https://lightofdharma.com/tags/language/ Recent content in Language on Light of Dharma Publishing Hugo en-us Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0500 https://lightofdharma.com/the-prabhupada-rape-controversy/ Mon, 27 Apr 2026 10:00:00 -0500 https://lightofdharma.com/the-prabhupada-rape-controversy/ <p>Sarah had been chanting for six months when the message came. She was twenty-three, a graduate student, and she had just started telling her closest friends that she was reading the Bhagavad-gita seriously. One of them sent her a screenshot. It was from a forum thread. The screenshot quoted a single line, attributed to Srila Prabhupada, from a purport in the Fourth Canto of the Srimad Bhagavatam:</p> <blockquote> <p>&ldquo;Although rape is not legally allowed, it is a fact that a woman likes a man who is very expert at rape.&rdquo;</p>