No, she's not a sannyasi - or a sannyasini

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With Malati prabhu's permission, here is a quote from her dated Tue, 20 Apr

99:

 

I have definitely renounced my false renunciation. It is a moot point for me.

There was a time when all unmarried ladies wore saffron during Srila

Prabhpada's

time, so the colour of my sari is nothing unusual within our movement. I have

promised one sannyasi god-brother not to worry, however, that I have a white

sari and I will wear it upon my death bed, as per tradition.

 

In a later post, she humorously noted that she does NOT wear "saffron." The

color she uses is called "pale desert sunset!"

 

 

To summarize:

 

1. Does Malati prabhu consider herself a sannyasi or sannyasini? -- No she

doesn't.

 

2. Why does she wear "saffron"? -- It is a tradition that existed during

Srila

Prabhupada's time that all unmarried ladied wore saffron.

 

 

Unless anyone can find any quotes from Srila Prabhupada prohibitting women from

wearing saffron, it seems that Malati prabhu has been unfairly maligned on this

account, since she is simply following an older ISKCON tradition.

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi

 

 

 

Robert Cope wrote:

 

> [Text 2248503 from COM]

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> And finally, since I know Mother Malati corresponds to this conference since

> I have seen previous submissions to her: do you still consider yourself a

> sannyasini?