23 Oct 2022
1. Why does God Brahma have four heads?
[Shri Hrushikesh asked: Dear Swami, I request you to kindly answer the below questions. Why does God Brahman have four heads? Is there any tattva rahasyam behind this concept? Kindly explain?]
Swami replied: The four heads of God Brahma indicate the four Vedas that came out from Him.
2. Why doesn't God take birth in every family?
[God is omnipotent and can do anything within no time. In that case can You kindly tell us the reason why God doesn't take birth in every family? If God takes birth in each and every family, He can preach to his family members to help the family travel on a right path in Pravrutti, which in turn will help in the establishment of peace in the society. But that is not the case as God takes birth only in a few families and not in every family. A personal care shown by God to each family member will help them learn better and also to implement it. Kindly correct me if my assumption is wrong.]
Swami replied: Krishna was born in the family of Yadavas and was also the king of that dynasty. He passed rules in public that drinking wine was totally prohibited. This rule was passed by Him in view of the curse given by Gandhaari that His dynasty would be destroyed due to internal quarrels. When Krishna could not control His own family members, being born in that family and also being the ruler of that family, can you expect anything from a person, who is simply born in a family?
3. Why did God create a soul with a defect?
[You have said in one of the discourses that "to err is human". In that case why did God create a soul with a defect? When everything in this God's is perfect, why is it that humans are born with this defect?]
Swami replied: The defect of the soul is not introduced by God. It has come into the soul during several past births in which the soul committed sins exploiting the free will given by God to it. Blaming God for the defects of the soul is total ignorance of the back ground of the soul.
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