The Supreme Eternal says: “Similar to the blazing fire which turns wood into ashes, the brazier of knowledge reduces to ashes all the consequences of material actions.”
The brazier of knowledge consumes all sinful deeds. To this end, people need to be educated. Born ignorant, education is required to dispel their ignorance. Born into the illusion of the bodily conception of existence, people behave like animals. They must therefore be educated so that they understand that they are not the material body but a spiritual soul. He who actually acquires perfect knowledge becomes good.
The soul is virtuous by nature. The living being is covered by the lower influences of material nature, namely Passion and Ignorance. Washed away from this stain, his virtue will spring up. Originally, the soul is virtuous since it is an integral part of God who, Himself, is infinitely good. Although covered by matter (a material body), the soul remains nonetheless virtuous. Absolute evil results from forgetting the Absolute Truth. Krishna, God, the Supreme Person embodies this Absolute Truth and the lack of consciousness of Krishna, absolute evil. From the angle of absolute evil, we can say “this is good, this is bad”, but this is only pure speculation.
It turns out to be possible to return to our first home, with God in his eternal kingdom, if we are always working for the good of others. The greatest humanitarian work is to raise humanity to the level of knowing and knowing God as he really is. This is the true charity.
Logos 273
The Eternal Supreme says: “He who never causes agitation for others and who never disturbs agitation, only joys and penalties do not affect, this one is very dear to Me”.
Good to all, the virtuous saint is not the cause of difficulty, fear, anguish or discontent for anyone. Even if others try to agitate him, he is not disturbed, for, by the grace of the Lord, he has learned not to succumb to the onslaught of the outside world. In fact, God-consciousness and devotional service absorb him so much that no material circumstance can truly captivate him.
In general, the materialist exults at each pleasure which falls to his senses, or else consumes himself with grief and jealousy when he sees others enjoying an object of sensory pleasure to which he has no access; he lives in fear when he expects revenge from an enemy, and becomes depressed if he cannot perform a task successfully.
But the virtuous holy being, he transcends all these agitations, and he is therefore very dear to God.