Question: While generally preaching to others, especially youth, they question why maintain celibacy or stay away from lust, when Krishna Himself had His lilas with the gopis? When we tell that it is on the transcendental level and not mundane, they question back saying we are doing it for our convenience. In that case, what do we do Guru Maharaj?

Guru Maharaj: One can be in whichever asrama they want to. Whichever they feel more comfortable. If they feel that grihasta asrama is more appropriate for you, that allows certain license for sex life. Krishna has made machines – male and female form. So they can reproduce each other. So the scientists they are not able to make a machine that could reproduce itself. Ha! We shouldn’t think that Krishna’s pastimes with the queens or the gopis are material. He is transcendental. And in Vrindavana, His pastimes are understood by the liberated souls. One has to read all the previous nine cantos, then you can understand how the position of Krishna is transcendental. Once when I was a new devotee, I asked a question about Radharani. Srila Prabhupada chastised me. Who are you to ask about Radharani? Since I was a new devotee, I didn’t understand much, so I accepted that.
14-Aug-2020 SRI MAYAPUR DHAM, INDIA