Guest guest Posted January 8, 1999 Report Share Posted January 8, 1999 On 07 Jan 1999, Krishna Kirti wrote: >> What do you mean by "DUTY* anyway? Define your terms. (Srila) >C'mon Prabhu, if you need THAT defined, we really can't discuss this issue anymore. In order to discuss ANYTHING demands we speak a common language. Without clarifying our terms, we're just talking around one another. A vague definition of *duty* is therefore precisely what lies at the heart of our misunderstandings, however we perceive it. I thus take your unwillingness to define terms as an avoidance of YOUR DUTY to be a responsible discussant in this conversation. So much for your sense of DUTY... Such an attitude suggests your understanding is one-dimensional at best. Furthermore, we lose credibility when we take the position of owning a corner on the truth to the exclusion of anyone else. I think the members of this conference all appreciate your good fortune to have landed upon such an extraordinary marital arranagement. We wish you well. But as Madhusudani Didi has rightly pointed out, yours is not the kind of relationship to hold out as the example for everyone else. It is precisely these sort of unexamined practices and naivete that has contributed to the deplorable condition of the grhastha asram in ISKCON, including the phenomena of wife and child abuse, women in general, etc. Define your terms, please, and be a gentleman. Srila dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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