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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
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