Subject: Remembering Srila Prabhupada - Varnashrama - everyone was

[Guest guest]

July 15

 

 

When he came down to sit in the garden, it was

raining; therefore, he sat on the porch. He called for

me and began to speak. "What benefits humans can get

from this modern civilization? In India, the caste

system was very good. A child would learn the

technology of his father. Like a potter. The son of a

potter would make little cups, little plates, little

toys and sell to other children. The whole family

would earn. Now they are sent to school. And then

unemployment. What does a potter need school for?

People were satisfied with the simple necessities.

They would not charge unnecessarily for labor. They

required very little to live. Now, time is being

wasted without the purpose of life being accomplished.

And when we teach the real purpose, they say,

'brainwash.' The Communists and others, they try to

check us. In the varnasrama system, everyone was taken

care of.

"The lower class men would worship the demigods. They

knew there is someone greater than 'me.' The

blacksmiths would worship Visvakarma. On one day, they

clean all their tools and offer flowers and puja.

brahmanas would come and do the puja. Even a butcher

would worship goddess Kali and then apply the knife.

In this way, they would recognize a higher authority.

A spice merchant would worship Ganesa. A gold merchant

would worship Laksmi-Narayana. A student would worship

Sarasvati. Some sort of worship was there. But

actually learning the Vedic knowledge was done by the

brahmanas and they would give advice to others. Just

like Gargamuni came to Nanda Maharaja. Now the big

civilization [is simply interested in] how to make sex

life and then kill babies. Concentration on sex.

Become a hippie and worship hogs. Hippies are nothing

but a group of madmen. Public sex and homosex."

 

- From the TKG's Diary by HH Tamal Krishna Goswami

Maharaj

 

 

 

 

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