FW: Vote #1: Should the GBC be restructured according to varnashrama

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Thursday, September 07, 2000 8:34 AM

Srirama (das) ACBSP

Cc: Basu Ghosh (das) ACBSP (Baroda - IN); Tattvavit (das) ACBSP

(NE-BBT); Varnasrama development

Vote #1: Should the GBC be restructured according to

varnashrama princ

 

 

>We might not be even more transcendental than Dwaraka, but we might be

>much, much bellow the level of Dvaraka or varnasrama society. Varnasrama

>society is ment for civilized human beings. If you read from Srimad

>Bhagavatam what are the qualifications of civilized human beings and try to

>see how many of us have developed those qualities, you might get the answer

>why is so difficult to establish varnasrama.

 

Yes. Prabhupada said first become conscious, then become Krishna conscious.

He also said you could tell who was the real Vaishnava because he is a

perfect gentleman.

 

> It seems like that chanting Hare Krsna didn't make people civilized human

>beings. So many people chant Hare Krishna but are far away from the

>qualities described in Srimad Bhagavatam. As far as I have seen chanting

>has made devotees more Krishna conscious, but we are still hovering around

>the hippy level when it comes to the qualities of civilized human beings.

 

 

I disagree. They did NOT chant Hare Krishna. Simply muttering for two hours

to get it over with because it's a duty I have to do, is not chanting Hare

Krishna. The proof is in the result. No result, no proper chanting. You can

always tell which devotees are chanting from the heart -- they are dear to

everyone and everyone is dear to them.

 

yours in service, vaiyasaki dasa...