varnasrama cells

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"So all of the participants are trying to praise ISKCON.  Not tear

it down."

 

Dear Dvibuja...

How is it tearing down Iskcon, to try and repair its faults?

 

 " If there is some need of introspective anaylsis of our Krishna

consciousness, then I am sure Krishna will make an arrangement whereby any

issue can be addressed." 

 

Krsna makes all arrangements e.g. He gives us to us each personally:

intelligence, perception, and a conscience, and sastric guidelines to allign

these things with (sastra-caksusa).

Even with that, for personal guidance, there is guru as well.

What does guru do but encourage us to discriminate, using our perception and

intelligence and question all our assumptions, and thus become free from

illusion- even what we have heard from him...

".nothing should be accepted blindly, but only with care and caution"

..

Becoming free from illusion, means we learn to see within and without; what

is virtuous or Krsna Conscious, and what is in the name of being so,

actually swindle, what is religioin/ irreligion and so forth, and thus by

use of intelligence in the service of the Lord, we can learn from our

mistakes and progress...

Or we can go along the path many have taken, and due to fear of reaction,

not say anything.

 

" I just don't think just anyone can say just

anything without reaction." 

 

"Silence means consent"

There is not just sins of commission, but sins of omission as well, which

include not speaking up where there is hypocrisy.

Those who did so, at the disrobing of Draupadi, were guilty.

You certainly spoke up when that madman killed Krsna's cows, longing to

break his knee-caps and so forth...

It does not mean that hypocrisy in any other form cannot be present in our

mission. It is not subject to your dreams. Kali has his own agenda.

Kali-yuga is the Age of Quarrel and.....?

Srila Prabhupada said "our movement can only be destroyed from within, by

personal ambition"

It was this phenomena, therefore I was addressing, as it is a most important

consideration.

Srila Prabhupada, with his dying breath, told us to implement varnasrama, to

"come to the mode of goodness". Varnasrama, if properly implemented, with

qualified brahmanas in control of ambitious administrators, can certainly

help our movement maintain its purity for the next 10,000 years or so.

Failing to do so, the quote before last may become a prediction.

 

" So that is my complaint to everyone on this

conference.  Balabadhra Prabhu included.  This is a formal complaint about

this open offensive mood towards devotees."

 

I did not in my letter, specify names, which especially in public I would

say IS actually offensive (take note), I described daily life and attitudes

in temples which were counterproductive to Krsna Consciousness and the

establishment of varnasrama.

 

"  Maybe the problem like any other open forum, there is no way to restrict

who comes on, but still the statements like our corrupt leaders,sannyassis

living luxuriously while the cows live in squallor ,"

 

You should try to whether see this is a fact, we are interested in truth,

not in living in a bubble.

 

" the GBCS are the fault of the cow problems etc."

 

I can't remember that one, but again, is it backed up with facts?

 

 " All these general slanderous statements constitute

unnaceptable types of communication amongst ISKCON devotees."

 

Sri;la Prabhupada: A devotee always speaks the truth (satyam), though it may

not always be sweet (priyam).

 

 " We are the leaders if we surrender."

 

So surrender to this advice, from Prabhupada, and become a leader.

Hare Krishna.

Niscala DD

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