Guest guest Posted December 8, 2005 Report Share Posted December 8, 2005 > In a message dated 12/7/2005 1:20:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, > Isvara.GGS (AT) pamho (DOT) net writes: > Why are you so much bent on finding quotes on beating women? Please supply > endless quotes on non-violence, compassion, and developing love of God. > Afterall, that's what Krishna consciousness is all about. > > Please accept my humble my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila > Prabhupada. > > Thank you prabhu for this comment, it is to the point and truthful. There > has been a troubling aspect to this thread. From my perspective there > seems to be a desire to provoke response to this seemingly morbid > fascination with the very limited number of quotes that can be found about > beating women. In the collective body of literature available to us, there > are in fact so many more quotes about other things more conducive to and > indicative of Krsna consciousness. > Let us focus and imbibe those quotes before focusing on the exceptions. > > What we do know is that there are only a few quotes on the subject, one > that is perhaps Srila Prabhupada's playful anecdote about his childhood > relationship with his sister (one would have to examine the conversation > in context to > know for sure and I do not have the time at the moment) but certainly no > specific instruction or example from Srila Prabhupada to beat anyone, > woman, child, > sudra or otherwise. > > I submit that to be the perpetrator of beatings of any kind, one must be > very certain that such an act is righteous and not simply a display of > anger and > or frustration. Having such certainty about one's rightful position to > "lord it over" another living entity is not the usual display of a humble > Vaisnava character we normally aspire to. In other words, justifying > beating someone, whomever it may be, is really walking on thin ice as far > as Vaisnava behavior goes. Perhaps if one is of Srila Bhaktisidhanta's > devotional stature, one can brandish the "stick" of devotional life, i.e. > heavy language and apparent judgements. Until that day comes, if it ever > does, it is perhaps the humble attititude we should cultivate and not the > purusha attitude.....just a humble opinion > from one grateful woman who has never been literally beaten in devotional > life, yhs, Kanti dasi Well said Kanti, as usual Your servant Braja Sevaki dd ¾ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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