On Domestic Violence
Kṛṣṇa never deals roughly with any of His women. He is a man. Women deal roughly with other women. So if you deal emotionally roughly with women, that’s called a woman, not a man.
Kṛṣṇa never deals roughly with any of His women. He is a man. Women deal roughly with other women. So if you deal emotionally roughly with women, that’s called a woman, not a man.
A brāhmana should always fear homage as if it were poison; and constantly desire to suffer scorn as though he would long for nectar. For he who is scorned may sleep with an easy mind, but the scorner utterly perishes.
Kali-rāja knows: you break down restriction, you break down relationships. You break down relationships, people can’t work together. People can’t work together, you cannot have saṅkīrtana.
For Kṛṣṇa, spending time with the devotees – that is what is important. Just getting things done, He is already doing that as Paramātmā, and He is not with the devotees, that’s why it is considered a lower level.
If it is connected to Krishna, it is spiritual. It is not connected to Kṛṣṇa – it is material, that’s all. But the form between the two is the same. That must be understood, otherwise relationships cannot be understood.
Reading from Nectar of Instruction Study Guide: The devotee’s duty is to practice forgiveness and show mercy. HH BVPS Maharaja: Because forgiveness, it’s one of the, you could say, the shastras will talk that it’s one of the prominent qualities of the brahmana, if not the most important, is forgiveness. Because it’s harder when you […]