Gurukula

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>> We should be choosing the former and rejecting the latter option (getting

>> a karmi education). Our mission is to become self-sufficient and

>> independent from the modern atheistic society. Thus, for ISKCON devotees,

>> of what essential value is a modern secular education?

 

>If everything belongs to Krsna and everything happens within His energy,

that what >is the logic behind that one should become indipendent of

something - would.t we be >than not rightly caled a sect, or a separate,

distinct part of society at large, is >it that what Sri Caitanya would

expect from his devotees.

 

Independent from nondevotee society. Certainly one entity can be independent

of another entity without falsely claiming or futilely attempting to be

independent of Krsna and His energies.

 

>Where could one find any references in the sastras, where the devotees of

the Lord >would separate themselves so much from the society they where

living in, even if >that society would be based temporarily on other

materalistic values - did Krsna >lost control about one part of human

society in favor of another.

 

>Just some thoughts of mine.

 

There is benevolent purpose to separating from secular society. One reason

is that it makes for a stronger society of devotees, a society uninfluenced

or minimally influenced by the opposing values of materialistic society at

large. Another reason is that it demonstrates a distinct contrast from the

rest of society, or in other words, a very real--not merely

theoretical--example of a superior way of life. That then is preaching by

example. So it's not just for our own selfish spiritual lives but for

preaching that devotees should become self-sufficient, independent, and

Krsna conscious.

 

Some humble understandings of mine.

 

--gkd