What is Varnasrama Dharma and its implementation in ISKCON?

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On 30 Jul 1999, Harsi das wrote:

 

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> And there are schools already for policeman, military art, politicians etc,

al kinds of high schools for teachers, tradesman, engenears etc.

> So as devotee with a particular inclination towards a varna should one not

take advantage of this schools or should we try to make our own schools of

knowledge for this, thus try to reinvent the wheel?

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And then there are quotes attributed to Srila Prabhupada that we should simply

take whatever training we already have and engage that -- that at the same

time we obviously need to learn so many practical skills.

 

So I am not presenting these points simply to refute someone else's point. I

am just proposing that all such statement should be taken into account in

order to get a balanced perspective on Prabhupada's vision of Krsna

consciousness.

 

Even demons can be expert in the Vedic arts, as per the example of

Hiranyakasipu, Duryondhana and Jarasandha. Hiranyakasipu expressed many

elevated philosophical sentiments when counseling his mother over the death of

Hiranyaksa, while Jarasandha was known to be expert at pleasing the brahmanas.

It was said that the citizens of Hastinapura felt very satisfied under the

care of Duryodhana.

 

The real gift of the Vaisnavas is not that they know the scienc of human

civilization, but that they know how to engage the science of human

civilization in Krsna's service. This, in my mind, is the value of our VAD

philosophy. These energy's are already eternally preasant, but it is the duty

of the Vaisnava's, or more generally the brahminical class, to guide them with

Krsna's satisfaction in mind.

 

 

 

 

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