In English
The are composed by persons who have known and experienced that the One , symbolised by (), is inherent in this multiplicity of creation; they have outgrown all distinctions of caste and sex; they seek the progress and liberation of men, women and all animate and inanimate creation. How can such saints exclude women from this great instrument of and ? too does not say that whoever among men who pronounce the at the moment of death, etc. The word He uses is, whoever without any qualification of sex. He does not say, whoever is authorised, or whoever among the deserving. The clear intention of the Lord is to encourage women as well as men to take up (contemplation on ). You will have seen that I do not discourage any one from the . It is the royal road to spiritual victory, which all are entitled to use.