Picking up the mood of Srila Prabhupada

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> Again, let me humbly suggest that the best first step to starting

> varnasrama is to study Srila Prabhupada's instructions on the matter. I

> suggest that every temple, no matter how small, can obtain one copy of

> *Srila Prabhupada on Varnasrama and Farm Community Development, Vol. 1:

> Speaking about Varnasrama* and use it as a text for weekly classes

> meditating and discussing Prabhupada's instructions on varnasrama in the

> company of devotees. This text was produced by the ISKCON Farm Research

> Committee and the Bhaktivedanta Archives just to aid the devotees in

> fulfilling Srila Prabhupada's desire. This would be an important step to

> setting up a varnasrama college in every temple, as requested by Srila

> Prabhupada in Vrndavana in March 1974.

>

> your servant,

>

> Hare Krsna dasi

 

 

Yes, Mother Hare Krsna dasi remains tirelessly dedicated to promoting a

practical means for ISKCON's so-called leaders to begin to live up to their

responsibilities. She does half the work for these so-called qualified men

who seem far more interested in having followers then serving Srila

Prabhupada's greater mission of offering practical and certain engagement

for all people of the world in the service of the Supreme Lord.

 

The GBC doesn't even give lip service service to Varnasrama-dharma anymore

and instead continue to mire themselves in treating the symptoms of Kali's

diseases. They are not leaders. They are devotees, but to impersonate

leaders is rotten.

 

All devotees of ISKCON must learn to demand of their leaders that they

prioritize training according varnasrama-dharma in every center of Srila

PRabhupada's movement. If they don't take it up immediately the devotees

must lobby for their replacement by others who realize the need for this

training and daily practice.

 

"Maharaja Prithu did not allow himself to function outside the institution

of four varnas and four ashramas, although as a Vaishnava he was a

paramahamsa, transcendental to all material activities. He remained at his

position as a ksatriya to rule the world and at the same time remained

transcendental to such activities by satisfying the Supreme Personality of

Godhead."

S.B. 4.22.50.

 

Now are the "leaders" of ISKCON above Prithu Maharaja? Are they better than

paramhamsas? Just what is their excuse for not following Srila Prabhupada's

orders in this regard for more than 25 years? If they could just be honest

and admit that they don't know how to do it that would be at least truthful

instead of pretentious and misleading to their followers who follow blindly.

 

Any devotee of ISKCON who says that "we don't need varnasrama in ISKCON, we

are above it" is in gross illusion and acting against Srila Prabhupada's

direct teachings.

 

If they say it can't be done now they are ignorant.

 

Many of them talk big about India but seem to fail to understand the

significance of Bharata-varsa:

 

"In the planet known as Bharata-varsa there are many rivers and mountains,

as there are in other tracts of land, yet Bharata-varsa has special

significance because in this tract of land there exists the Vedic principle

of varnasrama-dharma, which divides society into four varnas and four

asramas. FURTHERMORE, Narada Munis opinion is that even if there is some

temporary disturbance in the execution of the varnasrama-dharma principles,

they can be revived AT ANY MOMENT." SB 5.19 Introduction.

 

When will the devotee citizens unite and demand good leadership?

 

Thank you Mother Hare Krsna for the easy steps offered for the leaders to

implement Prabhupada's wishes. Will they take it up? I doubt it as much as I

doubted they would follow their own laws for cow protection.