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Re: tilak - dot on forehead
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To: alt-hindu@uunet.uu.net
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Subject: Re: tilak - dot on forehead
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From: mpt@mail.utexas.edu (michael tandy)
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Date: 3 Aug 1995 16:25:58 GMT
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From news@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu Thu Aug 3 12: 14:27 1995
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Newsgroups: alt.hindu
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Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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References: <3vlvcd$90a@babbage.ece.uc.edu>
In article <3vlvcd$90a@babbage.ece.uc.edu>, Raymond Crawford <dasa@ozemail.com.au> says:
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>In Iskcon culture, to distinguish, or perhaps segregate, a married woman from
>an unmarried one, Prabhupada instituted the red dot.
I wouldn't assume that there is any such thing as a monolithic
or cohesive "ISKCON culture," but if there is, it is probably
influenced as much by many 20th century Western ideas as much
as anything else, as are most other cultures in the world today.
However, ISKCON is an international society, and I have
personally observed that in different countries, local cultural
practices continue among ISKCON devotees. But I haven't really
studied the red dots very much.
-m
