brahmacari way - local experience

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> Dear Mother Gunamani,

>

> please accept my humble obeisances.

> All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

>

> Are you Sankirtan's and Acintya's mother? Then I remember you,

> when you visited Almvik in 1996. But I bet you don't remember

> me.

Yep, that was me

rainy days under a tree

If you give me a clue

I might remember you too.

 

 

> About cooperation, yes, now there is verily a cooperation

> because most of services are done by congregation. Of course, we

> still have many problem to work on, such as insufficient and

> unqualified public preaching, growth of Nama Hattas (we have 2

> Nama Hattas, but they are not expanding), varnasrama development

> (we have just a dozen of devotees, who really concerned about

> it), estabishment of a small restaurant, paradigma shift of

> conservative and snob devotees, and more personal and caring

> relations between local devotees. But we can be an example of

> successfully existing city community without brahmacari ashram

> in the temple. (1-2 pujaris may be not counted).

Thats interesting, but how do you train your kids?

 

> I just want to

> repeat that the word "brahmacari" should be counted as a period

> of life, instead it's meaning of honory titul. So normal

> brahmacary ashram should be a kind of school or college, and

> normally as in usual school, there should be no place for

> totally adult people, if they are not teachers. And some mixture

> of young and old still is present, since young brahmacaries are

> not separaterd from their families.Absolute mixture of all

> people is not recommended in varnasrama, since it results not in

> the peace, but in red communism.

How does red communism mix all people? As far as I have understood Srila

Prabhupada's complaints about communism was that it was a cheat and not

actual equality since some would rule and others obey. He used to call

Krishna-consciousness spiritual communism if I am not wrong.

 

 

> >For instance the brahmacaries would go everyday begging to the grhastas

> >house and the grhastas would donate, this would naturally create bonds of

> >affection and appreciation.

>

> If 35 years old "brahmacari" boy with athletic body will every day knock

> in your door and ask for donation, I doubt that you'll like it.

> I wouldn't like it. I would say him "You're not handicapped, find a job!"

> and slam the door.

He he he! you are right.

Right now however I have 6 visiting brahmacaries in my livingroom, but they

collect elsewhere. They cooked a nice breakfast kithri this morning by the

way, with wheat instead of rice.

 

> >What I see is a society in which the natural

> >bonds of dependency between the people are broken.

>

> Because of unnatural positions.

Maybe mainly due to our clinging to a picture of Krishnaconsciousness which

are no longer befitting our situation. The early days picture.

 

> Thank you, very much Mataji for sharing your toughths with us.

>

> yhs, Oleg b.

Thank you very much Prabhu for expanding my understanding.

 

your servant Gunamani d.d.