u/Heavy-Engineer6590

The problem of evil has always felt like one of the hardest philosophical objections against almost every major religious system, especially those that describe ultimate reality as perfect, all knowing, all powerful or compassionate. If God, Brahman, or any supreme reality is ultimately good and in control, then why do suffering, cruelty, injustice, ignorance and meaningless pain exist at all? Is evil something truly real, a product of free will, ignorance, karma, maya, or just a limitation of human understanding? And how exactly do traditions like Advaita Vedanta answer this without weakening either the nature of the divine or the reality of suffering itself?