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| EUROPE December 3, 1998 VNN2606 See Related VNN Stories Swami Turns Down Marriage Proposal BY MADANALASA DD (FROM COM/PADA) GERMANY, Dec 3 (VNN) — It looks like some of the men in this movement have a lot of fear of women, and therefore they are trying to keep us quiet. The latest story here in Germany shows that the women are waking up and not simply swallowing everything (in the name of chastity). I thought it might be interesting for our international readers. One sannyasi here in Germany (self-proclaimed member of the "old school") has been satisfying his emotional needs though a relationship with one particular woman. (This is what Jagadisa Pr. explained so nicely in his farewell letters - a phenomenon which over the years has been no secret to us women.) Now, this time he chose the wrong one. She is an intelligent, self-aware woman - not a member of the old school like we are (the "chaste and humble" ones). They were completely entangled in one another, and after some time she openly confronted him with the question of marriage. Of course he was completely shocked - she wasn't playing by the old rules. He, a fixed-up sannyasi should consider marriage? How can the stupid, lusty mataji propose marriage to a renunciate? So, what did he do? He ran away. We just heard that his latest plan is to do puja - he wants to hide behind Lord Nrsimhadeva. My own idea is that this plan can't work very well, Nrsimhadeva likes to have His devotees IN FRONT of Him, not behind. Unfortunately the problem still exists that this mataji has been put through the emotional mill, giving her energy to help maintain someone else's "devotional" career, without getting much in return. And unfortunately she is neither the first nor the last to suffer the effects of the "old-school"-double-standard. Interesting is of course that we have recently heard from "authoritative sources" that women have no soul (again) and therefore maybe these things ARE authorized... ys Madanalasa dd See Related VNN Stories This story URL: http://www.vnn.org/europe/EU9812/EU03-2606.html |
