The real question is why Mother is considered offensive.

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> >

> > Notice how the inclusion of the next sentence "Just like in England

> > there is queen." changes the meaning of the quoted passage? Now it is

> > clear that Srila Prabhupada is talking about offering appropriate forms

> > of respect to people in a higher position, not advocating the use of a

> > specific form of address.

>

> So you are concluding that there is not a single living entity in ISKCON

> in a female body who is "in a higher position" than you, simply because

> she's in a female body, and therefore you don't have to consider that they

> are "prabhu"? How absurd! And even if you are incapable of judging whether

> someone is in a "higher position" than you, is it beneath you to consider

> everyone as "master", as Srila Prabhupada recommends?

>

> I only emphasize this "higher position" point because you seem to hone in

> on it as if it gives you an out. It doesn't.

>

> And if you're going to lean on the tired old line of "women should be seen

> as mother," then reconsider: Just because a woman is considered "mother"

> doesn't negate the fact that she is also "master."

 

Excuse me, mother, it is because women are mother that they are also master.

Mother is the first guru in the life of every human being. No man can

disobey mother, not even Pandavas, the most powerful men that walked on this

earth. Therefore, desire to be honored as mother.

 

YS PD