VEDAS SAY YES TO LUST? | VEDAS ENCOURAGE THIS | HG GAURMANDAL DAS | Q&A 05

Lust comes in different degrees. For those who are in the mode of goodness, their lust is of a different quality, for those who are in the mode of passion, their lust is of a different quality, and for those who are in the mode of ignorance, their lust is of a different quality. That is the question. Just like there are first-class prisoners, second-class prisoners, and third-class prisoners. They are prisoners, whether they are first-class, second-class, or third-class. That doesn't matter. As well, in this material world, someone may be extremely intelligent, wealthy, beautiful, and all the characteristics of the mode of goodness. Or somebody in passion and somebody in a lower degree, or even animal life. But they are all prisoners within this material world. And why they are prisoners that is because of lust One has to transcend this lust. One has to transcend even the so-called goodness of the material world which is again nothing but the lust of different quality. Just like Arjuna was trying to be a so-called good man in this material world. He was trying to avoid the injunction of Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa wanted him that "You should fight this Kurukṣetra battle," but he wanted to be a good man, so that is lust when we don't listen to Kṛṣṇa and act whimsically. So that fighting, when he was convinced of Kṛṣṇa's instruction, this Bhagavad-gītā, means he transcended even the goodness platform of this material world. So Kṛṣṇa is trying to raise him to the transcendental platform which is above all lusty tendency. Traiguṇya-viṣayā vedā Nistraiguṇyo bhavārjuna [Bhagavad-gita 2.45] [The Vedas mainly deal with the subject of the three modes of material nature. Rise above these modes, O Arjuna. Be transcendental to all of them. Be free from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be established in the Self.] This whole material atmosphere is surcharged with three modes of material nature. So one has to transcend the modes of material nature that is one has come out of this atmosphere of lust. Just like one should not try to become a first-class prisoner. In the prison house, if one is a third-class prisoner and one is a first-class prisoner, the third-class prisoner should not aspire that "Let me remain in this prison-house and become a first-class prisoner." That is not good. One should transcend the prison walls, or come out of the prison house. In the same way, this material world is a prison for living entities who want to satisfy their lust, and hence one should strive to become liberated from lust by following Kṛṣṇa Consciousness, which is the test to check which process of religion works best in conquering lust.