Māyā has many ways to entrap us, and her strongest shackle is the female. Of course, in actuality we are neither male nor female, for these designations refer only to the outer dress, the body. We are all actually Kṛṣṇa's servants. But in conditioned life we are shackled by iron chains in the form of beautiful women. Thus every male is bound by sex, and therefore one who wishes to gain liberation from the material clutches must first learn to control the sex urge. Unrestricted sex puts one fully in the clutches of illusion. Lord Caitanya Mahāprabhu officially renounced this illusion at the age of twenty-four, although His wife was sixteen and His mother seventy and He was the only male in the family. Although He was a brāhmaṇa and was not rich, He took sannyāsa, the renounced order of life, and thus extricated Himself from family entanglement.
Dress (Other Books)
Expressions researched:
"dress"
|"dressed"
|"dresser"
|"dresses"
|"dressing"
|"dressless"
|"dressmakers"
|"dresswalla"
Other Books by Srila Prabhupada
Teachings of Lord Caitanya
| Page Title: | Dress (Other Books) |
| Compiler: | Mayapur |
| Created: | 01 of Oct, 2011 |
| Totals by Section: | BG=0, SB=0, CC=0, OB=140, Lec=0, Con=0, Let=0 |
| No. of Quotes: | 140 |