He gave a total nonsense answer on whether women are less intelligent or not. http://www.romapadaswami.com/node/740
Devahuti calls herself less intelligent
TRANSLATION My dear son, Kapila, after all, I am a woman. It is very difficult for me to understand the Absolute Truth because my intelligence is not very great. But if You will kindly explain it to me, even though I am not very intelligent, I can understand it and thereby feel transcendental happiness. PURPORT Teachings of Lord Kapila, the Son of Devahūti, Text 30 Knowledge of the Absolute Truth is not very easily understood by ordinary, less intelligent men; but if the spiritual master is kind enough to the disciple, however unintelligent the disciple may be, then by the divine grace of the spiritual master everything is revealed. Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura therefore says, yasya prasādād, by the mercy of the spiritual master, the mercy of the Supreme Personality of Godhead, bhagavat-prasādaḥ, is revealed. Devahūti requested her great son to be merciful towards her because she was a less intelligent woman and also His mother. By the grace of Kapiladeva it was quite possible for her to understand the Absolute Truth, even though the subject matter is very difficult for ordinary persons, especially women.
Encouraging women to do karmi jobs
"Answer by Romapada Swami: Duty implies that it is prescribed by higher authority. The scriptures identify duties according to different natures and categories of persons. The spiritual master understands the nature and tendencies of a particular individual and thus prescribes work that they are most suited for, yet in a manner which will purify and elevate them." "The scriptures identify duties according to different natures and categories of persons." this is PC talk. it should read, "The scriptures identify duties according to different natures and categories of persons and gender." Why was gender not mentioned in this answer by Rompada Swami? Why? "If a woman’s working will give financial stability to the family so that she can serve Krishna with a peaceful mind, then her working may be considered. However one has to have the competence BOTH to maintain household and family requirements AND to perform the requirements in the workplace. Thus her work should be compatible to her nature, and allow sufficient time to perform her other duties properly." Still the questions of chastity and shyness remains...How will this lead to a woman being chaste when she on an minutely basis converses with her male coworkers? What is the safe guard against men at the work? How will she control her senses to not have an affair with the men at work? How will it save her marriage? What is Romapada Swami saying about this?... nothing.Room Conversation Vrindaban, June 28, 1977 ...Man’s business is to earn money, go to the market, the necessities. Woman’s business is take care of household affairs, children, and they have got engagement. And in the presence of father or elder brother or husband, a woman has to earn livelihood—that’s a great insult."and allow sufficient time to perform her other duties properly." ye, one of those duties is to be chaste. How will she achieve that if she everyday works outside the home surrounded by karmi men, not even devotee or cultured devotee men. No. 21st century Karmi men! Why is he not saying all this as well? RS: "Although material duties by themselves are external and sometimes not so easily perceived as connected to Krishna, particularly so in the context of our modern technological society — yet when worldly duties are under the sanction and direction of scriptures and spiritual authorities, it becomes possible to connect these activities to Krishna. While executing her duties, a woman may practice meditating as follows: “This duty is assigned to me by my husband as part of my service to Guru and Krishna, who are meant to be satisfied by this duty.” RS: "worldly duties are under the sanction and direction of scriptures and spiritual authorities, it becomes possible to connect these activities to Krishna." This is a total malapplication of the principle. It is like being a good husband to your gay male partner. There is no "duty" there. It is like finding a good muhurta for doing a sinful act. You can't imagine a duty and then perform the duty for Krsna. Meaning the premise of the application of the principle of the gita is wrong. It's like dushasana doing the duty of disrobing draupadi and trying to connect it to Krsna. The only connection it can have it that he not do it. This is what Romapada Swami is totally misunderstanding and on top misguiding others on the internet, where any poor devotee may access this misguided information. He has changed the whole premise of the argument and has built his case on it. EXACTLY SAME was the argument of anti-vedic guru Hridayananda Goswami - he said, "if you stop a woman from performing her duty of being a leader that is dangerous according to the Gita. And her duties are born from her nature. If she has the nature to be a leader then that is he duty towards Krsna" TOTAL NONSENSE. If she has the nature to be a leader according to vedic culture she should lead other women, organize, take charge. When she has the shamelessness to lead men she is abnormal because chaste women don't do that. How is Romapada Swami different than Hridayananda Goswami if both are manipulating the definition of a woman's duty viz., changing the definition and then bringing various quotes to support the new theory based of a wrong definition? https://youtu.be/uv7YP0rPLZI?t=1h32s
the duties of a woman are different from those of a man - SB 7.11.28http://askromapadaswami.com/can-women-work-outside-by-romapadaswami
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