Category:Equal Rights
Theme Analysis
Śrīla Prabhupāda presents a definition of "equal rights" that challenges modern secular understandings while offering a broader, spiritual perspective. He distinguishes between the material and spiritual platforms. Materially, he argues that "equal rights" between men and women is a fiction because natural laws (such as pregnancy) enforce distinct roles and limitations. He views the demand for artificial equality as "cheating" women out of their natural right to protection. However, on the spiritual platform, the Vedic conception guarantees truly equal rights: every living entity—man, woman, or animal—has an equal right to execute devotional service and return to Godhead. Furthermore, a genuine "Bhāgavata community" extends the right to life and protection to all beings, exposing the hypocrisy of philosophies like Communism that preach equality but slaughter animals.
- Spiritual Equality: In Kṛṣṇa consciousness, men and women have equal rights to worship the Lord and attain perfection.
- Natural Law: Materially, men and women are different; nature enforces this (e.g., pregnancy), making identical rights impossible.
- Protection vs. Independence: The Vedic system emphasizes protection for the subordinate (prakrti), whereas modern "equal rights" often leads to exploitation or lack of shelter.
- Animal Rights: True equality must include animals. Killing animals while demanding human rights is hypocrisy.
- The Bhāgavata Conception: God is the father of all; therefore, every being has an equal right to the father's property and protection.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Vedic Conception of Equal Rights.
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Pages in category "Equal Rights"
The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total.
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- If black men read our books, it will be a great achievement. As your President Lincoln gave the blacks equal rights, let us cooperate with them
- In Europe and America boys and girls mingle unrestrictedly and have equal rights; therefore it is not possible to completely separate the men from the women
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- She is already dependent on nature's law that man is free from becoming pregnant and the woman has to take the burden. Then where is the independence, equal right? Equal right means sometimes man may become pregnant, sometimes woman may become pregnant
- So the Vedic, according to the Vedic system, there is no equal right of the man and woman. The woman is always subordinate
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- The Communist philosophy also, there are so many defects. They also think of equal rights for everyone but why not for the animals? What right you have got to kill the animals? Similarly, the animal also kill you. So this is not organized society
- The female wants to become male, or equal rights. This is maya. How woman can become in equal with man?
- These are the conception, bhagavata community, equal right to everyone, even to the animals. That is Krsna consciousness
- This is ideal of human civilization. The every woman should try to become maidservant of her husband, and every man should try to become the hundred times servant of Krsna. This is Indian civilization. Not that "Husband and wife, we are equal rights"
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- We are giving equal rights to everyone. Either grhastha or brahmacari or sannyasi, the main center is Krsna. One who is advanced in Krsna consciousness is all right
- We cannot conceive equal rights of purusa and prakrti. That is not Vedic conception. Vedic conception is purusa, the superior, Supreme, and prakrti means subordinate
- Where is the benefit of equal right, independence? Phalena pariciyate. We have to see the result of every action - whether the result is beneficial. If the result is not beneficial, the action is not beneficial
- Why the poor animals should be killed? They have got equal rights. But these rascals, they will not give equal rights
- Women, it is only possible in our Vaisnava bhakti-yoga - women and men can be given equal right. There is no other system