So, tonight I’m going to speak a little bit about marriage. Pretty relevant topic, I think. So many here are either married or wanting to be married. If there’s one topic that’s more common than any other topic, this is it. If there’s one thing that consumes the consciousness more than any other one topic, this is it. But, unfortunately, there’s...
More2. Partnership
Actually, the best marriage is when the husband and the wife are so busily engaged in service to Krishna that they almost don’t see each other: -How are you doing? -All right! – I’ve got to go to do stuff. -Yeah, me too. They get along great. It’s not because they don’t see each other. It’s because they’re actually doing what they’re...
More3. Final decision
However, in any marriage relationship one person has to be the final decision maker. That, according to scripture, should be the husband. If, of course, the husband’s decision is diametrically opposed to scripture, or to shastra, then the wife is not bound to follow it. However, a sincere wife will recognize: even though she maybe wants to do something...
More4. Care for each other spiritually
But things get so out of hand, or the relationship is so bad that sometimes the wife sees very clearly that the husband is not doing very well spiritually. She sees he’s not doing his meditation, or he’s not doing it very nicely, whatever or he doesn’t go to kirtans – different things like this. She sees some spiritual problem, her vision is very...
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