Guest guest Posted December 30, 1998 Report Share Posted December 30, 1998 > Also can a woman of a lower caste, and in par with a woman of a higher > caste, perform devotional service without any hindrance.For example, is > she allowed to read the Vedas or recite mantras ? If not, why not. Please > enlighten us on this. In ISKCON we don't follow the caste system as such. We are vaisnavas who are above the caste system of birth, etc. However in order to do some rituals one requires to be properly initiated into mantras. The second initiation is required for worshipping installed Deities. Women who have recieved this initiation can do the worship, while those who haven;t cannot worship pancaratrik installed Deities. Any women or man, for that matter, can become qualified to chant all kinds of mantras through the process of Krishna consciousness. Is that what you wanted to know? Yours in service, Jayapataka Swami Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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