Guest guest Posted September 24, 2000 Report Share Posted September 24, 2000 Bhaktarupa Prabhu wrote: > 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. What is your personal suggestion, Prabhu, to insure that the most qualified devotees for the post of GBC are chosen? Should that be completely left up to the present GBC Body? 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 What do you think, Prabhu, of a vote allowing only ISKCON second initiated devotees to take part? Could that avoid the "demons crazy" syndrome? Thank you for your active participation. It is very enlivening. Your servant, Krsna-kirtana dasi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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