Logos 159
The Lord said: “Whatever a person desires to obtain from Me, I grant it to him.”
That every man, whether he is filled with desires, whether he longs for liberation or has no desire, worship the Supreme Lord. Of these three types of men, one seeks happiness through the satisfaction of his material desires, another believes that he will become happy by merging into the Absolute, and the third, the perfect being, is a devotee of the Lord. The latter does not desire anything from the Lord in exchange for his devotion, but only wants to serve him with absolute love. In any case, we must worship God, the Supreme Person, because the Lord fulfills everyone's desires. This is the benefit of worship offered to Krishna, God, the Sovereign Person.
He who devotes himself to it, would he have desires for material enjoyment, gradually becomes a pure being and gets rid of all material aspiration.
Logos 160
Those who claim that we can to progress spiritually while enjoying material existence are liars because it is impossible for materialists to achieve spiritual realization. Indeed, spiritual realization remains inaccessible to those who are too attached to the pleasures of the senses.
It is written in the original holy scriptures: “Men too eager for material possessions and sensory pleasures cannot achieve to the conscience of God. Too attached to the pleasures of the senses, to wealth and glory, misled by these desires, no one ever knows the firm will to serve the Supreme Lord with love and devotion”.
The application of the four principles or austerities below, allows one to detach from materialism, to achieve spiritual realization and to turn one's thoughts to God. The principles of renunciation are four in number:
1. renouncing any illicit sexual activity;
2. renouncing the consumption of animal flesh (meat, fish, egg);
3. renouncing the use of stimulator or toxic substances (drugs, alcohol, cigarette, coffee, tea);
4. and renouncing all gambling
The way of spiritual realization consists in fixing one's thoughts on the Supreme Person, in full consciousness of God.