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Spiritual Warrior II: Transforming Lust into Love consists of lectures given by Swami Krishnapada to a wide variety of audiences over a period of several years. Because the topics were originally presented in spoken form, the style is conversational and informal. In the editing process, we have modified the text to enhance readability, yet sought to preserve some of the verbal nuances that would maintain the mood of the original presentation. By so doing, we hope to create an atmosphere that literally makes you part of the audience, where you can experience the powerful presence of the speaker, Swami Krishnapada, as he shares essential nourishment for the soul.

We would like to mention a few other stylistic considerations. First, although God as the Absolute Person encompasses both male and female, we use the masculine form here to emphasize the position of God as our Father. Second, as Swami Krishnapada examines the issues of lust and love, he includes various perspectives from many different spiritual philosophies. At times he uses Sanskrit terminology from the Vedas, a vast body of ancient scriptures originating from the area of the world known today as India. The text explains the meaning of these Sanskrit terms, and for convenience a glossary at the end of this book also defines them. Finally, the end of each chapter includes a few of the many questions and answers exchanged during the original lectures. We hope that these will respond to some of the concerns that may arise for you in the course of reading this material. These discussions between Swami Krishnapada and the audience may also give you different angles from which to view the topics presented.

This book is the second volume in our Spiritual Warrior series of lectures by Swami Krishnapada. The first volume, Spiritual Warrior: Uncovering Spiritual Truths in Psychic Phenomena, is already in print, and several more volumes are planned. The information presented within these pages is extremely rare, and we hope you will make the most of the knowledge they contain. If you take these teachings seriously, they can transform your life into a most sublime, loving adventure.

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Acknowledgements
I would like to express my deep appreciation to all the people who dedicated time and effort to make this book possible. Greg Gurewitz reproduced countless tapes so that others might transcribe the

Foreword
Spiritual Warrior II: Transforming Lust into Love is a book to savor and treasure, a book that needs to be read and reread because of its spiritual potency and priceless value for everyday living.

Author’s Preface
Famine, disease, terrorism, war, murder, suicide, storms, floods, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, toxic rivers, poisoned food, dying trees—this planet is presenting us with numerous symptoms of se

Chapter 1: Sex and the Leadership Crisis
As the twentieth century draws to a close, the world faces innumerable challenges. Although technological advancements have succeeded in making some inhabitants of this planet more comfortable, in

Chapter 2: What Is Love?
All of us want to be loved with unconditional, eternal love—a love that sees beyond beauty, intelligence or any other superficial quality. We want to be loved simply because we are. At the same tim

Chapter 3: What Is Lust?
The ancient Bhagavad-gita takes the form of a long conversation between the Lord and the warrior Arjuna. As Arjuna inquires about the spiritual truths of existence, the Lord offers

Chapter 4: The Power of Sense Gratification
Our senses are extremely powerful. A simple little story taken from the Vedas illustrates the persistent attraction most of us feel to the material world and its pleasures. There wa

Chapter 5: Sexuality in Everyday Life
Because today’s society does not properly understand the difference between love and sex, many of us do not acknowledge the importance of the soul in male-female relationships. Prom

Chapter 6: Love between a Man and a Woman
Love is necessary for good health. Someone who is not part of a loving relationship is ten times more likely to experience chronic disease, and five times more likely to have a ment

Chapter 7: Loving Our Neighbors
All around us we see the results of the industrial paradigm’s focus upon commodities and money, and its worship of fame, power and control. As a result, modern culture does not give

Chapter 8: The Practice of Compassion
In today’s world, we are surrounded by environments so hostile to our human and spiritual growth that higher truths cannot easily penetrate our consciousness. Yet these truths are j

Chapter 9: Love of God
You will remember from Chapter 2 that the great Vedic scripture known as the Srimad-Bhagavatam describes an assembly of sages who were concerned about the highest truths and the spi

Closing Reflections
Everyone wants love, yet few know how to find it. The world-view of modern culture is an incomplete one, because it fails to see beyond this physical universe and the external pheno

Glossary
Akincana: The Lord’s intervention in a person’s life to take everything away in order to clear the path for something greater. Archangel: A chief or principal angel.

About the Author
Bhakti-Tirtha Swami was born John E. Favors in a pious, God-fearing family. As a child evangelist he appeared regularly on television. As a young man he was a leader in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’