Seeing Krşna  Everywhere and Always
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thousands of times. The great warrior Bhīma, who fought in the battle of Kurukṣetra, was said to have strength ten thousand times that of an elephant. Similarly, desire or lust ( kāma ) which is not against religious principles should also be seen as Kṛṣṇa. What is this lust? Lust generally means sex life, but here  kāma  refers to sex life which is not against religious principles, that is to say, sex for the begetting of good children. If one can beget good Kṛṣṇa conscious children, he can have sex thousands of times, but if he can only beget children who are raised in the consciousness of cats and dogs, his sex life is to be considered irreligious. In religious and civilized societies, marriage is intended as an indication that a couple is to engage in sex for begetting good children. Therefore married sex life is considered religious, and unmarried sex life is considered irreligious. Actually there is no difference between the  sannyāsī  and the householder provided that the householder's sexual activities are based on religious principles.
ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta eveti tān viddhi na tv ahaṁ tesu te mayi
“All states of being—be they of goodness, passion or ignorance—are manifested by My energy. I am, in one sense, everything—but I am independent. I am not under the modes of this material nature.” (Bg. 7.12)
One may question Krşna in this way: “You say You are sound, water, illumination, fragrance, the seed of all, strength, and  kāma , desire—does that