Page 46 - Defending Prabhupada Words - By Harivlas Das

The following scriptural statements are conclusive facts
presented in shastra about “material issues.”

1. women should remain under the protection
of responsible men and should not be given
independence,

2. materialistic women (and men attached to them)
are less intelligent than men (or women), who are
seriously engaged in spiritual life,
3. an attractive materialistic woman is the gateway to
hell for an advancing devotee.

Concessions made about the association of men
and women

Srila Prabhupada made concessions about men and
women serving together in Krishna consciousness without
changing the truth about the pitfalls of association in
the absence of Krishna consciousness. Brahma das
and others have not understood this point after many
years of association with the Krishna consciousness
movement. Brahma das implies that some statements of
Srila Prabhupada may not be conclusive because they
refer to material issues is an insult because he ignores
the fact that Srila Prabhupada is simply repeating Vedic
authority correctly in context. In the next two verses with
the purports, Srila Prabhupada articulates the narrow area

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