GHQ: all misogynists?

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> On 27 Dec 1999, Sraddha dd wrote:

 

>> Philosophical and practical, both, actually. In other words, the overall

>> moral and social conditions of ISKCON devotees needs to be uplifted. That

>> will be done by improving our understanding of and application of Krsna

>> consciousness philosophy and Vedic culture.

 

>This is still not clear. What is exactly that the GHQ people whant to

change >and think that is not proper in a current ISKCON system?

 

Divorce, remarriage, feminism, sannyasis intermingling with women, to name a

few. If you're really interested you should visit <www.ghqd.org> Beyond

that, I personally invite you to contribute something, perhaps on the topic

of "sannyasis should not be involved in management" or something like that,

which you are convinced of.

 

>What is it that is philosophically wrong?

 

The above are all philosophically wrong, as far I have understood.

 

>Arn't Sita and Jivan Mukta part of the GHQ group? Jivan Mukta came up with

an >idea that one is becoming a pure devotee by becoming a brahmana and Sita

and >him were preaching that a woman gets the varna of her husband.

 

SP himself said that woman's varna is determined by the husband's. So they

were simply preaching on the basis of having researched Srila Prabhupada's

teachings. I don't now anything about the "becoming pure by becoming a

brahmana" idea. They have a very voluminous paper on <www.ghqd.org> entitled

"Vaisnavism and Social Responsibility."

 

>And if they don't represent the GHQ, whom do they represent then?

 

GHQ *was* a COM conference but was terminated over a year ago. I'd say that

Jivan Mukta Prabhu and Mother Sita do their best to properly represent Srila

Prabhupada. And I am quite confident that they *do not* represent misogyny.

 

--gkd