{"id":117245,"date":"2026-02-04T17:07:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:07:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=117245"},"modified":"2026-02-04T17:07:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T16:07:29","slug":"gender-blender","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=117245","title":{"rendered":"GENDER BLENDER"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftorontokrishna.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F01%2F127222261_2987124611389651_5524321034986465103_n-780x437.jpg&#038;f=1&#038;nofb=1&#038;ipt=eec19aa2cf7a271e0fe1661d2ecdbe1610ce7dd6f01aadc4271844266bbf5011\" width=\"100%\" \/><br \/>\nBhaktimarga Swami<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PRABHUPADA&#039;S BOYS AND GIRLS - FEMALE GURUS IN ISKCON\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xk3P-ZC02io?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Early 70s, the Hare Krishna Movement<br \/>\nNorth America enjoyed a great recruitment<br \/>\nWe were a growing, glowing family<br \/>\nA blessed bunch existing happily<br \/>\nPrabhupada\u2019s \u201cboys and girls\u201d flourished<br \/>\nUnder his mercy we were nourished<br \/>\nThe temple room was a divided place<br \/>\nBoth genders occupied equal space<br \/>\nBoth dhotis and saris were there at prayer<br \/>\nAnd basically duties were a joyful share<br \/>\nFrom puja to cooking, chanting, books, fundraising<br \/>\nThe focus was Krishna receiving the praising<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/external-content.duckduckgo.com\/iu\/?u=https%3A%2F%2Ftorontokrishna.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2021%2F01%2F127222261_2987124611389651_5524321034986465103_n-780x437.jpg&#038;f=1&#038;nofb=1&#038;ipt=eec19aa2cf7a271e0fe1661d2ecdbe1610ce7dd6f01aadc4271844266bbf5011\" width=\"100%\" \/>Bhaktimarga Swami Early 70s, the Hare Krishna Movement North America enjoyed a great recruitment We were a growing, glowing family A blessed bunch existing happily Prabhupada\u2019s \u201cboys and girls\u201d flourished Under his mercy we were nourished The temple room was a divided place Both genders occupied equal space Both dhotis and saris were there at<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117245","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117245","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117245"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117245\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117246,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117245\/revisions\/117246"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117245"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117245"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117245"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}