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Women, it is only possible in our Vaisnava bhakti-yoga - women and men can be given equal right. There is no other system

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"Women, it is only possible in our Vaiṣṇava bhakti-yoga—women and men can be given equal right. There is no other system"

Conversations and Morning Walks

1976 Conversations and Morning Walks

Women, it is only possible in our Vaiṣṇava bhakti-yoga—women and men can be given equal right. There is no other system.


Room Conversation -- December 27, 1976, Bombay:

Hari-śauri: He says there's going to be women coming . . .

Prabhupāda: But there is no instruction. For women there is no such thing.

Hari-śauri: No women on the course.

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: No women?

Prabhupāda: That is bogus, another bogus.

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: That's bogus. But we have a lot of women who are coming to India for yoga. Half . . . the traffic is half men, half women.

Prabhupāda: Women cannot do it.

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: And a lot of the tourists who come, they are husband, wife and all together. So why don't we let them wear normal dress but have men and women in the same class?

Hari-śauri: We could . . . it's just a suggestion, but what about if you have . . .

Prabhupāda: Normal dress, that is standard.

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Or yoga pants. They can have pajamas and kurtās.

Hari-śauri: A separate woman's class? But that means . . . yes. That means you have to have women teachers.

Prabhupāda: These are artificial things.

Hari-śauri: Mixed class, but . . .

Prabhupāda: For woman there is no such . . .

Jagadīśa: I think we should avoid women altogether. Avoid women altogether?

Prabhupāda: Women, it is only possible in our Vaiṣṇava bhakti-yoga—women and men can be given equal right. There is no other system.

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: They can wear a normal dress.

Hari-śauri: If they wear those big robes . . . sometimes I see . . . it's a one-piece thing. It comes down to their ankles. If they wear something like that, it's all right.

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: If they want to do something different, you know, they want to see different things, if we give them a pajama and kurtā, we'll still make them do bhakti-yoga, but it's . . .

Prabhupāda: Bhakti-yoga, chanting, dancing there will be. They can join.

Gopāla Kṛṣṇa: Yes, but . . .

Prabhupāda: But they cannot practice. They cannot sit down like this, the women. They'll be tired. This is real practice.

Page Title:Women, it is only possible in our Vaisnava bhakti-yoga - women and men can be given equal right. There is no other system
Compiler:Rishab
Created:27 of Jun, 2012
Totals by Section:BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=0, Lec=0, Con=1, Let=0
No. of Quotes:1