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Has God put the suffering here for us to experience so that we will want to give up material lives and get closer to Him? Is it punishment?

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"Has God put the suffering here for us to experience so that we will want to give up material lives and get closer to Him? Is it punishment"

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Srimad-Bhagavatam Lectures

Yes. God has got two business. Maintenance and punishment.
Lecture on SB 5.5.1-2 -- Paris, August 12, 1973:

Jyotirmayī: (If the) name of God is not material, how is it possible to pronounce it materially, with our material tongue?

Prabhupāda: Yes, it is possible, when you are purified.

Guest: Has God put the suffering here for us to experience so that we will want to give up material lives and get closer to Him? Is it punishment?

Prabhupāda: Yes.

Jyotirmayī: Is the God of love, does He punish man?

Prabhupāda: Yes. God has got two business. Maintenance and punishment. That is stated in Bhagavad-gītā, paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām (BG 4.8). That the government has got the law to give protection to the obedient citizens, and to send the rascals to the prison house.

Page Title:Has God put the suffering here for us to experience so that we will want to give up material lives and get closer to Him? Is it punishment?
Compiler:Rishab
Created:14 of Apr, 2011
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=1, Con=0, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1