Guest guest Posted August 5, 1999 Report Share Posted August 5, 1999 On 03 Aug 1999, Robert Cope wrote: > There certainly seems to be a spirited discussion on the relevance of > varnasrama and how to implement Srila Prabhupada's wishes on this matter. > > I appreciate very much Janesvara Prabhu's spirited defense of varnasrama principles. I do find it somewhat unnecessary that he is being made to defend the application of varnasrama in the Varnasrama conference. If one doesn't agree with these principles then perhaps their interests would be better served in another conference. > I believe everyone agrees on the devotional principles -- it's just the Chairman Mao approach to KC that is the sticky point. Ya know, Prabhupada encouraged that we combined the material expertise of the West with the spirituality of the East, like that. I don't recall him encouraging us to combine the class consciousness of Victorian England with the fanaticism of the Red Army. > From my vantage point, it seems that the difficulty in establishing a > varnasrama society is partly > based upon that the devotees reflect our Kali Yuga societal makeup, i.e. that 98% of us are city raised. If we are to implement varnasrama, it seems obvious that it must be based upon agricultural development. > A simpler agrarian society is ceraintly helpful. On the other hands, the four orders of human life are present even in a modern day city. These accupational orders are always there, and as devotees, we need to find a way to engage everything in Krsna's service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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