Why Did God Create This Universe?

Paramahamsa Prajnanananda is asked this question during a retreat - "God was one and he wanted to be many - creating humans, the world, universe etc. Is it possible to explain why he had this desire since he was in a state of non-duality and free of desires?" Watch this video as Prajnananandaji shares what his own Guru Paramahamsa Hariharananda has said on this topic. He also quotes what divine incarnations, sages, and poets have had to say on this. We too are part of this creation and Paramahamsaji reminds us of the perspective we should have in our own lives.

[ashahanakre]

For unrealized person this world will be full suffering only an enlightened being who has realized the truth this word and beyond wherever he lives in hell or in heaven there always will be a bliss...so both this are right world is bliss and at the same time suffering depending upon the degree of individual's realization (evolution)

[mrfilmmaker]

How can the all powerful all glories God get bored?

[MusicTutorJay]

I dont like that fact God created maya & pain, 99% problems would have been solved if he didn't created maya on earth or anywhere

[ipsitadey]

Extraordinary ending of the question, with a
Who can answer, when it's God's play. Also cause and effect relation or rational answer is possible only for this limited, material sphere, God is unlimited, endless, His creation is endless. Unlimited cannot be described by limited words...
Jai Guru...🙏🎊🎄🎊🙏

[silviaferreirasilva]

Not even the Upanishads can answer this question satisfactorily .

[irishnich]

I am also of the opinion that God did create the universe. But unlike the standard versions of God, my God is not narcissistic who wants to be praised all the time, my God is not jealous and insecure or psychopath who murder millions of people - men, women and children because He is pissed off that humans were not living up to his standards.
My God doesn't give a shit about what people do.
He created the universe as a part of his study on singularities. He wanted to see what kind of singularities form in a universe, given a set of universal constants. A by-product of the study would be to see what regions in the parameter space would give rise to a stable universe, and the sustainability of such universes. The rise of our, and all other, species was just an insignificant, irrelevant event in this study of His.

[mohdsameer-wxxx]

God made this universe and humans to test which of your is good in deeds . and he have given different colours and shape not to despite eachother but to recognise eachother.

this answer which i have given you will find Quran.Read the Quran and come to the straight path.
jazakallah.