Thread #8 - Proposal by Bhaktarupa Das

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> > Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur wrote (Harmonist 29.7):

> >

> > "The idea of an organized church in an intelligible form, indeed, marks

> > the close of the living spiritual movement. the great ecclesiastical

> > establishments are the dikes and dams to retain the current that cannot be

> > held by any such contrivances. They, indeed, indicate a desire on the part

> > of the masses to exploit a spiritual movement for their own purpose. They

> > also unmistakably indicate the end of the absolute and unconventional

> > guidance of the bonafide spiritual teacher. The people of this world

> > understand preventive systems, they can have no idea of the unprevented

> > positive eternal life. Neither can there be any earthly contrivance for

> > the permanent preservation of the life eternal on this mundane plane on

> > the popular scale."

 

Here is another related quote:

 

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta on management:

 

Many sannyasis and leading devotees of the Gaudiya Math told Sarasvati Thakura

to make a will for the management and organization of the Gaudiya Math after

his departure. Sarasvati Thakura didn't like that, saying, "If money is kept

within the Mission we will become mahanta (a term referring to the proprietor

of a temple in Bengal or Vrndavan). By managing the temple they live very

comfortably. They manage the funds of the temple and live very comfortably. So

Sarasvati Thakura said, "I don't want to make any agreement or document. When

there is life in the mission it will run on. I am not a contractor or a mason.

I have not established these temples in the manner of a contractor or a mason.

If life is there, with or without any document or will, everything will go on.

But if there's no life, with or without a document, then things will not go on

in a spiritual way. Without the living source, without life, the mission has no

meaning. It will be a bad mission. Rupa raghunatha vani pracar - this is what

we want. I am the priya of Rupa Raghunatha. I am not the priya of some

contractor. I build these temples out of love of Rupa Raghunatha, not for

increasing some contractor's business. I have not come to build so many temples

for the world's sake but for God's sake."

 

>From BIKC by Bhakti Vikasa Swami

 

>From these statements by Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, it looks like we

should keep our GBC Restructural Proposal extremely simple. Just establish

Varnasrama on the GBC by relieving the gurus & sannyasis and putting highly

qualified, advanced & experienced grhastas and that should do it. Since the

advanced grhasta devotees on the GBC can take up the role of a brahmana as well

as a ksatriya, lets not fuss too much about whether the GBCs should have

brahminical or ksatriya tendencies. I think in the case of GBC Restructure,

specialization (which is the basis of varnasrama-dharma) is more important then

anything else. And the non-guru grhastas on the GBC will have no other duty

except managing the Society so they will be automatically specialized in that

activity. The functions of the gurus, sannyasis can be furthur elucidated like

done in most proposals. There is no need of IBC or anything else.

 

Vaisnava dasabhas

Nayana-ranjana das

 

> > Samba Prabhu has exposed me. I have to admit that my contribution to this

> > conference has been deeply affected by this little quote.

> >

> > Your servant, Bhaktarupa Das

>

> WOW! I can understand (or maybe I cant!:-) how these infinitely wise words

> could have such a deep effect on you prabhu.

>

> This really is the essence! How can we attempt to contain the

> transcendental! The bonafide spiritual master holds infinite possibility in

> his heart.