Krishna's Unjust Nature?

Question: Krishna's Unjust Nature?

I think I have a bias against the Lord Krishna as my mind has many times analyzed that the sequence of events in the Mahabharata show Him in a poor light in some cases. From the movies and tele-serials that I have seen, He acts or is seen to make others act deceitfully.

I request you to please let me know:

a) Why is the Lord not taking a form when the level of injustice has grown manifold both in terms of quality and quantity?

b) Is there a bar on chanting the Hare Krishna Mantra in the night?

c) I understand that you have been writing in these columns that there should be a source for the creation of this world and nothing comes without a source. I do not understand this properly, as such a proposition will imply that there is source for the Lord and another source for that source and so on. There has to be a point where something came into existence by itself. Since God is not seen or perceived by most of us (I am not including you or other noble people), what would be the answer for the argument that the material world has come into existence by itself and that there is no God or any other power?

d) Finally, I have committed certain sins thus far in my life and the thought of taking a re-birth (to atone these sins) really saddens me without limit. And the probability of committing more sins is much higher in the following births than it is now as some of the sins have become so common that we cease to consider them as sins at all.

Answer: Krishna is Supreme Justice Personified.

We are not meant to understand Krishna from TV and cinema because Krishna can only be properly understand when we hear about him from the lips of His pure devotees. Regarding what you perceive as Krishna's immorality, would you lie to save the life of a friend who was kidnapped by terrorists? You have to understand that everything Krishna does is in loving service to His devotees. Since He is the original person, He is not obliged to follow our principles of morality. He always acts according to the highest standard of moral principles on the absolute platform.

Here are your questions with answers:

a) Why is the Lord not taking a form when the level of injustice has grown manifold both in terms of quality and quantity?

Answer: Krishna has now taken a form to put a stop to the evil in the world. He is now manifested on this planet in the form of the Krishna consciousness movement. We therefore are requesting you to dedicate your life as far as possible in assisting this movement in bringing about a spiritual revolution on this planet.

b) Is there a bar on chanting the Hare Krishna mantra in the night?

Answer: Lord Caitanya said that there are no hard and fast rules in regards to chanting Hare Krishna. Therefore you are welcome to chant the Hare Krishna mantra 24 hours daily in any and all situations.

c) I understand that you have been writing in these columns that there should be a source for the creation of this world and nothing comes without a source. I do not understand this properly as such a proposition will imply that there is source for the Lord and another source for that source and so on. There has to be a point where something came into existence by itself. Since God is not seen or perceived by most of us (I am not including you or other noble people) what would be the answer for the argument that the material world has come into existence by itself and that there is no God or any other power?

Answer: God, by definition, is the source of all existence. And since everything has a cause, in God's case He must be the very cause of His own existence. In other words, He is self-manifested. It is confirmed in the Brahma Samhita that Krishna or God has no origin and that He is the origin of everything. If this material world were self-manifested, it would be God. But this material world is impersonal energy. Just as gold cannot be produced from a goldless goldmine, persons cannot be produced from an impersonal source of existence. Since persons exists, the original cause of all existence must possess personality and thus be a person. And since that person must necessarily be the fountainhead of all opulences, He is naturally the Supreme Person. In other words, the existence of the Supreme Person is logical, and His non-existence would be illogical. And it is confirmed in the authoritative Vedic literatures.

d) Finally, I have committed certain sins thus far in my life and the thought of taking a re-birth (to atone these sins) really saddens me without limit. And the probability of committing more sins is much higher in the following births than it is now as some of the sins have become so common that we cease to consider them as sins at all.

Answer: All you have to do is to fully surrender yourself to Krishna. In this way you will not have to take birth again this material world. There is no other atonement that is effective. Nor is there any other atonement which is necessary. This full surrender to Krishna will automatically free you from all of your past sins from even millions and billions of births and allow to dwell eternally in the realm of unlimited happiness, the Vaikuntha world.