- The Lord gave us free will.
- Because we forget God and do not serve Him, Maya punishes us.
- Maya Devi is not happy with her service because she wants you to serve Krsna.
- Maya Devi is not cruel, her duty is to apply punishment to those who do not follow the rules and do not serve Krsna.
- If there is no punishment for offenders, problems will arise, and bhajana-sadhana will not be practised.
- Svatantra-sakti (power of independence): why did the Lord give this power (free will) to the jivas? Because if He didn’t give it, the jivas would be inert.
- People misuse their power of independence.
- The power of independence is made up of feeling, desiring and knowing.
- Question: Why do many people have the opportunity to enjoy a lot in the material world? Answer: In fact they are suffering, because they are far from Krsna and their purpose of serving Him.
- People think they are happy, but they are not. Sooner or later they lose everything.
- Duryodhana is known as the incarnation of Kali, so says the Garga Samhita. He enjoyed it a lot and in the end he lost everything.
- It is necessary to receive punishment to be purified: rectified and purified.
Hari-katha, Lectures in English, Hari-katha 2024
