sex is the basic principle

So this is the illusion. Therefore sastra says, ato grha-ksetra-sutapta-vittair janasya moho 'yam. Janasya moho 'yam aham mameti [SB 5.5.8]. How a man becomes entangled in this material world, everything is described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam. Pumsaḥ striya mithuni-bhavam etam. This material world means sex attraction, mithuni-bhava. The man is searching after woman; woman is searching after man. This is material life-in human life, in bird's, beast's... Just these sparrows-they are trying to make some nest on this chandelier to enjoy sex and lay eggs. Therefore they require some place. The basic principle is sex. First of all sex life, then other necessities. First of all, seeing, man and woman. Then, when they unite, pumsaḥ striya mithuni-bhavam etam tayor mitho hrdaya-granthim ahuḥ [SB 5.5.8]. When they unite and they get children, then the hard knot of heart-"She is my wife. She's [He's] my husband. We cannot separated..." Hard knot. Hrdaya-granthi. Already there is attraction. Now this attraction becomes more and more tight after unity. Then we require a place to live together, "Home, sweet home." Yes, very sweet. [chuckles] The whole day and night, work. And this is moha. He is working hard day and night. There is not a single's moment leisure, and still, he's: "Sweet home." This is illusion.    (More...)

So ataḥ grha. As soon as a man and woman or a male-female, either bird, beast or human being or demigods, everyone... Then he requires home, grha, then land to produce food, grha-ksetra, then children. Grha-ksetra. Because when a man is married, the social life, if he has no children, that is means vacant home. Putra-hinam grham sūnyam. Canakya Panḍita has said, vidya hinam jivanam sūnyam: "One who is not educated, his life is zero." Vidya hinam jivanam sūnyam. And disaḥ sūnya deha abandhavaḥ: "And if you want to go to some foreign place, if that place is not a holy place..." Because according to Vedic system, they go on touring to see holy places, tirtha-sthana, or to a friend's house. "So if you are going to some foreign countries, if there is no friend and no devata, then it is useless." Disaḥ sūnya deha abandhavaḥ. Or putra-hinam grham sūnyam: "You are married, but you have no children. That is also vacant, zero." Putra-hinam grham sūnyam. Sarva-sūnya daridrata: "But if you are poor, then everything is zero." Your vidya is zero, your home is zero, and your friend is zero, because nobody will care you.    (More...)

So yogis, the jnanis, they have got their function, to realize the Absolute Truth. Similarly, bhakta. Bhakta, they want to worship the Personality of Godhead in a temple just like we are trying to do, to have a temple here nice. We have got already. Our function is going on. But we want to make a very gorgeous place for the Lord. That is the utility of this land: to construct temple for the Supreme Personality of Godhead. We have got a tendency to construct house. Ato grha-ksetra-sutapta-vittaiḥ. This material world means first of all we have got desire of sex, mixing together, man and woman. Pumsam striya mithuni-bhavam etam [SB 5.5.8]. Mithuni-bhava. Mithuni-bhava means sex desires; impelled by sex. That is the central point of this material life. Yan maithunadi-grhamedhi-sukham hi tuccham [SB 7.9.45]. The central point of material happiness is maithunadi, sex impulse-everyone.    (More...)

This morning was... Some devotee was discussing that the daily passengers, sometimes they go from home three to four hours, come to Bombay, and they work there eight hours. Then again three to four hours. So somebody was asking, "Why they should go? They can remain in the city." No. Their central point is there. Central point is sex. Nidraya hriyate naktam vyavayena ca va vayaḥ [SB 2.1.3]. The materialistic person's life is being spoiled in this way. That is described by Sukadeva Gosvami, nidraya hriyate naktam: "At night they spoil the valuable time by sleeping." Nidraya hriyate naktam vyavayena ca va vayaḥ. Vyavaya. Vyavaya means sex. "Either by sex or by sleeping." Diva carthehaya rajan kutumba-bharanena va [SB 2.1.3]: and during daytime they are after money, "Where is money? Where is money?" And if they get money, "How to spend it for kutumba, for family members?" This is material life. And as soon as we are united, mithuni-bhava, then grha-ksetra-sutapta-vittaiḥ [SB 5.5.8]: then we want apartment or house, big, big house, grha, and ksetra. Ksetra means earning fee. Formerly there were agriculture. Now there are so many industries and other places.    (More...)