Guest guest Posted September 5, 2003 Report Share Posted September 5, 2003 > If male and female complement each other, as I've heard devotees say, then > couldn't we say that the life of celibacy or separation from the opposite > sex is kind of artificial and not natural for a living entity? Actually lust and sex are there in spiritual life, but when the spirit soul is embodied in material elements, that spiritual urge is expressed through the material body and is therefore pervertedly reflected. When one actually becomes conversant in the science of Krsna consciousness, he can understand that his material desire for sex is abominable, whereas spiritual sex is desirable. TLC 31: The Supreme Perfection The body requires to eat. The body requires rest. The body requires sex. The body requires defense. But the soul does not require. Bhagavad-gita 9.2 -- Melbourne, April 20, 1976 Hrdayananda: (translating question) If everyone is spirit soul, then isn't sex life also spiritual? Prabhupada: Well, sex life... There is no sex life in the spirit soul. Sex life is in the material body. We are not this body, but because we are in this body, therefore we are thinking pleasure of the body is pleasure of the soul. Arrival Lecture -- Mexico, February 11, 1975, (With Spanish Translator) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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