Guest guest Posted August 17, 2005 Report Share Posted August 17, 2005 > up€dhy€yaH pit€ jyeSTha-bhr€t€ caiva mahIpatiH | > m€tulaH zvazuraH sUto m€t€maha-pit€mahau | > varNa-jyeSThaH pitavyac ca sarve te guravaH smat€H | > guruNam api sarveS€M pUjyaH pa~ca viZeSataH | > teS€m €dy€s trayaH ZreSTh€s teSaM m€t€ supUjit€ || > > "One's teacher, father, elder brother, the king, one's maternal uncle, > father-in-law, chariot driver (?), and maternal and paternal grandfathers, > and also those who are higher varNas than oneself and one's elders are all > consider by scripture to be gurus. Among all these gurus, moreover, the > first five are especially worshipable, and among these the first three. > Among them, one's mother is the most worshipable." (KUrma Pur€Na) > > This is quoted in Hari-bhakti-vil€sa (San€tana Gosv€mI's TIk€ to 4.361) > > May our mothers be honoured! Wonderful quote, thank you. I wonder then: does this mean all the women in ISKCON? Because there seems to be a huge discrepancy between all these nice quotes, and the way women are often treated in ISKCON--especially by some who post the quotes (present company excepted, Purnacandra prabhu). I know of course that the men always jump in and say "but that's the woman's fault, they don't act properly, etc..." but really, that's hardly a truthful argument, is it? According to this article, the men of ISKCON should be literally worshipping all the women. Now THAT I'd like to see.... Your servant Braja Sevaki dd ¾ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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