So in your country, the situation is different. You see? The boys and girls are freely mixing, and from school, college, they are freely mixing, free sex without any restriction. So we cannot enforce, at least, at the present moment. If some boy and some girl agree, then I bless him. That’s all. Now another thing, that girls should not be taken as inferior. You see? Sometimes… Of course, sometimes scripture we say that “Woman is the cause of bondage.” So that should not be, I mean to say, aggravated. (laughs) That should not be aggravated, that “Woman is inferior,” or something like that. So the girls who come, you should treat them nicely, at least. I heard that Gargamuni, after his wife left him, he became a woman-hater like that. (chuckles) That is not good. You see? Yes. After all, anyone who is coming to Krsna consciousness, man or woman, boys or girls, they are welcome. They are very fortunate. You see. And the idea of addressing “prabhu” means “you are my master.” That is the… Prabhu means master. And Prabhupada means many masters who bows down at his lotus feet. That is Prabhupada. So each, everyone shall treat others as “My master.” This is the Vaisnava system. So now, who is going with your party? That girl?
Ref. VedaBase: Room Conversation about Marriage — September 24, 1968, Seattle
Dear Devotees,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.
On Radhasthami day this year, a close friend of mine had audience with her authority. He told her something which I am now paraphrasing: All big religious movements start small and with high standards and are thus exclusive. But, as the devotees progress on the spiritual path and feel the urge to share their wonderful experiences with others, the religious movement becomes more and more inclusive, and gradually the standards go down and the essence is imperiled, if not altogether lost. So, my friend’s authority said, it is our duty to preserve the high standards of Krsna consciousness given to us by our founder-acharya, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
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