krsna katha

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Dear maharaja,

 

>no mistake! I agree there should be more Krsna katha in this conference. at

>the same time since it is mostly for men who require protection from

>attraction to the fare sex living in an overly promiscuous world, where all

>advertisements are quite provocative, mataji, really you can't blame them

>from trying to warn and protect the brahmacari's in a proper way.

 

Protection from attraction to the fare sex seems odd to me. 'Protection

from' implies that someone is out to attack... I'm sorry to say but as

'mothers' in this movement, I don't think anyone is out to ruin a persons'

spiritual life. Protecting oneself doesn't mean 'give the dog a bad name and

then kill it' as the english expression goes. One can try to alter one's own

consciousness though. If one sees someone who may be attractive wouldn't it

be healthier to see them as someone who is trying to serve Krishna with full

attention too. And as far as advertisements, they are insulting for women

too, wouldn't it also be healthier to feel compassion for those exploited

for their bodies? Just a thought...

 

>you should join or start a conference for "brahmacarinis" that include

>Krsna katha slokas telling inspiring vairagya verses from Rukmini, laksmi

>devi, pingala the prostitute etc.

 

I 'should' not do anything... I may choose to. Also I never said I'm a

brahmacarini though... I happen to be a single mum, most probably due to my

ex-husband who has never learned to treat women properly and to always put

women down and so also doesn't know how to treat women one once he decided

to get married. Resulting in a child growing up without father, and a father

living without his family.

I goal is to point this out, since most brahmacaris (believe it or not) will

get married as some point, and bring their mindset along. I just wouldn't

want to see (as in 80% of Iskcon marriages) that more children have to grow

up without their father and so further ruin many families, just because of a

wrong mindset during brahmacari training.... Just my two cents.

Respect is the key here. So please don't perceive this as an attack, it

happens to be motherly care for brahmacari's spiritual life.

 

your servant,

Subhadra-mayi dd