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.
Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-04-10-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-4.5-63.mp3 One who has grain, but is not giving anything to brahmanas is like a killer of brahmanas. General tax that goes to the king is 1/6th. In emergencies the king may take up to 1/4th. Business is half truth, half lie, because
Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-04-02-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-3.35-62.mp3 Progeny from various rites of marriage liberate various numbers of family generations from sin. Boy's side approaching the girl is not as good as girl's side approaching the boy. Blameless marriages produce blameless children, blamable marriage produce blamable children.
Full lecture transcription [link not active yet] http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/ms102/2012-04-02-Brihad-Manu-Siksa-3.04-35.mp3 The Law of Marriage Student should preferably have completed both his study and his vow. The nature of the family takes on the quality of the woman, because she manages then home environment. If both man and woman are untrained, it is
Lecture audio, this passage starting about 19:20 http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/noi102/2011-11-25-NOI-37.mp3 HH BVPS Mahārāja: Men there is sanyasa, women there is reclusion. Because it's just a matter of, you just kind-of fade into the background. Because the point is is, the woman is prominent when all the facility is there, the emotions, the senses,
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year2/noi102/2011-11-24-NOI-32-33-masculine-feminine-principle.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 2 and consists of 25 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/noi-thematic/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur November-December 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents One should not be excessively attached to association with women, even with one's own wife. Improper
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year1/bg101/2011-03-31-BVPS-BG-18.71-77-Mayas-job-and-way-of-dealing.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 1 and consists of 91 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/bhagavad-gita-seriatim/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur, September 2010-April 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents. Even those people who do not plan to attain pure devotion will be elevated by
http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/sc/year1/bg101/2011-03-14-BVPS-BG-18.42-18.48-Varnasrama-details-brahmacaries-presidents-begging.-Feminine-and-masculine-NF.mp3 This course is part of Sastra-Caksus, Year 1 and consists of 91 lectures, available on: http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/classes/bhagavad-gita-seriatim/ Given in Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur, September 2010-April 2011 The following are lecture notes briefly delineating its contents. Ishvara-bhava means protection of the citizens. One who does not protect is not a kshatriya
PHILOSOPHICAL DEFINITIONS LECTURE #1, 18th Sep 2008, Bhaktivedanta Academy, Sridham Mayapur http://seminary.bhaktivedantaacademy.com/content/uploads/2015/03/20080918_Philosophical_Definitions.mp3 HH BVPS Mahārāja: So now we will begin our study of the basic scriptures that Srila Prabhupada had mentioned, what’s known generally in ISKCON in giving a Bhakti-sastri degree. In the Academy here that will give you a