Category:Because of Lusty Desires
Theme Analysis
Lust (kāma) is identified in the Vedic scriptures as the all-devouring enemy of the living entity. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that "because of lusty desires," the soul loses its spiritual intelligence and forgets its eternal relationship with Kṛṣṇa. This loss of memory initiates a chain reaction: the living entity becomes entangled in a futile struggle for economic development, loses essential virtues like truthfulness and patience, and ultimately takes shelter of temporary demigods or sinful activities. However, the analysis concludes with hope: the same energy of desire, when purified and directed toward Kṛṣṇa, becomes the means of liberation.
- The Theft of Wisdom: The primary effect of lust is the covering of knowledge (jñāna). When overwhelmed by material desire, one loses the capacity to understand the Supreme Lord within the heart.
- The Cycle of Struggle: Driven by insatiable desires, the living entity engages in hard labor for so-called economic betterment, unaware that such desires can never be fully satisfied.
- The Destruction of Character: Lust is destructive to the finer human qualities. It vanquishes patience, shyness, memory, and truthfulness, leaving the individual spiritually bankrupt.
- Transformation of Energy: The solution is not the artificial cessation of desire, but its redirection. Just as lust caused the fall, the same energy, when utilized for Kṛṣṇa, restores one to the spiritual position.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Bewilderment of the Living Entity - Because of Lusty Desires.
Pages in category "Because of Lusty Desires"
The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
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- A living entity cannot exist without desires, but desires that can never be fulfilled are called kama, lusty desires. Kamais tais tair hrta jnanah: (BG 7.20) because of lusty desires, nondevotees are deprived of their intelligence
- Although every living entity is a part of the Supreme Being, because of lusty desires one continuously struggles for so-called betterment of one's economic condition
- Although You are within the heart, the foolish, because of lusty desires in the heart, cannot understand You
- As we have fallen into this material existence because of our lust and anger, the same two qualities can be utilized for the purpose of advancing in Krsna consciousness, and one can elevate himself again to his former pure, spiritual position
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- In the material world, because of intense lust and desire for enjoyment, one becomes implicated in sinful life more and more
- It is said, maya-mrgam dayitayepsitam anvadhavad: (SB 11.5.34) Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu took sannyasa to show His causeless mercy to the maya-mrgas, the people of this material world, who suffer because of lusty desires
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- Laksmana said, "All of them (princes) were very agitated because of their lusty desires, but without caring for them, my husband, in His form as the four-handed Narayana, immediately took me on His chariot, which was drawn by four excellent horses"
- Lord Siva, his good sense taken away by the woman (Mohini-murti) because of lusty desires to enjoy with Her, became so mad for Her that even in the presence of Bhavani he did not hesitate to approach Her
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- O my Lord, because of lusty desires from the very beginning of one's birth, the functions of one's senses, mind, life, body, religion, patience, intelligence, shyness, opulence, strength, memory and truthfulness are vanquished
- One whose mind and senses are uncontrolled becomes increasingly attached to family life because of insatiable lusty desires and very strong illusion. In such a madman's life, the remaining years are also wasted
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- This is explained in the Bhagavad-gita: kamais tais tair hrta-jnanah prapadyante ’nya-devatah (BG 7.20). "A person who loses his intelligence because of greed and lust forgets the Supreme Personality of Godhead and takes shelter of the demigods"
- Those who are attached to Vedic ritualistic ceremonies because of lusty desires are subjected to the tribulations of material existence again and again