The Draupadi of our society

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> Who with their mind and intelligence under some percentage control can blame

> that some (mothers, matajis, prabhus, vaisnavis, brahmacarinis, widows,

> bhaktins,) wants to have some influence? The men has obviously not done

> their protective duties well enough. Don´t blame the women - I think they

> are realistic. If they did not speak up, they would be at fault, though not

> as much as the men. They are the Draupadi of our society.

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> Your servant Trayimaya dasa

 

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"COM: Trayimaya (das) HKS (Aarhus - DK)" wrote:

 

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> >A woman looses all her respect when she looses her shyness, by attempting

> to be plainly visible alongside with men.<

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> When Draupadi was abused by Duryodhana and his gang, she became very

> visible, she became furiously visible and started, not only correcting, but

> sharply admonishing and teaching the assembled men, kings and brahmanas

> alike, as to what their dharma was. In such a situation where they had

> clearly overstepped their dharmic responsibilities, she did not hold back

> with *chaste* downcast eyes. She let it out, even to her husbands.

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> We have a situation now in ISKCON, where the leaders over the years (esp.

> the childabuse-thing comes to mind) have proven themselves to be not in

> touch with the situation, to say the least.

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> Who with their mind and intelligence under some percentage control can blame

> that some (mothers, matajis, prabhus, vaisnavis, brahmacarinis, widows,

> bhaktins,) wants to have some influence? The men has obviously not done

> their protective duties well enough. Don´t blame the women - I think they

> are realistic. If they did not speak up, they would be at fault, though not

> as much as the men. They are the Draupadi of our society.

>

> Your servant Trayimaya dasa

 

Very good points, Prabhu.