[i] Bhaktivedanta Swami, A. C., Caitanya Caritamrta, Madhya Lila, Los Angeles, California: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1994, 25.121 purport  
[ii] Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts: Webster Inc., 1986, p. 828  
[iii] Bhaktivedanta Swami, A. C., Srimad Bhagavatam, Los Angeles, California: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1994, 12.2.2. purport  
[iv] Bhaktivedanta Swami, Srimad Bhagavatam 4.2.21  
[v] Adams, Carol J., The Sexual Politics of Meat: A Feminist-Vegetarian Critical Theory, New York: The Continuum Publishing Company, 1995. Also see Spiegel, Marjorie, The Dreaded Comparison: Human and Animal Slavery, Philadelphia: New Society Publishers, 1988  
[vi] Adams, The Sexual Politics of Meat, p. 47  
[vii] Ibid.  
[viii] 1) karmi; materialist 2) melecchas; a derogatory term for those that consume meat 3) sudra; members of the labouring class, usually used to imply that they are less intelligent 4) Vaishnavas; devotees of Lord Vishnu 6) devas; demi-god 7) Brahmanas; the priestly class.  
[ix] If one is "in maya" then one is said to be "in illusion" by not acting on the instructions of the Lord, but acting under the material energy that binds one to the material world.  
[x] Maya-devi; Maya is the illusionary energy of the Lord and serves him by enticing living entities to enjoy in the material world. As a consequence the individual becomes more bewildered by the fleeting nature of happiness in the material world and in this way the individual’s progress toward freeing themselves from the cycle of birth and death is retarded. Women have been compared to Maya-devi as a detriment to the spiritual lives of men.  
[xi] See Jyotirmayi devi dasi, ‘Women in ISKCON in Prabhupada's Times’ electronic publication online at www.chakra.org (1997)  
[xii] 22, October 1975  
[xiii] 18, June 1976  
[xiv] Shattuck, ‘Human Rights and Democracy in Asia’, 5 U.S. Dept. State Dispatch 480-1 (18, July 1994)  
[xv] Swami Bhaktivedanta, A. C., Nectar of Devotion, Los Angeles, CA: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 1994, pp. 80-81

This article is reprinted with permission from ISKCON Communications Journal, Volume 6, Number 2, 1998, pages 7-14.  The journal's address is:  63 Divinity Rd, Oxford, OX4 1LH, UK (E-mail: [email protected]; Web site: http://www.icj.iskcon.net).  

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