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The woman with a mundane, exaggerated sense of independence thinks: “I can do everything myself, people may hang around me, but I don’t need anybody. I make my own decisions and I like it. I don’t need to ask anybody anything. I am the controller of my rules and my boundaries within relationships. I get […]
You may feel incomplete; you may feel that something needs to change in your life, but perhaps you consider yourself incapable or unwilling to upgrade your spiritual condition and to become fully satisfied; and so you may decide to join with a woman to help you become wholesome. This is natural and legitimate, but you […]
This is an excerpt from a lecture by Srila Prabhupada on how Lord Rama and Sita Devi were an ideal couple and completely faithful to each other. This lecture was given in Hawaii on 27 March, 1969 on Rama-Navmi, the appearance day of Lord Ramacandra. So here Lord Ramacandra exhibited the quality how He renounced […]
What follows are the main principles I teach in my marriage workshop entitled Sacred Union, The laws of relationship. Following these principles can help a bad marriage become good, a good marriage become better, and turn around a marriage that seems doomed to fail. I, and many others, have found these principles extremely valuable in […]
Srila Prabhupada and the scriptures repeatedly state that men are responsible for women. Men should protect women – but they should do it respectfully, courteously: “So woman… should be respectfully protected by the husband.” (Wedding Ceremony and Lecture, Boston, 6 May 1969) Unfortunately, often men tend to expect that wives should be unquestionably submissive regardless […]
The key to success in the grihastha ashram is to keep Lord Krishna in the centre. Man is like butter and woman is like fire. So it is but natural that when a man and woman come together, there is an attachment on the bodily platform. If this attachment is diverted (deflected) towards Lord Krishna, […]
The following is a lecture by Śrila Prabhupāda that he gave during the wedding ceremony of Śrīman Hayagrīva brahmacārī and Śrīmatī Śyāma dāsī. Prabhupāda: So today’s wedding ceremony between Śrīman Hayagrīva brahmacārī and Śrīmatī Śyāma dāsī is practically negotiated by me. I am the marriage maker and I am the negotiator also. How? Because I […]
Some people – especially men – think that getting married means to fail. Perhaps they strongly valued their identity as a brahmacari or aspired to become one; perhaps they dreamed of taking sannyasa early in life; perhaps they have been preached to that getting married is just maya, illusion… Be whatever it may, some young […]
Another expression for “getting married” is “entering the grihastha-asrama.” Srila Prabhupada said: “Asrama means something in connection with God. That is called asrama. So grihastha-asrama means one may live with family, children, wife, children, friends – that’s all right. Live. Whatever life is suitable for you, you accept. But you. . . cultivate Krishna consciousness.” […]
In this letter, Srila Prabhupada is encouraging a devotee couple to become ideal in their practice of Krishna consciousness and also help spread the message of God to all. My Dear Sriman Tradhis and my dear daughter Nagapatni Devi Dasi, Please both accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated nil […]
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