ISKCON about women, devi and Prabhu

[Paramananda das]

dear devotees

PAMHO AGTSP

I was reading the GBC resolutions of 2014.One of the issues  was that wether women should be addressed as Devi ,Mataji or Prabhu.

  There is two sides to it ,one is presented by traditional vaisnava line ,say Bhakti Caru Swami has made it very clear Prabhu is for men.

Now Malati devi obviously heard Srila Prabhupada sometimes encourage women calling them Prabhu in the early days of ISKCON. 

He even allowed women to wear saffron in the beginning or more like a yellow dress .However as ISKCON matured all the Prabhus for women went away and it became as it should be, women are addressed as mataji or devi dasi. In Gaudiya math often women are called Didis (sister) however this was never used by Srila Prabhupada in ISKCON that I know of.In Bhakti Ratnakara and other vaisnava sastras women are never addressed as Prabhu ,not even Jahnava mata the eternal consort of Lord Nityananda

HH Gaura Govinda Maharaja taught us that all women are vaisnavis and should be respected as such if they act as such.Now if one is married to a vaisnavi there is no question of having illicit sex,because that is an offence to Lord Visnu.Vaisnavis belong only to Visnu.So strictly speaking one should not even marry a vaisnavi unless it is strictly KC.But many persons are not strict vaisnavas or vaisnavis but grhamedhis.That do not even rise at 4 am and chant the Maha mantra.That is pseudo devotees.They regularly have illicit sex with their socalled vaisnavi wife...

Gaura Govinda Maharaja once said in a class ,:" Can one have illicit sex with a vaisnavi? How can you do these sins Baba? 

  It is sin to have illicit sex with ones wife, and Prabhupada said never to sleep in the same room as ones wife (Vrindavana 1975)

Sex life is only for procreation of KC children.

Real vaisnava means to chant 64 rounds daily and control ones senses, this is Lord Caitanyas standard.So we should follow this.That is if we are sincere in KC.And for sannyasis and Brahmacaries , they should have zero to do with any women , it is a waste of time to deal with them anyway.Why? Mostly women have zero to minimal interest in advancing in KC they use ISKCON as a social club ,they do not know sastra ,slokas and most do not chant Hare Krsna japa.  A few rare matajis do and all respects to them .Is it brahmacaries or sannyasis  duty to marry women that lust over them ,because otherwise these women will leave KC?     No it is not...let them go home .Vaisnavis never chase men ,vaisnavas never chase women ,it is that simple and very strict    .Is it a sin to remarry , yes you bet it is ...Srila Prabhupada was against it         .

your servant

Paramananda das

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