shastra should be mediator

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Dear Prabhus.

Pamho. AgtSP.

 

This one goes to modern ISKCON tendency for karmi mediatorship.

 

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Prabhupada: Sas. Sas means control. From sas-dhatu... Sisya means who

voluntarily accepts the spiritual master's ruling. That is called sisya,

disciple. From the same sas-dhatu. The spiritual master rules over him

according to sastra, and he accepts voluntarily. So conflict there is, but

the mediator is sas.

Syamasundara: Controller.

Prabhupada: Controller. Otherwise, there is no end of struggle if you don't

accept an authorized mediator.

Syamasundara: This Mao Tse Tung...

Prabhupada: And Krsna also says in the Bhagavad..., yah sastra-vidhim.

Sastra from that sas-dhatu. Yah sastra-vidhim utsrjya, giving it up, decides

by his whims, na siddhim avapnoti, they'll never get any siddhi, perfection.

Therefore the sastra should be mediator. But these people have no sastras.

They have got simply that barrel of gun. That's all. And that is very rude.

And it will never come to perfection. For the temporary time, this party may

win or that party may win. That will never... That is the position in the

modern world. They have no authoritative sastra. They manufacture their own

way, and therefore there is no peace. First World War, Second World War,

Third World War, and there cannot be any peace. As soon as you become

strong, you declare war. Hitler thought, "I am now strong. Let me declare

war." And another strong party, America came, Russia came. He was killed. So

this is no conclusion. And even after Hitler's being killed, there is no

conclusion. So this sort of conflict will never bring any peace. That will

go on. That is struggle for existence. That is fighting like animals. Two

dogs fighting, two hogs fighting, but that is not conclusion. That fighting

will go on so long people will remain as dogs and hogs. That will go on.

There is no question of peace.

Syamasundara: So real progress only comes through...

Prabhupada: Authoritative decision. If we accept that, then that is real

conclusion.

 

>>> Ref. VedaBase => Mao Tse Tung

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