Page 74 - Defending Prabhupada Words - By Harivlas Das

politics, history, social issues, etc. is a grave mistake. He
cannot be perfect in one and imperfect in the other. It
is certain however, that we, his disciples have imperfect
vision and understanding. We may misunderstand the
real meaning of his words, but the test of time will prove
that Srila Prabhupada made no mistakes or inappropriate
choice of words even in casual conversation.

I want to relate another incident that was very instructive
for me. While giving a class on the first chapter of the
Bhagavad gita 1.40, I read from the purport,

“Good population in human society is the basic principle
for peace, prosperity and spiritual progress in life. The
varnasrama religion’s principles were so designed that
the good population would prevail in society for the
general spiritual progress of state and community. Such
population depends on the chastity and faithfulness
of its womanhood. As children are very prone to be
misled, women are similarly very prone to degradation.
Therefore, both children and women require protection
by the elder members of the family. By being engaged
in various religious practices, women, will not be misled
into adultery. According to Canakya Pandita, women
are generally not very intelligent. So the different family
traditions of religious activities should always engage
them, and thus their chastity and devotion will give birth

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