Not having children

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> I have heard also that Srila Gour Govinda Maharaja, who himself had seven

> children, said some words to the effect that an advantage in having a

> marriage

> with children is that one gets a nice beating from the material energy

> from which comes plenty of impetus to surrender to the all merciful Lord

> Krsna!

Actually my opinion is that everything in KC turns out to be auspicious.

When I was TP and brahmacari I got such nice beating from all sides, that

this turned out also nice to have surrendered mood. But my opinion is that

not neccesarily every marriage has to end in suffering. One can advance in

also in a marriage which is going on normally. As there are plenty of

examples of gaudiya vaishnava grhasthas.

I think it is individually to judge of whether to have children or not. I

saw that some Matajis are very advanced devotees and have children, some

dont have and are not neccesarily renounced.

Your servant

Damana Krishna dasa