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women in the material world are based on shastra and not
the result of material conditioning on Srila Prabhupada
by his cultural upbringing. His statements are true for all
time because he is repeating what shastra says. However,
Brahma das tries to point out in a crude way that Srila
Prabhupada’s shastric statements about women are
incomplete or incorrect and can be disregarded. He makes
a logical argument that all women are not less intelligent
or untruthful than men nor do women always require to
be under the protection of men. He uses false statements
and false logic to undermine the shastric statements
of Srila Prabhupada. Such improper use of logic is an
abomination. Srila Prabhupada writes, “We don’t use
a combination of logic and authority, we use authority.
Logic we use to convince someone who doesn’t accept the
authority. The basic principle is authority. Vedas say that
cow dung is pure and we accept it. There is no logic, but
when we practically use it we see that it is correct.” (Letters,
75-10-32) Brahma das tries to use logic to undermine the
authoritative words of Srila Prabhupada.

Relative, temporal knowledge cannot stand on its own
as eternal, spiritual knowledge. Something is relative
because it depends on the absolute. The material energy
and knowledge within it is manifest and un-manifest
eternally. It is not independent of the eternally manifest
spiritual reality. It is a shadow reflection of the spiritual

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