And then the materialist says, "If Krsna is all good, then how is there any evil?"

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"And then the materialist says" |"If Krsna is all good, then how is there any evil"

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Evil is you.

Morning Walk -- June 3, 1976, Los Angeles:

Rāmeśvara: And then the materialist says, "If Kṛṣṇa is all good, then how is there any evil?"

Prabhupāda: Evil is you.

Rāmeśvara: But everything comes from Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Yes. Everything comes from.... Yes. If.... You have created a situation. So for your satisfaction, Kṛṣṇa has given you the chance, but that is evil, what you have created.

Rāmeśvara: But I have this propensity because I am part of Kṛṣṇa.

Prabhupāda: Yes. When you come under māyā, you have got so many propensities. So as soon as you disobey Kṛṣṇa, the māyā is there. Kṛṣṇa-bahirmukha hañā bhoga vāñchā kare nikaṭa-stha māyā tāre jāpaṭiyā dhare (Prema-vivarta), immediately. Just like darkness and light. As soon as you give up light, you come to darkness. There is no second alternative.

Rāmeśvara: Kṛṣṇa is the friend of everyone.

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Rāmeśvara: So why does He allow me to have this independence?