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special significance of Radha-Krishna worship. That is
testified by Yamunacarya. He says,

“Since I have become attracted by the beauty of Radha and
Krishna, when there is attraction for woman or a memory
of sex life with a woman, I at once spit on it, and my face
turns in disgust.” When we are attracted by Madana-
mohana and the beauty of Krishna and His consorts, then
the shackles of conditional life, namely the beauty of a
material woman, cannot attract us.”

The above is the clearest statement I have ever read based
on shastric evidence that there is a difference between
attraction to material women and attraction to the
transcendental pastimes of Radha and Krishna, whose
conjugal pastimes represent the highest contemplation by
the greatest Vedic authorities. Lord Chaitanya was a strict
sannyasi and would never allow a woman to approach him,
yet he contemplated and relished the pastimes of Radha
and Krishna. He said that when He looked at the wooden
form of a material woman, He would become agitated.
This shows how bewildering contemplation of the body
of a material woman can be for men (and women) who
entertain desires to enjoy sense pleasures in this material
world. Srila Prabhupada, as a merciful Vedic teacher, is
teaching us the most important aspect of Vedic knowledge
concerning the cause of our on-going conditioning in this

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