It is not based on spiritual values. No one should fool themselves on this. It is based purely on social values, modern social values, that the women should be dīkṣā-gurus.
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/2015/01/20150123_SB203_4.23-4.26_Kardama_Devahuti_Marriage_Match-making.mp3 23rd January 2015, Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sri Mayapur Dhama Reading from Srimad Bhagavatam Study Guide: 23. The Supreme Lord continued: "The Emperor Svāyambhuva Manu, the son of Lord Brahmā, who is well known for his righteous acts, has his seat in Brahmāvarta and rules over the earth with its seven
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One only notices qualities one has. Now, you might notice them in the positive or in the negative. So you associate with those you see in the positive, but you have to be careful that the negative that you are seeing is actually negative and it's not just that one
Institution is necessary because you are dealing with neophytes, the evil is the neophytes themselves. It is not that the system itself is the problem, it is the system how it is used by the neophyte mentality. If the institution is used for one's own purpose, that's the evil.
Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu is very kind, in that He manifested. Because they [the Shyamakunda and Radhakunda] were there, nobody knew about them, He could have just left it that way. Because here is the highest position, Govardhana is there, the highest spot, but within Govardhana then Radhakunda and Shyamakunda.
Prabhu: It is said that when we chant the Holy Name there is a cleansing process in the heart. How does it practically happen?
It takes about ten minutes to teach someone how to do book distribution, but the lifestyle of Vaiṣṇavism, to have the cleanliness, to have all the different things like that, that takes a lifetime to train.
Reading from 'The Apasampradayas, deviant Vaishnava sects' by Suhotra Svami*: "The link between namaparadha and full-blown deviation from the sampradaya is indicated by Srila Jiva Goswami who warns in the Bhakti Sandarbha that there are offenders to the holy name who are acikitsya or incorrigible (jnana-lava-durvidagdhastra-acikitsya-atva-dupeksa). Devotees, always compassionate, try
https://usercontent.one/wp/bhaktividyapurnaswami.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/20130301-Apasampradayas-p-5-10.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 3 and consists of 25 lectures, available on: Apasampradāyas Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents. Incorrigible offender places great emphasis on their own mundane knowledge, techniques, achievements, but due to their offenses they