Guest guest Posted February 28, 2000 Report Share Posted February 28, 2000 Dear Dirk, Thanks for your encouragement. >>Do great souls ever speak pleasingly ? No, they decry 'injustice' BOLDLY for the welfare of all. Their live is a lonely & rocky road ! Great souls offer everything and usually loose it aswell... we should follow in their footsteps according to our capacities. But, don't expect to be liked and supported, cause that means you would already have lost the battle from the very start ! The problems of cow abuse are simply symptoms of a deeper problem in Iskcon- that we are feeding our anarthas rather than identifying them and rooting them out. After the xth time of trying to deal on a rational basis with managers on issues of the cow abuse in their zone, I am consistently finding a great deal of lack of concern with the cows on their part, and a great deal of emphasis being placed on image and prestige. On the last farm I was on they would not have the cows treated by a vet because it would give them a bad image to let a karmi vet see them- these animals had huge abscesses on their faces, the size of footballs. "Word might get around!", so instead the animals were left to die slowly, in great pain and out of sight. Then we advertise our fat healthy ones, preach about adopt-a-cow, go-seva, go-dhana, and get donations which are used to renovate our private residences. These are all facts.In the last drought we had, the old cows were starving despite ample donations. I could go on and on for chapters on the corruption I have been first-hand witness to, but it makes me nauseous to discuss it. To serve such blind leaders to whom image is all-in-all is to follow them into the ditch. We are advised against it. Still some really want to, like that one who is "lambasting" Janesvara for saving his soul from such corruption and choosing good association. What can we do when they WANT to be in the ditch? ys, niscala <Cow (AT) pamho (DOT) net> Save Address Barbaric treatment of cows in India <<But since it is the Age of Quarrel and HYPOCRISY it is not surprising that so-called non-devotees will do more to curtail demoniac activity, than the "I am perfect, powerful and happy, so much success I have today..."-type of "devotee". For all it is worth, thank you for this sharp analysis !! It is simply true...there ARE people 'out-there' (or to speak in my terms: outhere) who DO have a heart and perform great sacrifices... insted of speaking from ivory towers, we should seek cooperation with ALL people who do care. Many people have something to contribute to turn the tide of Kali. We are none less or more... <<It will mean that those who are ksatriyas will become like death personified to those who heartlessly abuse innocent animals. and are totally intolerant of cruelty. Powerful words of inspiration... where's such a great soul on this planet ? I guess we small souls will have to put our heads together and put aside differences. This could help a long way to reduce the bloodshed and enliven peoples concioussness. It is never too late !! <<We should not just flatter them to win their support and enhance our prestige, but we should put on pressure through our enormous following in India, that this is intolerable. This is not just jelly belly stuff... there's lives at stake here ! Has prabhupada ever spoken pleasingly when talking about such serious matters ? Do great souls ever speak pleasingly ? No, they decry 'injustice' BOLDLY for the welfare of all. Their live is a lonely & rocky road ! Great souls offer everything and usually loose it aswell... we should follow in their footsteps according to our capacities. But, don't expect to be liked and supported, cause that means you would already have lost the battle from the very start ! <<Such as educating the people of India with books like "Dung is Gold Mine" which show them that they lose out terribly even in a material sense Yes, all varnas go hand in hand, and will help to turn the tide of Kali. Don't let yourself be held back by fear. Do your duty and have faith! << We can take it as an opportunity to replace their sentimentality-to-cow-protection-but-real-faith-in-aping-the-west, with real-faith-in-cow-protection-and-disregard-for-the-west. We can through pressure on the government and people of India, that it is in their best interest to stop this malpractice In the intrest of all of us actually. If cow abuse becomes the norm in India, there won't be much turning back and hell will break loose. It will be a big loss to the world and the preaching... This is indeed a wonderful opportunity & challenge for Iskcon. I hope it will be taken up whole heartedly... <<Personally, if we don't give a damn, Then who will ???? dirk ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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