All women should be treated just like mother

[krsna]

All women should be treated just like mother. Not like the present society. Formerly,every woman was addressed as mother,“mataji". And now they have invented “bahinji". No. Woman should be addressed as mother. Matrvat para-daresu.

 

(Lecture in Vrindavan. 6 August 1974)

 

At the present moment, they have invented the word “bahinji":“sister”. No. In the Vedic culture there is no such thing as “sister”.“Mother” — that is Vedic culture. Any woman is called “mother”, because mother is always respected. The brahmacari would go to the householder’s house and address the ladies, “Mother, give us some alms.”

So from the childhood, a brahmacari is trained to address all women as mother. Therefore, when they are young they cannot see women in any other way. This is Vedic culture.

 

(Lecture in Mayapura. 4 October 1974)