Varnasrama-Dharma Is Not Krishna Consciousness

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Please accept my humble obeisances.

Thank you Prabhu. I need all the blessings I can get.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Your servant Gunamani d.d.

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> We live in a rented house, and every month we pay a certain amount of money

> to the houseowner. If ISKCON could buy land and sell it on to the devotees

> on a monthly basis those money would not be wasted into some houseowners

> pocket, but could be used instead to increase land for the devotees to

> cultivate.

 

That is one idea of the Cow Trust that it could hold rental properties and use

the rent generated to fund cow protection programs which could hire the

devotees, recycling the capital.

 

> However maybe that is not the purpose of ISKCON?

 

With the pasage of the Minimum Cow Standards by the GBC, establishment of Cow

Trusts is both allowed and encouraged. Certainly not the sole purpose of

ISKCON, but a contributing practice to ultimately sustain brahminical culture.

 

> Or could it be included under the 6. purpose: "To bring the members closer

> together for the purpose of teaching a simpler and more natural way of

> life." What do you think?

 

Bingo.

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Thank you for the encouraging news.

How do you establish such a Cow Trust? Who is the responsible owner?

Do you know if there are any similar establishments or GBC resolutions

with the purpose of opening Krishna-consciouss schools.

Your Servant Gunamani d.d.

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COM: Gunamani (dd) ARD (Arhus - DK) wrote:

 

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> Thank you for the encouraging news.

> How do you establish such a Cow Trust? Who is the responsible owner?

> Do you know if there are any similar establishments or GBC resolutions

> with the purpose of opening Krishna-consciouss schools.

> Your Servant Gunamani d.d.

 

Laws will vary country to country and need persons of expertise to do. I

feel like a great failure that I have not yet assissted in the actual

formation of one. It is definitely on the list. A prototype would have

wide value, I hope.

 

Most successful colleges and universities have Trust Funds. A visit to

their capital gifts departments can be quite instructive. Especially with

the appreciation in stocks in the US now, Charitable Remainder Trusts are

something we should be setting up left and right to benefit the actual Cow

Trust itself.