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Thursday, April 26, 2018

Housewife Meditations According to Sastra

Some major posts are relisted here according to Srimad Bhagavatam verses: SB 6.18.33-34;SB 6.19.17 ;  7.11.25; SB 7.11.26-27, etc




THE HUSBAND IS THE SUPREME DEMIGOD FOR A WOMAN (Pati Devanam)
Husband Worship or Deity Worship?
Seeing Supersoul
The Position Test
The Games People Play
Male Ego 101

SHE RENDERS SERVICE TO HER HUSBAND WITH LOVE
A Servant's Heart
Expressions of Love: From Padma Purana, More from Padma Purana; From Srimad Bhagavatam; Ideals Taught by Queen Draupadi; From the Naladiyar, From Sri Vaisnava Dipika; More Loving Ways


SHE IS READY TO EXECUTE THE DESIRES OF HER HUSBAND
Don't be a Banyan Tree

SHE IS ALWAYS FAVORABLY DISPOSED TOWARD HER HUSBAND:
SHE FOLLOWS THE VOWS OF HER HUSBAND
The Marriage Vow
Plans for Personal Purity
Guarding the Fort
Guarding the Fort Part II

SHE IS ALWAYS CLEAN WITH NICE DRESS AND ORNAMENTS:

SHE CONTROLS HER SENSES and SPEAKS SWEETLY

SHE IS SATISFIED IN ALL CIRCUMSTANCES

SHE IS FULLY CONVERSANT WITH RELIGIOUS PRINCIPLES

SHE TAKES CARE OF THE CHILDREN

"A husband is the supreme demigod for a woman. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Vāsudeva, the husband of the goddess of fortune, is situated in everyone's heart and is worshiped through the various names and forms of the demigods by fruitive workers. Similarly, a husband represents the Lord as the object of worship for a woman." _SB 6.18.33-34

"Accepting her husband as the representative of the Supreme Person, a wife should worship him with unalloyed devotion by offering him prasada"- SB 6.17.19

"O Vidura, Devahuti served her husband with intimacy and great respect, with control of the senses, with love and with sweet words." SB 3.23.2

"To render service to the husband, to be always favourably disposed toward the husband, to be equally well disposed toward the husband's relatives and friends, and to follow the vows of the husband, these are the four principles to be followed by women described as chaste." (Srimad Bhagavatam 7.11.25)

"A chaste woman should not be greedy, but satisfied in all circumstances. She must be very expert in handling household affairs and should be fully conversant with religious principles. She should speak pleasingly and truthfully and should be very careful and always clean and pure. Thus a chaste woman should engage with affection in the service of a husband who is not fallen." (SB 7.11.28)

"As soon as there is no quarrel between the husband and wife, the home will be happy. And as soon as there is misunderstanding between husband, wife, it will be hell. So the principle is the husband honestly tries to earn livelihood, and at home the wife should be so intelligent that whatever money the husband has earned, she’ll manage. She’ll not demand, "Bring money, bring money, bring money. Otherwise it cannot be..." Then the home will be happy." Rm. Conversation, Detroit, 6/14/76

"Especially instruction are given to men. All literatures, all Vedic literatures, they are especially meant for instruction to the men. Woman is to follow the husband. That's all. The husband will give instruction to the wife. There is no such thing as the girl should go to school to take brahmacārī-āśrama or go to spiritual master to take instruction. That is not Vedic system. Vedic system is a man is fully instructed, and woman, girl, must be married to a man. Even the man may have many wives, polygamy, still, every woman should be married. And she would get instruction from the husband. This is Vedic system. Woman is not allowed to go to school, college, or to the spiritual master. But husband and wife, they can be initiated. That is Vedic system." SB 1.3.13 lecture, LA 9/18/72

"A woman's real business is to look after household affairs, keep everything neat and clean, and if there is sufficient milk supply available, she should always be engaged in churning butter, making yogurt, curd, so many nice varieties, simply from milk. The woman should be cleaning, sewing, like that. So if you simply practice these things yourselves and show examples, they will learn automatically..." (Letter, Calcutta 2/16/72)

"Woman should be expert in cooking. That is their natural tendency. They should be educated how to cook nicely, how to please the husband, how to take care of the children. This is Vedic civilization. In the beginning a woman, childhood, she’s trained up by the mother. Then as soon as she is married, formerly, child-marriage, so she’s transferred to the care of mother-in-law. There she is trained up. Then she becomes very good housewife, takes care of household affairs, husband, children, and home becomes happy." -Rm Conversation, Baltimore, 7/7/76

"A chaste woman must dress nicely and decorate herself with golden ornaments for the pleasure of her husband. Always wearing clean and attractive garments, she should sweep and clean the household with water and other liquids so that the entire house is always pure and clean. She should collect the household paraphernalia and keep the house always aromatic with incense and flowers and must be ready to execute the desires of her husband. Being modest and truthful, controlling her senses, and speaking in sweet words, a chaste woman should engage in the service of her husband with love, according to time and circumstances." -SB 7.11.26-27

"Your feelings of love and affection for Me are very appropriate because I am the Supreme Personality of Godhead. All living creatures are My parts and parcels, and naturally they are affectionate to Me. So this affection for Me is very much welcome, and I congratulate you for this. Now you can go back to your homes. Another thing I must explain to you is that for a chaste woman, service to the husband without duplicity is the best religious principle. A woman should be not only faithful and chaste to the husband, but affectionate to the friends of her husband, obedient to the father and mother of the husband, and affectionate to the younger brothers of the husband. And most importantly, the woman must take care of the children." (Krishna book)