Category:Fair Sex
Theme Analysis
The material world operates through the strong binding forces of sensual attraction, primarily facilitated through the interactions between men and women. Throughout his instructions, Śrīla Prabhupāda candidly addresses the severe dangers associated with unrestricted association with the opposite sex, specifically referring to women as the "fair sex." Because this attraction is the fundamental enchanting principle of the illusory energy (māyā), it is the chief cause of continued bondage and repeated birth and death. For anyone serious about spiritual advancement—especially those in the renounced order of life—strict regulations, shyness, and careful detachment are absolute necessities to avoid falling down from the spiritual path.
- The Ultimate Enchanting Principle: The inherent beauty and shyness of the fair sex serve as nature's most powerful tool to captivate the minds of men and bind them to materialistic life.
- The Danger of Unrestricted Mixing: Free and unregulated association between the sexes inevitably leads to spiritual degradation and the loss of all advanced human intelligence.
- Strict Codes for the Renounced Order: To maintain the purity required for liberation, sannyāsīs are forbidden from intimately associating with women, even avoiding the hearing of their singing.
- The Illusion of Material Pleasure: The arduous labor and miseries of the material world are falsely made tolerable by the temporary and ultimately frustrating rewards of sexual enjoyment.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: The Illusory Attraction of the Fair Sex.
Pages in category "Fair Sex"
The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
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- A sannyasi is forbidden to hear songs sung by the fair sex. Yet even in the rigid position of a sannyasi He (Caitanya) recommended the mode of worship preferred by the gopis of Vrndavana as the topmost loving service possible to be rendered to the Lord
- According to Manu, women, the fair sex, should not have independence at any stage of life
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- In the autumn season all the birds, beasts, and men become sexually disposed, and the bull, the stag, the male bird, the man, and other male creatures forcibly impregnate the fair sex
- Instead of helping their followers to cross the ocean of nescience, such svamis and yogis fall prey to maya, represented by the fair sex, woman, and are thus devoured by the sharks in that ocean
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- Shyness is a gift of nature to the fair sex, and it enhances their beauty and prestige, even if they are of a less important family or even if they are less attractive. We have practical experience of this fact
- Shyness is a particular extra-natural beauty of the fair sex, and it commands respect from the opposite sex. This custom was observed even during the days of the Mahabharata, i.e., more than five thousand years ago
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- The bull, the stag, the male bird, the man, and other male creatures forcibly impregnate the fair sex. A similar impregnation takes place as a result of devotional service to the Lord
- The killers are the eyebrows of beautiful women. Captivated by the beauty of the fair sex, all the men of the world are killed by bows without strings, but cannot see how they are killed by maya
- The laborers in great factories and workshops are also engaged in such burdensome work, and after working hard during the day, the poor laborer has to be again kicked by the fair sex, not only for sex enjoyment but also for so many household affairs
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- When the ass begs for sexual intercourse, he is kicked by the fair sex, yet he still follows the female for such sexual pleasure. A henpecked man is compared, therefore, to the ass
- Why there is fair sex?
- Woman, or the fair sex, is the enchanting principle for the living entities, and the male form, especially in the human being, is meant for self-realization
- Women are generally known as the fair sex, and especially in youth, at the age of sixteen or seventeen, women are very attractive to men. Therefore a woman's face is compared to a blooming lotus flower in autumn