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<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes.</p>
<p>Jyotirmayī: Is the God of love, does He punish man?</p>
<p>Jyotirmayī: Is the God of love, does He punish man?</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. God has got two business. Maintenance and punishment. That is stated in Bhagavad-gītā, paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām ([[Vanisource:BG 4.8|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.</p>
<p>Prabhupāda: Yes. God has got two business. Maintenance and punishment. That is stated in Bhagavad-gītā, paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām ([[Vanisource:BG 4.8 (1972)|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.</p>
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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"

Lectures

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.

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