNOT blame God even for the suffering of what appears to be innocent children dying of so many different diseases.
We just see a child's body and not what the soul in that body did in many previous past lives.
What many do not see, is the "jiva-soul is eternal" as Bhagavad Gita As It Is teaches.
And all the suffering in this present life, even as a child, is coming from what that jiva-soul did in previous life time that could number in the millions.
The bank balance of karmic reactions, good and bad, are stored in the subtle body that are accumulated from thousands of previous lives.
Such karma, good and bad, gradually unfolds to the present life we are living, and continue on to all future lives (material bodies) we enter into within the material universe.
God (Krishna) is not the cause of our suffering, we are by the selfish exploitive choices we have made in the past, including past lives we have forgotten.
This is why we see even children suffering.
However, for advanced souls, they see the child suffering has had many, many previous lives, and are now reaping the good and bad karma of all those previous lives.
This is called karma.
In the material world so many terrible things happen, NOT because Krishna "personally" allows them to happen.
ReplyDeleteNo, it is NOT Krishna's fault that the jiva-souls have free while eternally as part of their perpetual constitution as an individual marginal living entity.
Why then does Krishna allow so much suffering?
Because Krishna gives the jiva-soul "free will and the ability for each jiva-soul to make their choices" while on their own journey in life.
Sadly, some souls make the wrong choices and under the law of nature called karma, have to pay for it.
This means the jiva-soul is FULLY responsible for their own actions, life after life after life.
Krishna is NOT responsible for the choices the jiva-soul makes, they are.
All suffering is caused by the "karmic" reactions to the sinful activities the jiva-soul have "chosen" to perform in this life and in many previous lives.
This is important to understand and realize.
We CANNOT blame God even for the suffering of what appears to be innocent children dying of so many different diseases.
We just see a child's body and not what the soul in that body did in many previous past lives.
What many do not see, is the "jiva-soul is eternal" as Bhagavad Gita As It Is teaches.
And all the suffering in this present life, even as a child, is coming from what that jiva-soul did in previous life time that could number in the millions.
The bank balance of karmic reactions, good and bad, are stored in the subtle body that are accumulated from thousands of previous lives.
Such karma, good and bad, gradually unfolds to the present life we are living, and continue on to all future lives (material bodies) we enter into within the material universe.
God (Krishna) is not the cause of our suffering, we are by the selfish exploitive choices we have made in the past, including past lives we have forgotten.
This is why we see even children suffering.
However, for advanced souls, they see the child suffering is caused by the many mistaken actions made over many, many previous live times, and now, in the material body of a child,in this life, the jiva-soul is reaping the good and bad karma from all those previous life times.
It is important to understand that we cannot blame God for our suffering, or anybody else.
We get what we deserve, no more, no less.
The balance between punishment and reward in the material world is very strict.