Aggression Resulting In Purification
Jagaddhatri Dasi: Once, after sankirtan had been introduced, I wrote to Prabhupada from Dallas on behalf of our sankirtan party, ten other women, and me. This was before sankirtan was in full bloom. We were bothered by the heavy pressure for women to be chaste, humble, shy, and submissive and at the same time, at nine o'clock every morning we went out the door in pants to stand on an island in the middle of a highway. I wrote, "I want to be chaste, shy, and submissive, but this is what we're doing during the day. Do you know this?" Prabhupada wrote back a wonderful letter. The gist of it was that aggression for the cause of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu would purify you of all your desires for sense gratification. I didn't think I was asking about my desire for sense gratification, but obviously, he was telling us to go on being aggressive. Aggression for the cause of Lord Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's preaching is purifying. And we were all trying to get purified. We were thinking we were victims, but actually, we were in the process of purification.
Reference: Memories Anecdotes of a Modern Day Saint - Volume 3 by Siddhanta Dasa
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