24 Apr 2025
[Shri Durgaprasad asked: God gave freewill to souls. Gita says everything is under the control of God, which means that the fruit is as per the will of God. Can we say an invention done by souls (such as a mass destructive weapon) is finally sanctioned by God for some purpose? Otherwise, why not God stop such ideas at the root level to those souls? Please enlighten me. At Your lotus feet, -Durgaprasad]
Swami replied:- We hear in scriptures that there are weapons like Brahmaastram, Naaraayanaastram and Paashupataastram, which are more dangerous than these nuclear weapons. Those weapons are possessed by various forms of God like Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva. Such weapons were never used and even if they were used, they were subsided in the beginning stage itself by divine people. The possession of such horrible weapons will create fear and discipline even in the minds of bad people. But, at the same time, such dangerous weapons should not be used practically. If you possess such weapon with you, bad people will fear to harm you in the beginning itself. The serpent is advised to hiss and threaten people, who throw stones on it even if the serpent is going on its own way. The serpent is advised not to bite people.
Today, peace lies in the world because several countries have nuclear weapons in their hands. In this way, nuclear weapons build the initial discipline in the world, which is not really good, but essential for temporary initial discipline. We hear horrible punishments given in hell and hell in this way controls society to some extent by creating fear in the people doing sins and thus, reduces the sin. The permanent solution for peace and discipline is the propagation of spiritual knowledge of God. But, side by side, fear for hell also must exist like the bodyguards walking alongside a distinguished personality. A temporary first aid box is essential in every medical case. There is necessity of police stations along with the honorable courts to deal both civil and criminal cases.
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