Guest guest Posted September 28, 1999 Report Share Posted September 28, 1999 > cow protection is essential for spiritual progress. But, members of > ISKCON should not be poverty stricken in this regard, because Srila > Prabhupada has informed us that it is not possible to make spiritual > advancement without protecting the cows. The Bhagavatam backs him up > completely. Sure, cow protection is necessary for spiritual progress of the society. My point, however, was that such activity is not the same bhakti as svarupa-siddha-bhakti (sravanam, kirtanam, smaranam, etc.). If one reduces his svarupa-siddha-bhakti in order to fully engage oneself in aropa-siddha-bhakti (this phenomena we have seen quite often), it won't help him develop bhava and come to Krishna but rather will make him fall down eventually. So there must be proper balance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 1999 Report Share Posted September 28, 1999 "COM: Mundita Mastaka (das) (NE-BBT Russian)" wrote: > [Text 2659941 from COM] > > > cow protection is essential for spiritual progress. But, members of > > ISKCON should not be poverty stricken in this regard, because Srila > > Prabhupada has informed us that it is not possible to make spiritual > > advancement without protecting the cows. The Bhagavatam backs him up > > completely. > > Sure, cow protection is necessary for spiritual progress of the society. My > point, however, was that such activity is not the same bhakti as > svarupa-siddha-bhakti (sravanam, kirtanam, smaranam, etc.). If one reduces > his svarupa-siddha-bhakti in order to fully engage oneself in > aropa-siddha-bhakti (this phenomena we have seen quite often), it won't help > him develop bhava and come to Krishna but rather will make him fall down > eventually. So there must be proper balance. Please present some objective evidence to support this claim. In the particular regard of cow protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 28, 1999 Report Share Posted September 28, 1999 "COM: Mundita Mastaka (das) (NE-BBT Russian)" wrote: > [Text 2659941 from COM] > > > cow protection is essential for spiritual progress. But, members of > > ISKCON should not be poverty stricken in this regard, because Srila > > Prabhupada has informed us that it is not possible to make spiritual > > advancement without protecting the cows. The Bhagavatam backs him up > > completely. > > Sure, cow protection is necessary for spiritual progress of the society. My > point, however, was that such activity is not the same bhakti as > svarupa-siddha-bhakti (sravanam, kirtanam, smaranam, etc.). If one reduces > his svarupa-siddha-bhakti in order to fully engage oneself in > aropa-siddha-bhakti (this phenomena we have seen quite often), it won't help > him develop bhava and come to Krishna but rather will make him fall down > eventually. So there must be proper balance. Please present some objective evidence to support this claim. In the particular regard of cow protection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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