If one is motivated by the desire for sense gratification, if one thinks “Oh yes, I can have regulated sense gratification. There is license for sense gratification.” Then what happens is that he begins to think about how he can get this sense gratification. And then more within his heart he is meditating on the sense gratification, the more he is simply indulging in these activities of sense gratification and Krishna will never appear within his heart and devotional service will never manifest within his heart until he is completely disgusted with the thought of sense gratification.
November 2, 1996, Ekaterinburg