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bad is all that proceeds from weakness. So, modern feminism
is very concerned with these two points, and also that one
should be authentic. We should have authentic relationships,
which means that everything should be freely chosen. But, in
reality, their authenticity is imposed.
This trend is actually ironic because Nietzsche was not very
respectful towards women. Also, the life of Simone was quite
scandalous. Śrīla Prabhupāda however labeled all this for what
it really was; nirviśeṣa-śūnyavāda. These persons represent the
background of liberal education.
Whatever is necessary for education and life we already have
in the Vedas. We don’t have to search or experiment with these
so-called modern liberal systems. Śrīla Prabhupāda gave us the
best system of learning moral values and spiritual knowledge.
Śrīla Prabhupāda introduced the concept of sva-dharma
(occupational duty, the characteristic). Everything has
characteristics. Dharma means to render service. Everyone is
rendering service according to their characteristics. Just like
the characteristic of a microphone is to vibrate the sound.
In the varṇāśrama system, the guṇa (natural quality), karma
(natural propensity of work and its reaction) and dharma
(divinely ordained purpose) of the human being are the key
factors of civilization. Those who condemn the Vedas are
themselves condemned to blunder about in the darkness of
social, moral, and religious experimentations.
Culture, etiquette, and proper behavior distinguishes
humans from animals. Śrī Caitanya Mahāprabhu instructed
Sanātana Gosvāmī that maintenance of Vaiṣṇava etiquette
is the ornament of a devotee. Vedic culture or varṇāśrama is
the highest culture because it originates from the Supreme