Stri dharma in Krsna Consciousness

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There are never ending questions, regarding chanting of gayatri mantra, worshiping Deities and offering oblations to fire by a woman.  Let me discuss it unbiased way.  In Indian system, the straight answer is no. We Indians are so easy to accept this. For those from western origin may be difficult to digest.  Srila prabhupada gave gayatri mantra to be recited by His qualified female disciples who strictly followed Harinam Diksha vows.  Without purity, chanting mantras will never help one attain perfection.  We must always remember that great devotees like Haridasa thakura are never outrageous to break social customs. He never entered the temple of Sri Jagannath Puri. And never partook prasadam among other associates of Caitanya mahaprabhu who were brahmanas or other higher varnas.  As women we must follow the socio-cultural restrictions. Follow the rule of the land.  Still in Iskcon temples located at,  men are the pujaris. Because devotees know t...

For a grhastha a qualified wife is an assistant in every respect for advancement in spiritual activities. It is the  duty of the wife  to take charge of household affairs and not to compete with the husband. A wife is meant to help, but she cannot help her husband unless he is completely equal to her in age, character and quality.  Srila Prabhupada Purport to Srimad Bhagavatam 3.22.11 Daily Duties (dinacarya) of a chaste woman   Morning routine (4-9)  First thing a wife must do in the morning, is to take bath, adorn fresh garments.  Start sweeping and mopping. Traditionally people had mud flooring that cannot be mopped,  they used cow dung plaster everyday.  Make rangoli. Decorate the entrance of the house with turmeric and kum kum. This is the place where Goddess Lakshmi devi resides, one must never step over it or stand or sit upon it. So we used to put haldi kum kum. To remind otherwise we would step upon it unknowingly.  Clean the puja al...

A great warrior Purañjana who has conquered many of his so-called enemies, lost his life by failing to conquer his inner enemy.  SB 4.27.1, Translation and Purport : The great sage Nārada continued: My dear King, after bewildering her husband in different ways and bringing him under her control, the wife of King Purañjana gave him all satisfaction and enjoyed sex life with him. After hunting in the forest, King Purañjana returned home, and after refreshing himself by taking a bath and eating nice food, he searched for his wife. When he saw her lying down on the ground without a bed, as if neglected, and devoid of any proper dress, he became very much aggrieved. He then became attracted to her and began to enjoy her company. A living entity is similarly engaged in the material world in sinful activities. These sinful activities may be compared to King Purañjana's hunting in the forest. A sinful life can be counteracted by various processes of religion such as yajña, vrat...

As women,  we all have been pressurised or insisted on being in such and such a way that obstructs our freedom. Often, we find so many young girls asking, why is that so many restrictions for women? Don't wear this, don't do that, don't go there and sit properly etc.. annoying isn't it?  To the extent, women become vexed up "being cursed to born as women", such women become toxic and potentially hazardous than carbon monoxide.  We, all women of 20th century must understand this.   Women are strictly trained for the want of good society. Today's children are tomorrow's citizens. Nature of children primarily depends on their mother.   Kaśyapa had two principal wives Diti and Aditi. To same father, two different children were born, devas (demigods) and daityas (demons).  Since Aditi was a devotee and self controlled woman, her children inherited her nature. Diti was swayed by passion resulting in sons of destructive ability.  SB 3.14.39, Purport...