What does shreela prabhupada say about gay people
Question:
Could I be an initiated member of the Hare Krishna movement if I am gay and practice homosexuality?
Our Answer:
Anyone can practice Krishna consciousness. Chanting Hare Krishna mantra, reading Srila Prabhupada‘s books, coming to the temple, taking prasadam are open to everyone…and spiritual advancement will certainly be the result.
Initiation is a very thoughtful commitment however, and occurs only after a fine deal of self-reflection and training. First, the candidate needs to seriously apply Krishna consciousness for six months at the very least. This involves studying Srila Prabhupada’s books, performing practical knowledge of the philosophy of Krishna Mind, associating with devotees, accompanying the four regulative principles and chanting sixteen rounds of Hare Krishna mantra on beads daily. The four regulative principles are: No meat eating, no gambling, no intoxication and no sexual connection outside of marriage, except for the procreation of children.
Once you have been doing the above for some time—six months at the very least—you can approach a senior member of ISKCON and request to be initiated. The prospective guru and
TEXT 26
pahi mam paramatmams te
presanenasrjam prajah
ta ima yabhitum papa
upakramanti mam prabho
SYNONYMS
pahiprotect; mamme; parama-atmanO Supreme Lord; teYour; presanenaby order; asrjamI created; prajahliving beings; tahimahthose very persons; yabhitumto have sex; papahsinful beings; upakramantiare approaching; mamme; prabhoO Lord.
TRANSLATION
Lord Brahma, approaching the Lord, addressed Him thus: My Lord, please preserve me from these sinful demons, who were created by me under Your order. They are infuriated by an appetite for sex and have approach to attack me.
PURPORT
It appears here that the homosexual hunger of males for each other is created in this episode of the creation of the demons by Brahma. In other words, the homosexual liking of a dude for another dude is demoniac and is not for any sane male in the plain course of life.
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Question:
What undertake the teachings of Krishna consciousness state about gay marriage?
Our Answer:
The principle of “gay marriage” is neither condemned nor advocated in scripture—it’s not even addressed—but at the risk of saying things you already know, it may help to open answering this ask by first discussing what Krishna thought means, how sex influences our thinking, and what marriage is for from a spiritual viewpoint.
Krishna consciousness means switching our concentrate from trying to satisfy our senses to trying to satisfy the supreme spiritual being, Krishna . When we make that switch, we become calm, self-satisfied, and we start to know the huge difference between our correct self and our temporary body.
The unattached biggest obstacle to our peace, satisfaction, and self-knowledge is sex. It’s the highest pleasure accessible through the body, and the more we do it, the more uninformed of our spiritual nature we obtain. Sexual indulgence is the number one enemy of spiritual awareness, whether we’re sexually attracted to the same sex or to the opposite sex. From the spiritual show of view, it doesn’t make much of a difference; t
In the book Tough Questions, Difficult Answers by Kaunteya (JPS) Prabhu, at the beginning of the third chapter, titled “Homophobia,” the author defines the synonyms “homophobia” and its other meanings. Then, when it comes to scriptural investigation, he mentions it as sin, often compares it with heterosexism, and says that it is also natural like heterosexism. Since heterosexual marriages are recognized in ISKCON, homosexual marriage should also be endorsed and encouraged in ISKCON. So, in this way, he recommends that ISKCON should institutionalise gay and lesbian marriages.
However, the main point that he misses is that the attraction between men and women and marriage between them are widely talked about in Vedic scriptures, and the authorized union between them is constituted as vivāha-saṁskāra. The culture of formal gay marriage is not mentioned anywhere in Vedic scriptures as vivāha-saṁskāra. If it was not formalised in Vedic times, why do it now in ISKCON? We complete not see examples of gay marriages in Vedic scriptures. That itself means that it was not as common or organic as the author speculates. Homosexual sex was indeed there during that occasion but not as innate and
Please accept my blessings. I am in due receipt of your letter dated May 13rd, 1975 and have noted the contents. I am very sorry that you have taken to homosex. It will not help you advance in your attempt for spiritual life. In truth, it will only hamper your advancement. I execute not know why you have taken to such abominable activities. What can I say? Anyway, attempt to render whatever service you can to Krishna. Even though you are in a very degraded condition Krishna, being pleased with your service attitude, can pick you up from your fallen mention. You should stop this homosex immediately. It is illicit sex, otherwise, your chances of advancing in spiritual life are nil. Show Krishna you are serious, if you are. (More...)
Prabhupada: No, they are drinking. They are having homosex. They are encouraging homosex, giving man-to-man marriage. You know that? This is going on. Doing everything nonsense. (More...)
The gay appetite of a dude for another man is demoniac and is not for any sane male in the ordinary course of life.
Lord Brahma, approaching the Lord, addressed Him thus: My Lord, please protect me from these sinful demons, who were created by me