Guest guest Posted May 29, 1999 Report Share Posted May 29, 1999 > Specifically some farm communities have found a similar problem with > accepting charity for cow protection. A successful businessman -- even > though he is also a devotee -- wants to give a substantial donation. > Then, once he has given such a large donation, he feels entitled to > influence the policy of how the cows are cared for. In one respect, that > is fair enough, > it's reasonable to consider his input, after he has made such a major > commitment. Nice points. Srila Prabhupadas idea is that instead of accepting the donation, *and* the advice. We accept the donation, and *give* the advice. Each of our centers needs to be clear on its policies. Not that a businessman comes in and sees a badly managed program, and attempts to bail us out with *his* plans. No. We should be very clear on the goals for each of our activities, and then actively court dontations to help us reach our goals. We *give* our association to the donor, and help him see how he is fulfilling Srila Prabhupads wishes, and protecting the cows. We show him the superiority of the varnasrama system. Of course that means that the cows are not a program in isolation, but rather in integral part of the overall village cooperation and management which makes up a properly working varnasrama community. I guess we can only do that once we actualy have it working ourselves, otherwise it is just more arrogance on our part. Thank you Mataji for clarifying this. Ys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 1999 Report Share Posted May 29, 1999 > > Each of our centers needs to be clear on its policies. Not that a > businessman comes in and sees a badly managed program, and attempts to bail > us out with *his* plans Which is currently happening in NV. And the plan is to take meadows used by the cows and turn them into subdivisions. Very depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 29, 1999 Report Share Posted May 29, 1999 > > Each of our centers needs to be clear on its policies. Not that a > businessman comes in and sees a badly managed program, and attempts to bail > us out with *his* plans Which is currently happening in NV. And the plan is to take meadows used by the cows and turn them into subdivisions. Very depressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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