Culture goes with agriculture

[Guest guest]

(Here's something Chief Prosecutor Hare Krsna dasi is going to like.)

 

ISKCON's social problems are to a large extent a reflection of those in the

broader society. As long as we remain stuck in a society based on lust,

greed and anger, we can expect quarrel, dissatisfaction and confusion even

among devotees.

 

We have to go to the land. It is in an agrarian based society that VAD can

properly function. Breathe fresh air, eat fresh food, live without

unnecessary anxiety, chant Hare Krsna and be happy.

 

How to get to that point? That is a big discussion. But at least we should

know where we want to go, and can expect all kinds of disturbances as long

as we are not going there.

 

(So when you hang us, make sure you do it with home made rope.)

[Guest guest]

>We have to go to the land. It is in an agrarian based society that VAD can

>properly function. Breathe fresh air, eat fresh food, live without

>unnecessary anxiety, chant Hare Krsna and be happy.

>

>How to get to that point? That is a big discussion.

 

At the end of the day, the principle is simple. When the leaders of the 4

varnas and asramas actually begin to lead the 4 varnas and asramas rather

than berating them for being less renounced than they are, then we can at

least BEGIN to make progress. As long as our sannyasis keep themselves

aloof and merely criticise without really understanding how to minister and

encourage all varnas and asramas in the proper execution of their

sva-dharma then the situation is hopeless--and such neglectful "leaders"

(enjoying the fruits of others' worship and respect) are held largely

accountable for the social ills of such a society.

 

If you are in fact as concerned as you say you are then there's no time

like the present.

 

Dd