Vaisnava dress

[Guest guest]

Anyone know of any reference, either from scripture or Srila Prabhupada or

tradition or elsewhere, either requiring or expecting a speaker or kirtan

leader to wear Vaisnava dress?

[Guest guest]

Mahadyuti prabhu and all other exalted prabhus,

Dandavat pranams. All glories to Srila Prabhupada

as an "old timer", I am certain that you would agree that the reason that

quotes from Srila Prabhupada regarding dress code for men are hard to come by

is because formerly non Vaishnava dress in ISKCON was unthinkable. It was

therefore a non issue from the days in which devotees first began wearing

dhotis and kurtas. A person who did not dress in Vaishnava clothing, even after

repeated contact with ISKCON, was certainly considered a way out there fringee,

and consequently was, to some degree, shunned, at least in terms of any kind of

VIP privileges such as leading kirtan or giving class. All Prabhupada disciples

remember what ISKCON used to be like in terms of strictness. But, in the name

of reform, modernization, or spreading of Krishna consciousness, classic ISKCON

standards are sometimes endangered in the name of staying in step with society

and not being up tight or prudish. In this way, everything will be lost, for

the very regulative principles we are supposed to follow are

very, very "prudish", aren't they--at least in the "liberal", non devotee

book.

The main point is that evidence is scarec because we all dressed properly,

both men and women. Let us stick with the standards we all know Srila

Prabhupada wants.

Your eternal servant,

Makhanlal das

 

 

 

Anyone know of any reference, either from scripture or Srila Prabhupada or

tradition or elsewhere, either requiring or expecting a speaker or kirtan

leader to wear Vaisnava dress?

 

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Makhanlal Das