Guest guest Posted December 16, 1998 Report Share Posted December 16, 1998 > > The prostitutes have been there throughout entire history. > > You know why? Because of the demand from the side of men > > for that type of service. Very simple truth. > > I would like to see it as a way to protect normal women. Some men are not > happy with the sexlife with their wife, so they need other women too. To > protect them, the Vedic prostitute gives her "services" to fulfill that > need. Now, as far as I understand, the prostitute in those days was also a > super-expert in how to satisfy a man. This also relieved normal women to > go crazy, like in today's western society, to learn all the intricacies of > sex performance. Yes, that is also the way to see it. But the question remains, again, to protect "normal women" from what and from whom? The answer is, from the lust (and the anger, when lust frustrated) of men. "Kama esa krodha esa rajo- guna-samudbavah". The idea is, basically, to divert this lust of men from their wives, daughters, wives of other men, and so on, to the certain lesser group of women in the society - prostitutes. Now, I also do not think that all prostitutes in the "vedic" times were noble and Vaisnavas, devotees of the Lord that performed that type of devotional service to Krsna. Yes, that may be said for Dvaraka, Krsna's city. But from the example of Ajamila's life, we see the type of a prostitute just as some from the streets of Hamburg - a sinful drunken sudrani. In any case, seeing it this way or that way, the cause for the existence of the prostitute is to be found in men's lust. Not that prostitutes happen to be, so let's us, "innocent vedic men", check out what these creatures are all about. So, men of ISKCON (that are from this category, and eager to have the "whore ministry"), simply pay the visit to a prostitute in the place you live at, and both purposes (satisfaction of your lust & protection of ISKCON matajis) will be served. What this "whores in ISKCON" proposal from Jivan Mukta has to do with establishment of varnasrama-dharma anyway? I suppose we can simply leave it behind our backs. First start with figuring out your varna that you are closest to, not a whore. "Krishna-varna" can even a prostitute clame to be belonging to, se we got no where from that. ys mnd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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