Prabhus

MARRIAGE: Have you been married before? What is your concept of marriage? What are you expectations of marriage? Why have you chosen me as a potential spouse? What is your understanding of a Krsna Conscious marriage? What is the role of the husband? What is the role of the wife? After marriage, do you think […]

In looking for the life-partner many people give particular attention to the age difference between the man and the woman. Srila Prabhupada often spoke about the subject and, as a general guideline, he recommended that the man be older, “the boy should be at least five years older than the girl.” (Letter to Hamsaduta, 18

Experiences with searching partners online tend to be mixed. Some devotees establish connections that end in marriage; in other cases the online searching end with disappointment and frustration. Some young ladies, for instance, stopped listing their names on devotional matrimonial sites after becoming disgusted by the inappropriate responses of some of the men listed. It’s

Some people look at interracial marriages as cool, others have an inborn dislike for them, but each case is, of course, different. We are the International Society for Krsna Consciousness; we know we are not this body; we are not American, Chinese, Indian or Russian. As an international society there are chances for international marriages

Srila Prabhupada explains that, “The custom in Vedic society is to examine the horoscopes of a girl and boy being considered for marriage to see whether their combination is suitable.” (SB 6.2.26, purport) Therefore it’s traditional – and it’s also fashionable in ISKCON – to check the compatibility of the couple by astrology. The problem

What are the ‘must have’ and ‘must not have’ qualities in a person you may want to spend the rest of your life with? Listen carefully. Besides what you want or expect from the person, it’s equally or even more important to know what they expect in a partner and whether you fit the description

“The central idea is that if the boy and girl were on an equal level the marriage would be happy, whereas inequality would lead to unhappiness. Because care is no longer taken in marriage, we now find many divorces.” (SB 9.18.23) Do you have an ideal partner sketched out in your head? Perhaps you have

If you plan to cross the sea on a boat for two you will carefully choose your shipmate, so that the journey can be smooth and the progress fast; similarly, when thinking of getting married and living with the same person for decades, you will carefully consider your future spouse. Also, just like in sailing

The definition of illicit sex is simple: “Illicit sex means . . . not for producing children but for enjoyment.” (Discussions with Hayagrivadasa, Thomas Aquinas) Sex, even within marriage, without the intention to produce a pregnancy is “illicit sex.” Why? The sexual organs are not toys and their only proper function is procreation. Any other

We have briefly analyzed one physiological angle of the question on how women, as a category, might be considered “less intelligent,” not in terms of IQ and brain power but because of the tendency to mix emotions with rationality more than the men. However, Srila Prabhupada’s statements on this subject of intelligence don’t simply deal