Thread #8 - Proposal by Bhaktarupa Das

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Samba Prabhu wrote:

 

> Having not read the proposal I am not sure how the GBC's themselves are

> balanced. The idea that a ksatria has to be allowed to take shelter of

> whomever he is inspired by is absolutely crucial, but how does one make

> sure that the Ksatrias we have in control are actually taking shelter?

 

The householders are naturally inclined to take inspiration from the

detached sannyasis. No matter how hard you try to get the best devotees onto

the GBC you cannot avoid some mistakes sometimes. That is why Srila

Prabhupada set up a large body rather than a single acarya. We have to hope

that as a whole they stay on course. Actually, no system any of us could

possibly propose here will be foolproof. Everything will have to depend on

the quality of the devotees who get the top posts, whether it be a GBC, IBC,

HBC, or some combination thereof. Just to introduce a systemic check and

balance does not preclude that the newly created body meant to do the

checking might also go off track together with the GBC. That is, unless

someone is advocating something which boils down to a democracy. Democracy

does have some value in checking the abuse of power. But it has its own set

of even worse problems.

 

Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das