be lusty, not impotent

11-09-2006, 08:29 PM

So to become a devotee is not to become impotent, but everything has proper
use. Just like if you are lusty, that lust should be utilized for Krsna. I
am lusty to accumulate money. Yes, you bring money, but utilize it for
Krsna. 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. I am very
greedy. Yes, you become greedy for Krsna. How to become greedy? "Oh, I must
have good association. Where Krsna consciousness is being preached, I must
be very greedy." That greediness is not there, but "I am very greedy: Where
is wine? Where is woman? Where is club? Where is naked dance? I am greedy."
You see? I am not greedy for Krsna consciousness. So that greediness should
be turned like that. So these are the things to be learned by the devotee.
We should not be impotent. We should not be null and void. We should possess
everything, but for Krsna. This is Krsna consciousness.

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 7.9.8 -- Hawaii, March 21, 1969