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Hare Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhuoada.
i can think of no other religion in the world where men are encouraged to respect all women as mothers, to protect them through the three stages of their lives from those who could degrade or abuse them, where men are expected to maintain them nicely and lead them by example and instruction when necessary, give in to them when advisable, where women study the scripture and preach along with their brothers on an equal level.
I can think of no other religion that consideres The Supreme Personality of Godjead to have a female counter-part,, where all Gods all have female consorts; a religion that suggests the male form is not as practical for performing devotional service due to its being more interested in overlordship, whereas the female form is interested in cooperation and especially unconditional loving service such as a mother to her child.
I can think of no other religion where the highest pinacle of God realization is to be the female maidservant to the supremely kind and beautiful Godess Srimate Radharani, who keeps the Supreme Personality of Godhead Sri Krishna always wrapped around Her little finger and enjoys dancing with, joking with and teasing Him with Her girlfriends.
I can think of no other religion where so many of the most sacred dieties are feminine. Tree: Srimate Tulasi devi, rivers: Mothers Ganga, Yamuna, Saraswati, etc., mantra: Sri Gayatri devi, holy day: Sri Ekadasi, devotion: Sri Bhakti devi; music, poetry, drama and science: Goddess Saraswati; wealth and prosperity: Mother Laksmi devi, important animal: Gomata or Mother Cow, valuable gems: Cintamoni, controller of material world: Durgha Ma, Earth planet, Mother Bhumi–all Goddsess of great power, position, beauty and grace.
I can think of no other religion in the world where the Supreme Lord, Sri Krishna Caitanya Mahaprabhu takes on the mood of a great female devotee to teach the souls of this world how to worship God in the highest and most enjoyable way.
i know of no other religion who’s worshippable God marries 16,108 wives and lives with them all individually in 16,108 beautiful palaces performing various wonderful daily loving affairs. I can think of no other religion which allows women to spend their lives bathing, dressing, feeding, decorating, speaking and singing to small Sri Murthis or authorized forms of the Godhead, enabling her to re-establish her eternal loving mood toward Him. I can think of no other religion where the most advanced Spiritual Masters are known to have indwelling female self-realized souls and chaste, devoteed, service mentalities.
i can think of no other reliegion where the Holy name of God, Krishna is prefaced by the holy name of the Goddess, Hare in order to gain His favor more surely and quickly. Understanding these things…who would not want to be a woman in the Hare Krishna movement?
Hare Krishna, Radhe Radhe. Srila Prabhupada ki jaya!
Rasa
Besides the fact that you have misunderstandings about what Gaudiya Vaishnavism (the Hare Krishna faith) actually teaches on the various points your brought up; and besides the fact that in India there is also the Shakta faith, where God is seen as female and women are literally worshiped as her bodily manifestations; the final question you asked was perplexing considering how women are actually spoken about and treated, or at least how they teach about the gold standard of how women are supposed to be treated is in ISKCON (the “Hare Krishna movement” you are alluding to). That actual reality, as opposed to your fantasy version, is something most women would want to avoid. See the following for how ISKCON’s founder and guru spoke about women — his teachings set the mood in ISKCON and are considered to be God’s unfiltered truth to those who follow him: http://harekrishnawomen.wordpress.com/about/#6
Dear Vrajabhumi:
I read your response with interest and think that you have clarified an important part of what is really ISKCON’s cover-up of their demeaning treatment of women. I have just produced a new website:
http://mysite.verizon.net/vze4x2q7/theiskconcultunveiled
The content, especially the full-length essay, “The Guru-faking Business,” should be of interest to you and your readers. The photo of my travesty of a wedding with the now guru, Gopal Krishna “Goswami,” will have a lot of people in stitches.
Ekayani
Rasa.
As a person who was fortunate to read scriptures unaltered by your “guru” ( and I use the term loosely, I was able to learn that those 16108 women were incarnations of Sri Raddah. : yes the woman had 16108 husbands. I was also surprised to learn that in the Gita that Krishna considered himself “speech, wisdom, sound memory and virtue” I bet your swami didn’t mention that part did he!
Only one swami acted on that scripture and those facts. His name was Parmashana Yoganada. He did things according scripture and not according to Hindu culture! If Krishna was manifested in women ministers, he had women ministers. If a monk had problems with that fact, he was immediately excommunicated.
Where else can a woman preach the word, teach the masses and maintain her role as a representative of the Divine Mother!
Lets see: Bathe the deity or commune with the deity?.
Point the way to the Self Realization Fellowship: Please!
If a woman wants to be treated with respect than get away from hare krishna. We all know what is spoken behind the backs of women.
“they are inferior” Prabupada even said on many occassions that women were second class and not intelligent.. where do you think all the negative stuff comes from? Wake Up!