Category:Becoming Lusty
Theme Analysis
This category distinguishes between the degrading force of material lust and the transcendental eagerness of becoming lusty for Krsna. Śrīla Prabhupāda explains that material lust is a "heart disease" (hrd-rogam) born of the mode of passion; it leads to anger and binds the soul to the material world. In contrast, the "lusty" feelings of the gopis for Krsna are purely spiritual. The quotes clarify that Krsna is self-satisfied (apta-kama), so His dealings are not mundane. Furthermore, there is a practical application: even one's material propensity to be lusty or eager can be dovetailed in Krsna's service, transforming a vice into a vehicle for perfection.
- The Nature of Material Lust: In modern society, devoid of God consciousness, people become lusty and greedy for money and sense gratification. This lust is insatiable and, when thwarted, inevitably turns into anger.
- The Transcendental Counterpart: The scriptures describe the gopis' attraction to Krsna as "lusty," but Śrīla Prabhupāda emphasizes that it is not material. It is a purified desire to please the Lord's senses. Hearing about these pastimes cures the material heart disease.
- Dovetailing Desires: Spiritual life requires intensity. Śrīla Prabhupāda instructs that even if one has the quality of being lusty or a thief, if that intense eagerness is directed toward seeing Krsna ("I must see Krsna"), it becomes the cause of liberation.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Becoming Lusty for Kṛṣṇa vs. Material Sense Gratification.
Pages in category "Becoming Lusty"
The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total.
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- A beautiful woman generally cannot induce Lord Siva to be lusty, but Lord Visnu was considering whether there was any form of woman who could enchant him
- Although the attraction of the gopis for Krsna appears to be lusty, it is not in the least bit material
- Although the dealings of the gopis with Krsna are on the platform of pure love of Godhead, such dealings are sometimes considered to be lusty
- Another gopi said, "Dear Krsna, actually we have become very lusty, having been touched by Your lotus feet. Your lotus feet certainly kill all kinds of sinful activities of devotees who have taken shelter there"
- Another gopi said, "He (Krsna) walks in a stride which is so attractive, and He carries His flute. Just by looking at Him we become lusty to enjoy His company"
- Another word used here is apta-kama. Some may take it for granted that Krsna was very lusty among young girls, but Pariksit Maharaja said that this was not possible. He could not be lusty
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- If a bona fide listener hears of Krsna's pastimes with the gopis, which seem to be lusty affairs, the lusty desires in his heart, which constitute the heart disease of the conditioned soul, will be vanquished, and he will become a most exalted devotee
- If one becomes lusty, and if it is not fulfilled, he becomes angry. This is all psychological
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- One cannot give up thinking of women, for thinking in this way is natural; even while walking on the street, one will see so many women. However, if one is determined not to live with a woman, even while seeing a woman he will not become lusty
- One friend of Krsna informed Him, "My dear Mukunda, just after observing a bluish cloud in the sky, the lotus-eyed Radharani immediately began to remember You. And simply by observing this cloud She became lusty for Your association"
- One should not, therefore, be angry in the absence of an opportunity for sense gratification, and one should not be lusty to acquire more than necessary
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- The first doubt of Maharaja Pariksit: First of all, from the material calculation He (Krsna) was only eight years old. At that age a boy cannot be lusty. Apta-kama means that the Supreme Personality of Godhead is self-satisfied
- This eagerness is wanted. Then you can see God. Either you become lusty or a thief or a murderer or whatever it may be. Some way or other, if you develop this eagerness, that "I must see Krsna," then Krsna will be seen
- This very fact means that although the attraction of the gopis for Krsna appears to be lusty, it is not in the least bit material
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- We don't say that you should not be lusty. If you have got capacity to earn money, earn money, as much as you can, but utilize it for Krsna. If I am very angry, yes, you remain angry, but utilize it for Krsna
- When I (Narada Muni) once came to this earth from Brahmaloka, the highest planetary system, the daughter of Time (Kalakanya), wandering over the universe, met me. Knowing me to be an avowed brahmacari, she became lusty and proposed that I accept her
- When persons who do not know your austerity see you moving with Uma, they misunderstand you to be lusty, or when they see you wandering in the crematorium they mistakenly think that you are ferocious and envious. Certainly they are shameless
- When you are too much influenced with the modes of passion, you become lusty. And when your lust is not fulfilled, then you are angry