Connect With Krishna and Taste the Bliss

In this world everybody is more or less miserable. Some are more miserable, and some are less miserable. But everyone is experiencing varying degrees of anxiety. What people don't realize is that this misery is not inevitable. It is completely avoidable provided that one knows the art of how to avoid it. That art is called Krishna consciousness or atma-tattva, the science of the self. One simply has to realize who he is, the eternal servant of Krishna, and then go about being who he actually is by engaging in devotional service instead of foolishly trying to be something different, namely this material body and all of the false designations that accrue to it. The self is not the body. It is instead the eternal all-blissful, all-cognizant servant of Krishna who is at the present moment dwelling within the temporary material body.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

Relishing Krishna Lila at Kesighat on the Yamuna BankSankarshan Das Relishing Krishna Lila at Kesighat

Answers by Citing the Vedic Version:

Question: Why Krishna Created the Demoniac Nature?

Why has Krishna created the three modes of material nature? If He would have created only the mode of goodness, there would be no demoniac nature in anyone.

N.P.

Answer: The Demoniac Nature is Created by Us

It looks like Krishna has not taken your advice regarding the material manifestation. I do not think 
that it is possible for you to have a better idea than Krishna on how to manifest the material creation. What you do not realize is that the demoniac nature is not His creation. It is manifested by us when we choose not to serve Him.

How does this work? Just as nobody would like to be married to a robot, a machine, who will never disagree with you, Krishna has that same nature. Actually that nature is originally there in Krishna. That's why we have such a nature. Krishna wants the association of livings beings who are serving Him, not because they are programmed to do so, but because they love Him. You see, love cannot exist unless is voluntary. Therefore side by side the demoniac nature must exist, manifested by us when we choose not to serve Krishna. In the creation that you have proposed where nobody would have free will, love could not exist, and nobody therefore could ever be happy.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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