Staunchly Determined
If one wants to be successful in going back to home, back to Godhead in this very lifetime, he must be staunchly determined to keep himself 24/7 fully absorbed in Krishna consciousness. Just as during a war a nation must always remain vigilant for sudden unannounced attacks from their enemy, a devotee must always be on guard against sudden incursions from the material energy into his consciousness. At any second a lusty, angry, or greedy thought can enter and take root like a cancer in one's consciousness and grow to mammoth proportions quickly destroying one's Krishna consciousness. So one must be very determined to never allow Maya to gain even the slightest foothold within one's heart.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Your servant
śrī-bhagavān uvāca
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa
rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
mahāśano mahā-pāpmā
viddhy enam iha vairiṇam
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world."
--Bhagavad-gita 3.37
In his purport to the above verse Srila Prabhupada describes:
"When a living entity comes in contact with the material creation, his eternal love for Krishna is transformed into lust, in association with the mode of passion. Or, in other words, the sense of love of God becomes transformed into lust, as milk in contact with sour tamarind is transformed into yogurt. Then again, when lust is unsatisfied, it turns into wrath; wrath is transformed into illusion, and illusion continues the material existence. Therefore, lust is the greatest enemy of the living entity, and it is lust only which induces the pure living entity to remain entangled in the material world. Wrath is the manifestation of the mode of ignorance; these modes exhibit themselves as wrath and other corollaries. If, therefore, the mode of passion, instead of being degraded into the mode of ignorance, is elevated to the mode of goodness by the prescribed method of living and acting, then one can be saved from the degradation of wrath by spiritual attachment."
From Srila Prabhupada's brilliant purport we learn that lust is nothing more than love for Krishna in contact with the mode of passion. So you have to purify your passionate tendencies. Instead of being passionate to enjoy material sense gratification, you should be passionate to advance yourself in Krishna consciousness. In this way you can gradually transform your lust back into its original state, pure love for Krishna.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
Answers According to the Vedic Version:
Question: Urgent Appeal--Attacked by Lust
Right now I do not have much association of devotees. My hearing is not proper, and my chanting is also not proper because it is done while I am travelling. I am feeling very down, and meanwhile lust is attacking me like anything. My old bad habits are also tempting me, and I am not able to control such situation. So please explain how to fight in such situation. I am feeling very down.Your servant
Answer: Transform Lust into Bhakti
You have to see lust philosophically for what it is and not be bewildered or overcome by it. It is described as follows in the Bhagavad-gita:śrī-bhagavān uvāca
kāma eṣa krodha eṣa
rajo-guṇa-samudbhavaḥ
mahāśano mahā-pāpmā
viddhy enam iha vairiṇam
"The Supreme Personality of Godhead said: It is lust only, Arjuna, which is born of contact with the material mode of passion and later transformed into wrath, and which is the all-devouring sinful enemy of this world."
--Bhagavad-gita 3.37
In his purport to the above verse Srila Prabhupada describes:
"When a living entity comes in contact with the material creation, his eternal love for Krishna is transformed into lust, in association with the mode of passion. Or, in other words, the sense of love of God becomes transformed into lust, as milk in contact with sour tamarind is transformed into yogurt. Then again, when lust is unsatisfied, it turns into wrath; wrath is transformed into illusion, and illusion continues the material existence. Therefore, lust is the greatest enemy of the living entity, and it is lust only which induces the pure living entity to remain entangled in the material world. Wrath is the manifestation of the mode of ignorance; these modes exhibit themselves as wrath and other corollaries. If, therefore, the mode of passion, instead of being degraded into the mode of ignorance, is elevated to the mode of goodness by the prescribed method of living and acting, then one can be saved from the degradation of wrath by spiritual attachment."
From Srila Prabhupada's brilliant purport we learn that lust is nothing more than love for Krishna in contact with the mode of passion. So you have to purify your passionate tendencies. Instead of being passionate to enjoy material sense gratification, you should be passionate to advance yourself in Krishna consciousness. In this way you can gradually transform your lust back into its original state, pure love for Krishna.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
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