Rights, duties, Sattva-guna and Vedic culture

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> Therefore I stress that the very concept of duties and responsibilities

> (karma/ svadharma) be stressed throughout ISKCON.

 

Lack of awareness of performing prescribed duties for the sake of Krishna is

actually a bigger problem than even the battle between the sexes that is

going on in ISKCON.

 

First of all, a large number of both men and women do not seem to know about

the role of prescribed duties in spiritual life. Also there is no training

on prescribed duties given to men and women. Consequently neither men nor

women do their duties properly; this creates a mess in the society. And

because of the mess, both men and women get fried. But most of them also

come up with non-sastric solutions which DEFINITELY won't solve the problems

in society (Cf BG 16.23).

 

So the solution is that every practicing Vaishnava and Vaishnavi should know

about the absolute necessity of performing their prescribed duties for

Krishna and be trained in their respective svadharmas. Otherwise, there will

be no solutions.

 

yhs vgd