Guest guest Posted December 12, 1999 Report Share Posted December 12, 1999 On 12 Dec 1999, Prsnigarbha HKS wrote: > But what men forget is that being born in a superior position is not > enough. Being born a brahmana does not make you one. You have > to qualify yourself. So if you are born a man, you have to qualify > yourself, to be superior to women. > > > So on the one hand we have Vaisnavis pleading for protection; on the > > other, vying for power--a guaranteed lose-lose situation. They'll not get > > protection by competing with their protectorates, because it "just ain't > > no fun" for a man to try to protect a contrary-minded subordinate. And > > they won't get power either, because the power of a woman is her shyness. > > A lousy excuse. No Vaisnavi is adverse to submissing herself to a > qualified husband. Its the women nature to do that. But if the man > need to say "I am superior", and beat his wife in the head to get > the point through, then something is wrong. Either he married someone > that is more qualified than him, and he cannot match up, or he is > not qualifying himself to the point that he should be, according to > his nature. Well, those who want to follow that logic can do so, but as afollowers of Srila Prabhupada perhaps it's better to follow *his* instructions; for example: "...However great a woman may be, she must be ready to carry out her husband's orders and please him in all circumstances. Then her life will be successful." (SB 9.3.10P) And that's only 2 sentences of a quite revolutionary purport. We have free will. We can use it to try to follow the advice of the acaryas or we can use it otherwise. Isn't it? --gkd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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