Most Miserable Person in the Whole World

Even the most miserable person in the entire world can become the most blissful person in the entire world if he takes to the pathway of Krishna consciousness. This pathway has such amazing immense power. In this connection it is stated in the Srimad Bhagavatam as follows:
ato vai kavayo nityaṁ
bhaktiṁ paramayā mudā
vāsudeve bhagavati
kurvanty ātma-prasādanīm

"Certainly, therefore, since time immemorial, all transcendentalists have been rendering devotional service to Lord Krishna, the Personality of Godhead, with great delight, because such devotional service is enlivening to the self."--Srimad Bhagavatam 1.2.22

So all you have to do to experience great delight is serve Lord Krishna. And that is not difficult. Even if you are poor man, you can serve Him by offering Him some water or a tulasi leaf.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Answers According to the Vedic Version:

Question: Is Krishna the Cause of Evil?

In reply to the question "Problem of Evil" you mentioned that evil is created by us.
Please clarify my question:

In Brahma samhita is the verse:

īśvaraḥ paramaḥ kṛṣṇaḥ
sac-cid-ānanda-vigrahaḥ
anādir ādir govindaḥ
sarva-kāraṇa-kāraṇam

"Krishna who is known as Govinda is the Supreme Godhead. He has an eternal blissful spiritual body. He is the origin of all. He has no other origin and He is the prime cause of all causes".

The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Krishna, is the prime cause of all causes. Can we infer from your answer and also from this Brahma Samhita verse that the prime cause for us causing evil is the Supreme Person Krishna?

Note: I am not a logician. I am not against Vaishnavism. I am just a sincere follower of the Hare Krishna movement. Please help me to understand the answer to my question.

Subhash

Answer: Krishna Gave Us What We Wanted.

Of course, the government is the cause of the prison because it built the prison. But in another sense the criminals are the cause of the prison because the government would much rather spend its limited funds on universities instead of prisons. The government is required to construct prisons as places of residence for those who choose to flagrantly violate the laws of the state.

So because we wanted a world of evil in which we could consider ourselves to be the center of existence God kindly obliged us by facilitating us with such a world. In conclusion, both principles are true. God is the cause of evil. And we are also the cause because we wanted it.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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