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Vaishnava marriage counselors Partha Das and Uttama Dasi were recently invited, under the recommendation of GBC Bhakti Vijnana Swami, to offer marital and premarital education to devotees in Moscow, Russia, for the first time. The effort was an important service to the vast and fast-growing 10,000 member ISKCON Moscow community, who were grateful to learn […]
Do “real men” tolerate bad wives or do they reject such wives? Manu gives several examples of bad wives worthy of rejecting. Here is just one such quote. “She who drinks spirituous liquor, is of bad conduct, rebellious, diseased, mischievous, or wasteful, may at any time be superseded (by another wife). A barren wife may […]
Srila Prabhupada writes in a letter: The point is that the women must be protected, and it is the duty of the leaders of our society to see that this is carried out. A husband should protect his wife materially and spiritually as far as possible. If she doesn’t want that protection, that is another […]
The general procedure of Vedic marriage is that a father offers his daughter to a suitable boy. That is a very respectable marriage. A boy should not go to the girl’s father and ask for the hand of his daughter in marriage. That is considered to be humbling one’s respectable position. Svāyambhuva Manu wanted to […]
First, let us consider what Srila Prabhupada has written in his purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 6.2.26 (emphasis mine) “The men of the higher classes — the brahmanas, ksatriyas and vaisyas — do not beget children in the wombs of lower-class women. Therefore, the custom in Vedic society is ≫ to examine the horoscopes of a […]
If a case of illicit sex between a man and an unmarried woman were brought before Prabhupada, he never blamed the woman. He said it is the man’s fault because the man is supposed to be strong and intelligent, and that a woman naturally and innocently follows a man. Can you please provide a reference […]
For some people the episode of Rama exiling Sita to the forest, while she was five months pregnant, is one of the most disturbing and incomprehensible events in the Ramayana. It seriously tests their faith; and in some cases actually breaks it, leading some to even offend Lord Rama. They forget it is a divine […]
Sacred union will benefit every single person, whether or not married – even brahmacaris or sannyasis will benefit personally and in their preaching. Negative paradigms about women and marriage still exist today in the minds of many in ISKCON. Men especially are prone to misunderstand their responsibility to be a caring and loving partner. They […]
This is a letter by Srila Prabhupada (dated January 4, 1973) clearing the misunderstanding that grihastha life is an impediment to spiritual progress. My dear Madhukara, I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter dated December 22, 1972, and I have noted the contents with care. For these questions arising between married husband and wife, […]
The teachings of the Bhagavad-gita help us see beyond the apparent randomness of tragedy. I had Just Turned eleven when our small island town was gripped with terror. Mary Kelly had disappeared three days earlier, and now her mutilated body had been found in the woods just a mile from where I lived. The intensive, […]
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