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>> Yes, Mataji, the cows, monkeys, hogs, and other creatures, as

>> well as the Vaisnavis, are equally related to Krsna. Why therefore is

>> special treatment...

 

>So our respected Vaisnavis are in your opinion to be enumerated in the same

>category with "the cows, monkeys, hogs, and other creatures" if I

understood >you rightly.

 

No, you have not understood rightly.

 

>> Beyond that, of the five sectors of society to be protected, the woman

>> class is *not* actually the foremost:

 

>But for sure the most respected and needed, or would you otherwise be here

with >us? I doubt it. But maybe I just understood you wrong, in this case

I,m sorry.

 

And I *do* love my adi-mata, prabhu. But must I remind you that I also

otherwise would not "be here with us" if weren't for my adi-pita? So what is

your point, exactly, prabhu?

 

--gkd

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In a message dated 12/28/1999 8:40:12 AM Eastern Standard Time,

vyapaka (AT) accel (DOT) net writes:

 

> So we can see that by your

> criticism of the GBC and sanyasis, that you are agreeing that the standard

> to

> be followed for our movement is that set by Srila Prabhupada.

 

You misunderstand my meaning. I am not criticising anyone. In response to a

previous post by Guru-Krsna dasa, I was asking rhetorical questions of

someone who has been very critical of the standards for women in this society

but seems to overlook others who are not meeting the "vedic" standards of

their ashram or varna. But in fact Guru-Krsna dasa is not alone in his

critical campaign and some of these critical finger pointers are sannyasis,

rather like the sieve pointing out another's holes, don't you think? My

point is that this critical outlook is demoralizing and non productive no

matter who it is directed at and that we should treat each other with more

gentleness. yhs, Kanti dasi