Guest guest Posted December 15, 1999 Report Share Posted December 15, 1999 On 14 Dec 1999, Sraddha dd wrote: >Replacing it with another framework will not necessarily result in well >trained young men. Why should it? > > You see, that framework which you are so proud of, Srila Prabhupad >himself called an experiment. > Here's the quote verbatim: "I am concerned that the gurukula experiment >come out nicely. These children are the future of our society..." (April >11, 1973). Yes, Mataji. The experiment was whether or not the superior gurukula model could *in the 70s* be successfully established within ISKCON. (Kind of like whether or not a heart transplant will be successful > So, if an experiment fails, then it wasn't good. Bad logic resulting in a false and dangerous conclusion. Even the most transcendentally good endeavor might fail due to the free will of those to whom we try to give that transcendentally good thing to. The fault then lies with the unwilling would-be recepient Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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