A share in the concept of duties.

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>blasphemy:

 

>A contemptuous or profane act, utterance, or writing concerning God or a

>sacred entity.

>An irreverent or impious act, attitude, or utterance in regard to something

>considered inviolable or sacrosanct.

 

>(From WWW.Dictionary.Com)

 

From my dictionary, Cobuild English Learners Dictionary, one can read:

 

'If someone blasphemes, they say rude or disrespectful things about God, or

they use God's name as a swear word'.

 

Please do not think some leaders in Iskcon are 'sacrosanct' or 'inviolable'

as time and experience have shown that a lot of 'sacred entity'gurus and

GBCs were not or are not at all eternal associates of the Lord having

transcendental passetimes in this material world (as so many were or are

still thinking they are).

 

Pancaratna Prabhu's proposal, New-Raman Reti's letter, other fix up

devotees'letters and comments, and finally the recent survey in Iskcon are

clearly revealing uneasiness and devotees' discontent feelings with their

leadership.

 

Jiva souls are subject to 4 kinds of defect and they should humbly accept

correction when a majority of devotees, in the society at large, think there

is something wrong with them.

 

Of course, I do not support the IRM newsletter but I simply answered back

to them that I didn't want to receive their newsletter in my mailbox.

And when I see their title in other conferences, I can choose to read it or

to delete it. I like the privilege of freedom and liberty of speech.

 

HH Srila Bhakti-Tirtha Swami was reading Kundali's books when I drove Him

to New-Mayapura after our very successful Ratha-Yatra in Paris on July 2,

2000.

 

Some devotees certainly consider these books: 'blasphemous',

but HH. BTS. nicely explained to me something to the effect of: unless you

know the arguments of the opposite party you can't prepare your answers

properly and defeat them efficiently; we also have to learn something from

his statements... IMHO that was a wonderful explanation.

 

I really appreciate his broad-minded character, genuine humility and

intelligent behavior. But that is not enough for me to consider HH. BTS.

:'sacrosanct' or 'inviolable' that is to say: never subject to correction.

 

His failure to save Srila Prabhupada's project in Bhaktivedanta Village and

protect the 30 dedicated devotees that were living there before, with more

than 10 children, near Dole in France, when he was the GBC's representative

for that project, shows me that he did not behave as Srila Prabhupada asked

His GBC's representatives to behave. He might be a wonderful guru but he

failed as a GBC member.

 

The GBC Body is impotent and I don't think I am blaspheming when I say

that.

 

We all have to improve and we should be open enough, as Lord Ramacandra was

with his citizens, to try to understand why some people are angry, and go

behind their words to understand what they have trying to say really.

 

That requires advanced empathy, genuine concern and expert communication

skills. these things unfortunately are so badly missing in our society.

 

Then, if these personalities are definitely wrong, we should first try to

convince them, by logic and arguments according to Guru, Sastra, and Sadhus,

and by personal first class example, as some expert ISKCON brahmanas have

tried to do. And finally, if that doesn't work, we should apply justice and

force. Unfortunately we have a shortage of true and noble ksatriyas in

Iskcon, in the post of leadership or we have not invited them to take these

responsibilities. That is why we are now facing so many problems that we

can't solve right now.

 

The Ksatriyas'duties are different from the Brahmanas', they have to protect

the citizens and that is why Ajamila Prabhu and Sri Rama Prabhu were so

strong on this issue.

 

My personal experience is that censorship is never the solution to Iskcon

problems. Devotees will always know, by one way or another what others want

to say. So it is better to face the problems, use common sense and applied

intelligence, and find solutions with God's help, to remedy offensive

statements and behaviors. That is the best way to solve problems on a

long-term basis. Not by censorship.

 

I am sorry if anybody has been offended by this comment. That was not my

intention. Please excuse me.

 

Thank you Raktambara Prabhu for your broad-minded approach on this issue.

That was a great relief.

 

Yes, the organizer of a conference (ksatriya's duty as a manager) should

have the power to decide what can be tolerated, in his conference, and what

can't be, in order to protect his members. The brahmanas should advise him

and ultimately change him if they they have evidence that he is not

qualified for that service. That would be simply fair and a first step

toward Varnasrama.

 

Thank you for your patience with me. Your faithful servant,

 

Krsna-kirtana dasi.