Why Women Can Be Śikṣā, but Not Dīkṣā Gurus?
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.
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.
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.
Prabhu: Sometimes devotees like to say a lot about how Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati said, ‘Feed them meat if you have to, whatever it takes to get them to be Krishna conscious.’ HH BVPS Maharaja: Yeah, and so who is doing it?
Dvaraka was not a village, neither was Indraprastha, neither was Mathura, neither was Hastinapura. So Varnashrama also includes cities. The main point is Krishna consciousness.
Mataji: What is your view of Matajis doing full dandavats? HH BVPS Maharaja: Ahh, if they want, they can… Problem is is, see, Gaudiyas generally don’t. Others do, but the Gaudiyas generally are not so… See, there is Vaishnavas in general, then you have your peculiarities of the group, or particularities of the group. So […]
Prabhu: In a family of devotees kids sometimes watch cartoons or hear audio recordings, stories about Krishna or Vedic thematics. But often this kind of material contains violence because Krishna kills demons etc…
“Unless you can identify the quality of Kṛṣṇa that you are looking for, then you can’t even see what is the connection. Because the point is is, it is not the game. The game is just a medium for that quality.”
Prabhu (1): Why do we have so much faith in external results and not in relationships?