Guest guest Posted April 17, 1999 Report Share Posted April 17, 1999 > As we've seen (see his letter to > Jennifer), the decision whether a devotee wanted to be male or female > didn't even seem to matter to Prabhupada. He just wanted the person to > > decide once and for all and then get on with the business of chanting > Hare > Krsna. > > Ys, > Madhusudani dasi Letter to: Jennifer Wayne Woodward -- Honolulu 10 June, 1975 75-06-10 Jennifer Wayne Woodward 3081 16th St. #201 San Francisco, CA. 94103 My dear Jennifer, Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June 6, 1975 and have noted the contents. First of all, you decide whether you are female or male, then be one or the other. Then, you may enter our temple any time you like. But sometimes man and sometimes woman, that is not proper. Such awkward thing cannot be allowed. It will be disturbing to others. Anyway, continue to chant Hare Krishna as much as possible. I hope this meets you in good health. Your ever well-wisher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami ACBS/ps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 18, 1999 Report Share Posted April 18, 1999 > Yes, but when the doctor said, "it's a girl!" how did he know this? Doctors >have been saying, "its a boy!" or "its a girl!" for millions of years. I doubt >in over a billion births a doctor ever said, "its an in-between!". > More likely that the birth of hermaphrodites causes an uneasy silence in the room. At least here in the west. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 19, 1999 Report Share Posted April 19, 1999 As usual Srila Prabhupada sums it all up so simply, succinctly, and compassionately. I heard that he also said, in regard to some devotees complaints about homosexuals in ISKCON, "this sex, that sex, it is all sex" or something to that effect, basicaly saying that the distinctions of sexual orientation are not important, all illicit sex is bad, and must be given up. Its really that simple, and a very personal choice. Just work out the bodily business, get settled, and begin the process of getting out of this miserable world where such confusion occurs in the first place. Srila Prabhupada ki JAI! Do we really need to get into all the nitty gritty on this issue for much longer? I didn't log on yesterday, and was greeted this morning with 90 texts! Needless to say I was overly generous with the delete key. > Honolulu > 10 June, 1975 > 75-06-10 > Jennifer Wayne Woodward > 3081 16th St. #201 > San Francisco, CA. 94103 > My dear Jennifer, > Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June > 6, 1975 and have noted the contents. First of all, you decide whether you > are female or male, then be one or the other. Then, you may enter our > temple any time you like. But sometimes man and sometimes woman, that is > not proper. Such awkward thing cannot be allowed. It will be disturbing to > others. Anyway, continue to chant Hare Krishna as much as possible. > I hope this meets you in good health. > Your ever well-wisher, > A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami > ACBS/ps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 20, 1999 Report Share Posted April 20, 1999 > > As we've seen (see his letter to > > Jennifer), the decision whether a devotee wanted to be male or female > > didn't even seem to matter to Prabhupada. He just wanted the person to > > > > decide once and for all and then get on with the business of chanting > > Hare Krsna. > > > > Ys, > > Madhusudani dasi > > Letter to: Jennifer Wayne Woodward > -- > Honolulu > 10 June, 1975 > 75-06-10 > Jennifer Wayne Woodward > 3081 16th St. #201 > San Francisco, CA. 94103 > My dear Jennifer, > Please accept my greetings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated June > 6, 1975 and have noted the contents. First of all, you decide whether you > are female or male, then be one or the other. Then, you may enter our > temple any time you like. But sometimes man and sometimes woman, that is > not proper. Such awkward thing cannot be allowed. It will be disturbing to > others. Anyway, continue to chant Hare Krishna as much as possible. > I hope this meets you in good health. > Your ever well-wisher, > A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami > ACBS/ps I really love that letter. It is great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 1999 Report Share Posted May 2, 1999 > > Every human being is either male or female according to their past life. The demigods don't make mistakes and Krsna had a very good reason to create males and females. > > > > I also like to see things in black and white, it makes things more > over-viewable. But some times things are more complicated, and there are a lot of grays. I think this is one of these cases. > Maybe the idea of demigod mistakes isn't a mistake at all. Krsna fulfills all desires, not just 'black and white' ones. .. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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