Beyond Conjugal Attraction

In this material world there is nothing more glorified and promoted than the sexual attraction felt between a man and woman. There are thousands of love songs, poems, and novels glorifying this attraction. We think that there is nothing that can satisfy us more than having an intimate and dedicated lover. But this is actually not the fact. We can never become fully satisfied in a conjugal relationship. That which will actually satisfy us is to re-establish our original loving relationship with Krishna or God. By serving the supreme conjugal lovers, Sri Sri Radha and Krishna, we will relish total complete satisfaction and no longer feel the need for our own conjugal relationship.

Answers According to the Vedic Version

Question: Innocence in the Material World?...

I have a question concerning karma. Since everyone on the material platform is suffering the results of his activities, karma, how is it there can be innocence in the material world? What I am asking is, since the laws of karma are cruel yet exacting in carrying out justice to the sinful living entities, is there any innocence in the material world? Or, is it as one of my teachers would say, "Everyone gets their just deserts."?

Humbly,

Bruce

Answer: Ultimately, There is None...

Strictly speaking there is no innocence in this material world. This explains why even a little baby can be born with birth defects. Of course, there is relative innocence here. Relatively speaking, compared to adults, little children are quite innocent. Gradually as they grow up and engage in more and more sinful activities such as meat eating they lose that childhood innocence and become more and more jaded. Strictly speaking even children are not completely pure. They are also enjoying and suffering their karma, the results of their activities from previous lifetimes.

Sankarshan Das Adhikari

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