Guest guest Posted June 12, 2004 Report Share Posted June 12, 2004 > By my posting the article by Francis Gauthier I was not endorsing his > views, nor was I making any comment on modern Indian politics. I simply > thought that the article would be of interest and value to the preaching > soldiers of the Krishna Consciousness movement. Many ISKCON devotees who > live outside of India see modern India only through the perspective of the > Western press, and seeing another perspective may be helpful. > > I would be hard pressed to find a modern political party or even a single > main-stream politician, in any part of the world, that can do much for the > Krishna consciousness movement except perhaps in a limited way under > special circumstances, and ISKCON should strictly avoid any kind of gross > or subtle policial endorsements, either formal or from the vyasasan. By > our preaching if we can make the people Krishna Conscious, then naturally > they will exert their influence on the country as a whole. > > Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das Yes thank you Bhaktarupa. Politics is a dirty business and we should be careful not to get implicated in it, that was my reason for sending the article by the ex-Congress MP. Ys TS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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