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Understanding controversial statements

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Both man and woman desire one another; that is the basic principle of material existence. Women in general always keep themselves beautiful so that they can be attractive to their lusty husbands. When a lusty husband comes before his wife, the wife takes advantage of his aggressive activities and enjoys life. Generally when a woman is attacked by a man — whether her husband or some other man — she enjoys the attack, being too lusty.  Srimad Bhagavatam 4.26.26  The strong man's strength should be applied to protect the weak, not for personal  aggression . ( This statement clearly  disapproves rape which is punishable act) Sex according to religious principles (dharma), should be for the propagation of children, not otherwise. The responsibility of parents is then to make their offspring Kṛṣṇa conscious. (Bhagavad Gita 7.11) SB 4.25.41, Translation and Purport :  O my dear hero, who in this world will not accept a husband like you? You are so famous, s...

Chanting fixed number of rounds everyday

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Hare Krsna, we always have one trivial question in our sadhana bhakti, how to balance chanting and services in a day? So that we don't carry forward the next day. As far as devotee women are concerned they have multifarious services, which I will broadly classifying into two categories: 1, Prescribed duties in Krsna consciousness (Varnasrama dharma)  2, Devotional service ( either cooking, cleaning, editing, deity worship or services related to books, Sankirtana, preaching etc)  “ ‘If one simply maintains an official position in the four varṇas and āśramas but does not worship the Supreme Lord Viṣṇu, he falls down from his puffed-up position into a hellish condition.’ Caitanya caritamrita Madhya Lila 22.112 Art of managing both requires practice. Often Srila Prabhupada's response was don't start something which you can't maintain. Before undertaking a responsibility, think twice. Will you be able to maintain the proper standard?  Ultimately, all our activiti...