All of the Gods reside

Where women are properly honoured,

Where they are disrespected

All actions are in vain.

                        (The Code of Manu)

From the little book entitled

“Man and God” by Sri Chinmoy

Man brings the message of Heaven.

Woman brings the message of Divine Earth.

Woman, even in her highest aspect, creates her fulfillment on earth, as Prakriti.  It is for her to bring the glorious perfection of Heaven to the material base of earth.

Be it in art or literature,

Be it in scholarship or teaching,

Be it in administration and commerce,

Be it in service to society,

Be it in wifehood and motherhood,

Be it in philosophical quest or religious aspiration

Be it even in spiritual realisation –

Woman is intended by the Supreme

to bring the Divine Perfection to earth.

Every sphere and aspect of earth, its grossest needs as well as its subtlest nuances,

 must feel the touch of woman’s radiant emanation.

Sri Chinmoy