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In every traditional culture in the world, it was axiomatically understood that a woman’s primary role is that of mother (which should be obvious, because the female body is biologically made for giving birth). As stated in the Manusaṁhitā (9.96), women were “created to be mothers.” Yet feminists consider that to be a stay-at-home mother […]
As Lord Kṛṣṇa states in the Bhagavad-gītā, there are three gates leading to hell – lust, anger, and greed – which intelligent persons should give up. But today’s permissive society promotes all three of these vices, especially lust. Television, cinema, and the internet unabashedly and unrelentingly tout lust, anger, violence, and greed. The dangers of […]
The Vedic social institutions of brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha, and sannyāsa are defined largely according to levels of interaction between male and female. Only in gṛhastha life is there some allowance for extended association between men and woman. In gṛhamedhī culture, which largely defines Western society today, there is no restriction regarding how much a husband […]
Woman, according to Vedic civilization – they are not recommended [to have] freedom. They should be taken care just like children are taken care of. You cannot give independence to the children. Then it is not good for them. Similarly, woman also should be taken care of. They should not be given freedom. That is […]
As Śrīla Prabhupāda posited, “How can a man and woman be equal? The woman has to give birth, she has to become pregnant. Why can the man not become pregnant?” Biologically and psychologically, men and women are different. A woman’s body is quite different from a man’s body, and her mentality is different from that […]
Yamunā Devī Dāsī was maybe the best-known, highest regarded, and most loved among Śrīla Prabhupāda’s female disciples. She became famous for her singing, cooking, Deity worship, missionary work, deep sense of dedication to Śrīla Prabhupāda, and her many saintly qualities. According to her own account, Śrīla Prabhupāda so much appreciated her abilities that he once […]
Feminists are likely to view as psychopathic the Manu-smṛti’s injunction against the independence of women. And it might be presumed that, accordingly, the lot of women in India is or was simply hellish – but this is incorrect. Undeniably, women in India, as in other traditional cultures, were restricted and controlled (both being required for […]
Śrīla Prabhupāda forthrightly and untiringly pointed out the defects of modern society, because he wanted to awaken people to their plight and give them the truth of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which is the only panacea for the myriad troubles of mankind. He referred to the “soul-killing civilization”and “the civilization of polished cats and dogs,” and analyzed […]
How may Krishna conscious women serve the Lord? “These women are not ordinary women. They are preachers. They are Vaishnavas. By their association one becomes a Vaishnava.” (Srila Prabhupada, morning walk, March 27, 1974) Srila Prabhupada, India’s greatest emissary to the Western world, set up in the West not only ashramas and temples, but an […]
As the exemplar sannyasi and ācārya, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī was particularly strict in dealings with women. He would meet females only if they were accompanied by their husband or a son. He tended to deal with women formally rather than affectionately, even they be his śiṣyās or relatives. Nonetheless, he sometimes gave extensive personal instructions […]
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