The Varnasrama Conference

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> Please don't expect me to continue on with this discussion eternally. I am

> in the middle of a very busy time presently. Unfortunately, I just can't

> find the time to discuss or even read "what is female and what is male."

> Prabhupada would scream at the quality of the discussion on this

> conference. Why don't we rename it to the Discussions conf. since there is

> practically nothing about varnasrama.

 

If someone does not like the discussions, there is always the "withdraw"

option.

 

My opinion is that, for example the men-woman discussions, are very

much varnasrama, because varnasrama consists of men and women.

Furthermore I think that ISKCON have a big problem in that field.

(particularly the women field)

 

There are also repressed minorities in ISKCON, and my opinion is that

we need to widen our viewpoint of what is allowed behavior to include

everyone that simply does not have a demoniac mentality. Is varnasrama

really for a few fanatics, or is it for everyone?

 

The problem with a conference called "discussions" is that the subject

matter

is undefined, and tend to deviate even more. Compare non-devotee talk

with devotee talk. Devotees talk a lot of things that is not directly

shastra,

but it still comes back to Krishna now and then, since everyone is aware

of Krishna. It like rotates around Krishna as a centerpoint, although there

can be pretty wide circles.

 

Non-devotee talks are not even aware of the center of everything, and

for them it is even impossible to come near Krishna, and their talk

thus deviates much more.

 

ys Prisni dasi