"Although the freedom of will is there, it is subordinate to the freedom of will of God"
Syamasundara, Philosophy Discussions on Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz: […] Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz says that because God has freedom of will, God decided it would be best to give man such freedom of will.
Prabhupada: Yes. Because every living entity is part and parcel of God, although very minute portion, similarly proportionately, he has minute proportion of freedom of will. Not absolute. That is natural. Every man has got a little freedom of will, but it is not absolute. A man cannot will as he likes.
That is not possible. Therefore it is said, “Man proposes; God disposes.” Although the freedom of will is there, it is subordinate to the freedom of will of God. You cannot fulfill your desire unless it is sanctioned and approved by God. […]
God can do anything He likes, but this world is planned not by God; it is given to the living entities who wanted to imitate God. So actually, the plan is according to the desire of the living entities who wanted to lord it over the material nature. God’s plan is not this.
It is exactly like the prison house is planned by the government because there are criminals. God’s plan is “Come back home, giving everything up.” Tyaktva deham punar iti mam eti. His plan is to invite all the conditioned souls back to home, back to Godhead.
He doesn’t like the living entities to live here. But because they wanted to lord it over the material nature, they have been given that facility. […]
This planet is not a very good planet. There are many other planets thousands of times better. The more you go higher planetary systems, the comforts and amenities are a thousand times better, one after another.
The next planetary system is a thousand times better than this planetary system, and the next planetary system a thousand times better than that. Similarly, the standard of life, duration of life, they are bigger.
Therefore at the end, Brahmaloka, it is stated that twelve hours of the day of Brahma is incalculable by us. Immediately in the higher planets, suppose if one goes to the moon planet, he gets immediately ten thousand years duration of life, and their year, our six months is equal to their one day. Such years. So there are better, more comfortable situations than here in the higher planetary systems.
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