Man has only one home, but woman has two to guard from ill fame - the home where she was born and brought up and the home of her husband. When she breaks all rules and runs unbridled into freedom, she becomes dangerous to the reputation and good name of both families – that of her parents and that of her parents-in-law. Indian culture and spiritual traditions have always awarded a high place to woman, since upon her rested the strength of the entire social fabric. She is the companion and guide of her husband, the earliest teacher of her children, an example for their social attitudes, a model for their speech and a guardian of their health and mental happiness. She is called the ardhangi of the husband, the ‘half body’. There are many temples where God is worshipped as ardhanarishvara, half woman and half man (the right half being male and the left half female). The honour and glory of a country is held to be in the hands of the woman. (SSS Vol. 10, pp. 175-176)

‘The home where the Name of the Lord is not heard is a cave and nothing more.’ (Div, p. 7)

The home is the temple where each member of the family is a moving temple and is nurtured and nourished. The mother is the high priestess of this House of God. Humility is the incense with which the home is filled. Reverence is the lamp that is lit, with love as the oil and faith as the wick. Spend the years of your lives dedicating them for such worship in the homes that you have and will found. (LA, p. 164)