Srila Prabhupada's Varnasrama Mission

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"WWW: Srila (Dasa) ACBSP (Berkeley CA - USA)" wrote:

 

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> ...The difficult and next-to-impossible path is to think we don't need more

> advanced association RIGHT NOW in order to make accelerated progress in this

> lifetime.

>

> Srila Narottama dasa Thakura has given us his deliberate conclusion:

>

> chadiya vaisnava seva

> nistara payeche keba

>

> "Who has ever attained perfection by avoiding the asociation of advanced

> Vaisnavas?"

>

> Look the lives of our great acaryas: what example did they set? Upon the

> disappearance of the preceptor acarya (all maha-bhagavatas), they immediately

> took shleter of another great Vaisnava. Taking shelter of superior Vaisnavas

> is the basic principle of making (wonderful) spiritual advancement.

>

> If you don't believe such Vaisnavas exist already means you have a serious

> problem.

>

> But if you don't even believe you NEED such advanced association, then you

are

> in a gravely ill spiritual condition. Because who can help you if you think

> you are already okay?

>

> Frankly concerned,

>

> Srila dasa

 

Hare Krsna dasi comments:

 

Different devotees have different means of serving Krsna. And it seems to me

that

one should choose a guru at least partially based on how he wants to serve

Krsna.

If you want to serve Krsna by distributing books, take initiation from someone

who

is really into this. If you want to serve Krsna by building temples, take

initiation from someone who is really into that. At least, it seems reasonable

that your prospective spiritual master should have at least some enthusiasm for

your field.

 

I have friends who feel they have valuable relationships with members of the

Gaudiya Math. They are senior Prabhupada disciples, and I don't feel that it

is

my position to question their relationships, since they are still very devotees

to

Srila Prabhupada also.

 

However, at least from what I have seen and I must say I have not thoroughly

researched the matter -- it does seem that only Srila Prabhupada is interested

in

thoroughly overhauling the social structure and establishing varnasrama. From

what I see, only Prabhupada is stressing ox power as an essential component of

cow

protection. From what I see, only Srila Prabhupada is advocating simple living

and localized economics.

 

>From what I hear -- and it is also possible that this is not adequately

represented -- the Gaudiya Math devotees are more into discovering original

spiritual identities, rather than using our daily work as a means to gain an

understanding of Krsna.

 

Is my perception correct? Is anyone besides Srila Prabhupada stressing the

importance of localized economics, cow protection and varnasrama as things that

will help us in building a spiritualized social structure?

 

your servant,

 

Hare Krsna dasi