Does God exist? If yes, why do bad things happen to good people?
God wants us to be happy! This is the message of Krishna in the Bhagavad-Gita: „Focus your mind on Me, devote your whole being to Me, be engaged for My sake and be humble towards Me. Thus you will come to Me – I promose you this truth, for I love you !“ – Bhagavad-Gita 18.65 Ultimate reality is both passive and active . In „modern Hinduism“, at least here on Quora, mostly only the the passive aspect of God is being emphasized which could lead you to the assumption that God is just the neutral sumtotal of Being. Just Being, Awareness, Consciousness . This is only half of the story! For there is also the active aspect of God which expresses Intention, Will, Love . And you know this, because you asked why God allows suffering. God has a will. Krishna explains in the Gita that a Soul too has a free will with which it can choose where to put its love. By love here I mean ones in...