Guest guest Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Varnasrama College Diary By Rabindranatha Dasa Adhikari Saturday, January 29, 2005 Things went on as usual today. Finished my 16 rounds at around 11a.m. and Sukadeva Prabhu (ACBSP) gave the Srimad-Bhagavatam class. Today me and Jaya Gopal went up to Escondido falls, taking a bath in the pool at the upper falls, we could see a rainbow there created from the falls. "Krsna wears a pearl necklace that appears like a chain of white ducks around His neck. The peacock feather in His hair appears like a rainbow, and His yellow garments appear like lightning in the sky." Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya lila 21.109 Made some more following up phone calls today, from the letters that I sent out about supporting the Varnasrama College. Quote of the day "Quoting from the Visnu Purana (389), the great sage Parasara Muni has recommended: varnasramacaravata purusena parah puman visnur aradhyate pantha nanyat tat-tosa-karanam [Cc. Madhya 8.58] "The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Visnu, is worshiped by the proper execution of prescribed duties in the system of varna and asrama. There is no other way to satisfy the Lord." In the land of Bharata-varsa, the institution of varnasrama-dharma may be easily adopted. At the present moment, certain demoniac sections of the population of Bharatavarsa are disregarding the system of varnasrama-dharma. Because there is no institution to teach people how to become brahmanas, ksatriyas, vaisyas and sudras or brahmacaris, grhasthas, vanaprasthas and sannyasis, these demons want a classless society. This is resulting in chaotic conditions. In the name of secular government, unqualified people are taking the supreme governmental posts. No one is being trained to act according to the principles of varnasrama-dharma, and thus people are becoming increasingly degraded and are heading in the direction of animal life. The real aim of life is liberation, but unfortunately the opportunity for liberation is being denied to people in general, and therefore their human lives are being spoiled. The Krsna consciousness movement, however, is being propagated all over the world to reestablish the varnasrama-dharma system and thus save human society from gliding down to hellish life." --Bhag. 5.19.19P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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