Mothers and Masters

Bhakti Vikasa Swami

Aug 2016 · Bhakti Vikas Trust

About this ebook

Mothers and Masters presents traditionalist arguments for the direction of the Krishna consciousness movement, proposing that we should take up Srila Prabhupada's mandate to establish varnasrama-dharma rather than capitulate to the norms and ideologies of secular culture. Particularly discussed are gender roles, parental responsibilities, feminist follies, and some of Srila Prabhupada's more controversial teachings, such as those concerning early marriage, divorce, and polygamy.

Ratings and reviews

This book is a must-read for the followers of Santana Dharma. When one reads this book with an open mind, devoid of feminism and as a woman when one is in tune with her body and nature, this books starts to make a lot of sense. Sometimes truth can be uncomfortable but it is, nevertheless, truth. As women, there are a few advantages and disadvantages due to physiology. This books helps one to embrace those plus and minus points in life and lead a happy and contented life.

This book gives the solution to the problems that the world faces today in terms of gender roles, social structure, lifestyle etc. Its a practical guide for the women who want a happy and peaceful life. Must read for all ages and genders.

This book is a beacon of light for modern women who are confused and caught between hardcore feminism and family values. A must read!

About the author

The author was born in Britain in 1957 and joined ISKCON in London in 1975. Later that year, he was formally accepted as a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, the founder-ācārya of ISKCON, and renamed Ilāpati Dāsa.

From 1977 to 1979, Ilāpati Dāsa was based in India, mostly traveling in West Bengal distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s books. He spent the following ten years helping to pioneer ISKCON’s preaching in Bangladesh, Malaysia, Myanmar, and Thailand.

In 1989 he was granted the order of sannyāsa, receiving the name Bhakti Vikāsa Swami, and again made his base in India. Since then he has preached Kṛṣṇa consciousness throughout the subcontinent, lecturing in English, Hindi, and Bengali. He also spends a few months each year preaching in the West. His television lectures in Hindi have reached millions worldwide.

Bhakti Vikāsa Swami writes extensively on Kṛṣṇa conscious topics. His books have been translated into over twenty languages, with more than one and a half million in print. Mothers and Masters is his seventeenth book.

Additionally, he is involved in developing several gurukulas and also Vedic rural projects based on simple living and high thinking.