ISKCON Social Model

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> Samba das wrote:

> > > Thank you very much for sending that file. I think it is a brilliant

> > > piece of work!

>

> Shyamasundara prabhu replied:

>

> > You are welcome, it comes from the hard work of several devotees who

> > have come to many realizations since the feminist wars in ISKCON started

> > in the mid 90s.

>

> I was wondering if the GBC have now started plans for systematic training

> of devotees to become ideal Grihastas as recommended by Srila Prabhupada

> and presented in that paper? (see below)

 

Considering the history I don't think we should wait for the GBC on this

one. (-:

 

Most of the male grhasta devotees that I have close relationships with are

very responsible and their wives are pati vratas. The only training that

they really got was from reading SPs books and sincerely trying to apply

what SP said to thier lives. It worked. As Srila Prabhupada said in regard

to that verse Brahmana kona bhagyavan jiva--that the sincere soul--he is the

fortunate soul.

 

There is another longer text "Vaisnavism and Social Responsibility" which

may also be of help in this regard. If you are interested I can send that as

well.

 

 

Shyama

 

 

>

> Yogesvara: But today there seem to be so few qualified husbands.

> Prabhupada: Because you do not train the boys to be qualified...

>

> Translator: She's asking that since in these Western countries the

> families are so broken up and the women sometimes cannot find a qualified

> husband, what should she do?

>

> Prabhupada: That, here is the society. You train them. You have got all

> children. You train them in that way, so that... Whatever is done is done.

> Now you can make very good society, Krsna conscious society. Not that one

> mistake has been done, you should continue. Rectify it.

>

> Your servant

> Samba das