Guest guest Posted June 25, 2002 Report Share Posted June 25, 2002 On 25 Jun 2002, Sita Devi Dasi wrote: > Would you please explain, with reference(s) from Srila Prabhupada's > teachings, how a Vedic woman would have already been situated in the "work" > or karma of a brahmana or ksatriya before marriage. Please also show how a > girl's and woman's caste is anything other than her father's or husband's? > > Your servant, Sita dd "Everyone has some service to perform according to his designations. He may be an Indian or American, Hindu, Muslim or Christian, man, woman, brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra or whatever--in any case he is meant to do some sort of work, and that work is his occupational duty."----Srila Prabhupada, in Elevation to KC 6th Chapter. I hope you accept this as a pramana to your query. Your humble servant, Bhadra Govinda Dasa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2002 Report Share Posted July 4, 2002 > On 3 Jul 2002, Mahat-tattva das wrote: > > > Mataji Urmila didn't tell us if her understanding of the matter changed > > or not. It appears that she has more to say. If she has I would like to > > have the discussion continued publicly. > > > > Thank you. > > > Please accept my obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! > > 1) I wrote a few texts to the whole group this morning. Did you receive > them? Just now. > > 2) Does this discussion center around *my* understanding? If so, why? No, but the ball was trown into your courtyard and that is where the discussion ended. > > 3) How did this discussion (which I did not ask to join, nor initiate) > start anyway? Everything started with the following text: Text PAMHO:5478398 (14 lines) (Bhakta) Elvis Mrsa (Vodice - HR) 25-Apr-02 12:02 (14:02 +0200) Brahmacarya [995] Comment: Text PAMHO:5479199 by Mahat-tattva (das) (Los Angeles, CA - USA) Srimad Bhagavatam 2. 7. 6 - from purport --------------------------- If one wants to get freedom from the material bondage of conditional life, he must get free from the attraction for the form of woman. Woman, or the fair sex, is the enchanting principle for the living entities, and the male form, especially in the human being, is meant for self-realization. The whole world is moving under the spell of womanly attraction, and as soon as a man becomes united with a woman, he at once becomes a victim of material bondage under a tight knot. The desires for lording it over the material world, under the intoxication of a false sense of lordship, specifically begin just after the man's unification with a woman. The desires for acquiring a house, possessing land, having children and becoming prominent in society, the affection for community and the place of birth, and the hankering for wealth, which are all like phantasmagoria or illusory dreams, encumber a human being, and he is thus impeded in his progress toward self-realization, the real aim of life. (Text PAMHO:5478398) ------ > > > Years ago, I dropped out of all philosophical "conferences" except those > related to specific practical service and where all participants were both > participating and working toward that service.... > > 4) Is there some group here of which I am unaware that is part of some > project involving women and women's social/spiritual position? In other > words, is there some specific goal here, or are we simply "talking" among > ourselves for our own edification and enlightenment? (no sarcasm intended, > honest question only) The second (as far as I am concerned). Your servant, Mahat-tattva dasa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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