VAD cult quotes part 5

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"Avoiding a VAD cult movement" Part -5-

 

 

***** Divine aphorisms by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada ******

 

Here you find more aphorisms and extended quotes by HDG Srila Prabhupada

on the topic of VAD. Warnings not to get too carried away by bodily

designations like varnas or make a cult of VAD by identifying proudly as

a so-called ksatriya, social reformer, varnasrama avatara, the VAD

incarnation for the new age etc etc.

 

 

 

( Morning walk Mayapur 9th Feb 1976 )

 

Prabhupada : " Iskcon is not going to be social reformer. But as far as

possible we can help. Our main business is how to make everyone Krsna

conscious. That is our business. "

 

 

( Morning walk Vrindavan 12th March 1974 )

 

Hrdayananda : Should devotees be formally designated in their

particular occupation ?

 

Prabhupada : No, devotees are devotees. Actually devotees are above

this brahmana, ksatriya, vaisya, sudra. But for managment of material

things we have to divide.

 

 

( Lecture Bhagavad-gita 1968 )

 

" This is the greatest gift to the humanity that even he is in the...

I mean to say ....fallen condition, the most degraded position

he can be raised to the highest position simply by chanting.

This is the only remedy. Now you can not again introduce this

system of varnasrama. It is not possible. But if one takes to

the Krsna consiousness automatically he becomes immediately

a brahmana and above a brahmana. "

 

 

( Lecture Srimad-Bhagavatam 1972 171019 Vrindavan )

 

" Because Caitanya Mahaprabhu knew that in kali yuga practically

the varnasrama-dharma will never be observed or it will be very

difficult to observe. So people, by simply observing the Varnasrama-

will dharma will not be able to make very much progress in devotional

service. "

 

 

( Lecture Srimad-Bhagavatam 1976 109639-173814 )

 

" What is the aim of life and what is the process to approach

the aim of life.... this was the talk between Ramananda Raya

and Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So Ramamanada Raya began with Varnasrama-

dharma institution of four orders of social and four orders of

spiritual life. Caitanya Mahaprabhu said - iha bahya -

It is not very important nowadays. "

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