very, very important

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>Okay, I´ll substantiate

>You made some very odd conclusions on behalf of Gunamanis posting:

 

>> Why not share that space equally with the female gender of other species

also? Is

>> that what you mean to establish by the above quote?

>> Therefore, cows, elephants, and dogs should also be treated fairly and

>> thus granted equal space in every ISKCON temple. Is this correct, Mataji?

 

>If you really thought that the purpose of the text of my wife was to

establish >female animals in the templeroom that would be an insult, yes. I

guess you just >mentioned it for humour, right?

 

At least somewhat facetiously, yes, prabhu. And I used the word "rhetorical"

once recently to explain similar questions. As you say below, these COM

communications can be confusing, being too a great degree impersonal; it's

often quite difficult to politely challenge or dispute another's statement

without being perceived as harsh/arrogant/sarcastic. And that's one reason

why I deliberately repeat "prabhu" and "Mataji" somewhat often, in an

attempt to diffuse a potentially volatile situation. (I try to remember that

Kali takes every opportunity to create dissension amongst the Vaisnavas, so

although there must necessarily be disagreements whenever there are

individuals, there should not be serious conflict amongst us followers of

Srila Prabhhupada.) And it's good practice for me to use these titles of

respect. I'm trying to train my mind to the standard of always thinking

resepctfully.

 

>Anyway, no offence taken, sometimes it would be a bit of a change to have

an >elephant or two for a kirtan, really. Hare Krishna.

 

Good point, prabhu

 

>ys Trayimaya dasa

 

>PS: As you may have noticed I do not mind in any way the use of the title

"Mataji". >There is no point in making an issue out of that. The tone of

your letter was >percieved as arrogant from my perspective, that´s all. It

may simply be the medium >of COM that confuses me, I´ll give you the benefit

of the doubt.

 

Thank you, prabhu, because I give my "brahmana's word of honor" that I used

that title with full respect, with no arrogance or sarcasm the least bit

intended. Again, although it may seem contradictory, still we know that in

Vedic culture even enemies on the battlefied would compliment each other

during the fight and would even fraternize in the evenings. So we Westerners

are gradually being pulled up to the standard of being able to ardently

disagree while simultaneously remaining fully respectful to our

"opponents"--something which is quite foreign to our Western conditioned

nature.

 

>Please accept my humble obeisances. Hare Krishna.

 

Vancha kalpa tarubhyas ca ... vaisnavebhyo namo namah.

 

>(My good wife tells me to let you know that I have a very physical job and

my biceps >(and triceps) are welldeveloped:))

 

Prabhu, please tell Mataji that I am very happy to hear that she is so well

protected!

 

--gkdas