Guest guest Posted November 25, 1999 Report Share Posted November 25, 1999 Dear Basu GHosh prabhu ji, Dandavad. Prabhupada kijaya! I have been following the debate on various COM conferences regarding women's roles in ISKCON. I am not about to throw my hat in the ring as I can see that there are certainly very able speakers on both sides of the issue and, for now, I just don't have the time to add my two cents. However, in one of your comments you mentioned Mayapur and so I felt compelled to ask some questions. You wrote to someone on this conference: > But since you've never lived here in India... guess you might not have 1st > hand experience of that. Seems you never visited Mayapur... and seen how > traditional gaudiya vaishnava women behave... in the culture that Srila > Prabhupada wanted us to learn and follow... I'm not sure who you mean by "traditional gaudiya vaishnava women." However, I can tell you from my experience living here that it is not at all uncommon for visiting pilgrim ladies to push there way to the front to take darshan of Lord Nrsnghadeva (this is the only time that men are "in the front"). They don't seem to look to see if there is a sannyasi in the way. On the other hand, they generally do move out of the way when requested although I am not sure how they really feel about it. Usually no one asks them to move (sannyasis included) but they just make space for them. My point is that it seems that the tradition is more to give ladies the front of the temple than the back. What is your experience in Gujarat? Your servant, Pancaratna das Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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