On Shri Krishna and Osho: Can love arise from lust?

Acharya Prashant
4 min readAug 5, 2021

Following is an excerpt from a samvaad (dialogue) session with Acharya Prashant.

श्रीभगवानुवाच:
काम एष क्रोध एष राजोगुणसमुद्भवः
महाशनो महापाप्मा विद्ध्येनमिह वैरिणं

The Supreme Lord said:
It is a lustful desire & resulting anger born of Rajas, which is sinful & all-devouring; know this as your true enemy in the world.

~ Bhagavad Gita, 3.37

“Love has to arise out of Lust. If you avoid lust, you will be avoiding the whole possibility of love itself. Love is not lust; true but love is not without lust — that too is true.”

~Osho

Questioner: Lust is said to be an enemy in the Bhagavad Gita, but Osho says that out of lust love arises. How to have love arise from lust?

Acharya Prashant: Lust is called an enemy by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita, and Krishna has been greatly wise in calling lust an enemy. But, to whom is he calling lust an enemy? He is saying this to those who consider lust as their friend. He is saying that…

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