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Woman, they are generally equipped with the qualities of passion and

ignorance. And men also may be, but man can be elevated to the platform of

goodness. Woman cannot be. Woman cannot be. Therefore if the husband is nice

and the woman follows, woman becomes faithful and chaste to the husband,

then their both life becomes successful. There are three qualities of

nature: sattva, rajas, tamas. So rajas, tamas generally, that is the quality

of woman. And man can become to the platform of goodness. Therefore

initiation, brahminical symbolic representation is given to the man, not to

the woman. This is the theory. Therefore the combination should be that the

husband should be first-class devotee, Krsna conscious, and woman should be,

woman should be devoted to the husband, faithful, so that she would help the

husband to make progress in Krsna consciousness. Then their both life is

successful. Otherwise, if the husband simply becomes captivated by the

charming beauty of woman and engages himself in the sex life, then his life

is lost, and the woman, they are less intelligent, unless they are guided by

proper husband, her life is also lost. So those who are not demigods... Here

it is said, apayayat suran. Sura-asura. Sura, those who are not developed to

Krsna consciousness, they are asura. So every husband should be a sura. Sura

means devotee. And every woman should be religious. Religious means to

become chaste, faithful to the husband. And the husband should become a

devotee. Then both of them will make progress in Krsna consciousness and

that is the perfection of life.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.17 -- Los Angeles, September 22,

1972

 

 

 

It may be clearly said that the understanding of a woman is always inferior

to the understanding of a man. In the Western countries there is now

agitation to the effect that man and woman should be considered equal, but

from this verse it appears that woman is always less intelligent than man.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => SB 6.17.34, SB 6.17.35, SB 6.17.34-35

 

 

 

Srila Prabhupada says here that women cannot be in goodness therefore the

husband should be nice and the woman should follow. The duties of men and

women are clearly given. My observation is that neither modern men nor women

like to hear women called less intelligent because neither of them want to

accept their respective responsibilities. I am talking about the society of

devotees. Therefore the result is that we have irresponsible grihastas who

don't like to have ladies called less capable in any respect because very

often they are the once to make money and maintain family. And we have

brahmacaries who are not very eager to take the trouble to undergo the

process of purification. I think that the ladies should be intelligent

enough and say that they are less intelligent and therefore have men take

care of them. Otherwise they'll prove opposite.

 

Your servant,

Mahat-tattva dasa