My dear, , on a morning walk in Los Angeles on 2 December 1973 Srila Prabhupada said the following about sex:
"Here the only happiness is sex. Otherwise, they are working so hard like asses. Why?
Only for that sex. The only aim is, 'I will enjoy sex at night.' That's all. That is the only. Yan maithunādi. It is stated in the Bhāgavata. Yan maithunādi-gṛhamedhi-sukhaṁ hi tuccham. They are attracted with the most abominable thing, sex life. Yes. Tuccham. Tuccham means very abominable, very insignificant thing. The position of the sex, the... How nasty it is. Just like crows, they enjoy in a nasty place."
The conclusion is that having sex is icky just like passing stool. Nobody, except for the hogs who delightfully eat stool, thinks that stool is a wonderful thing. But so that the human species will continue, not die out, the material energy (maya) has given us the illusion that having sex is the most glamorous, the most delightful of all experiences.
Thus who are enlightened with transcendental knowledge know that the pleasure of chanting Hare Krishna is millions, billions, trillions, etc. times more pleasurable than the so-called pleasure of having sex and thus can immediately give up sex as brahmacaris and sannyasis or gradually give it up as grihasthas (Krishna conscious householders) by using it only according to scriptural injunctions for the
purpose of producing Krishna conscious children,
In this connection we should always remember that Hari Das Thakur could not allured into having sex even though he was repeatedly being begged to satisfy the lusty desires of a beautiful young woman.
Sankarshan Das Adhikari
