Education and Rules

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I appreciate both points, about education and rule-making.

 

Often, the products of education are not realized in the short term. Srila

Prabhupada was educating his youthful followers from the beginning; but it

took some time before the fruits of his efforts became highly visible. So,

one might conclude that the efforts to enlighten might not be immediately

fruitful, any more than would a planted seed, which requires time to

fructify. Should we be discouraged, thinking that our efforts are in vain?

Probably not. Perhaps we should continue to do our duty, and wait for Krsna

to bestow the results, whatever they might be.

 

It might take some time for ISKCON, as a whole, to appreciate the rules that

have been established regarding cow protection; but in the meantime, we can

go on offering whatever wisdom we have been blessed to receive, hoping that

at some future time, everyone will benefit.

 

Perhaps we should not be too hard on our GBC members, either, since they,

too, have often had more responsibilities to shoulder than volunteers to

help carry the load. Some of us have felt the need to abandon our service

for that very reason; and some (read "Balabhadra and Chayadevi") have opted

to carry on in spite of the dearth of help. That is not to say that all

criticisms levied have not been justified; rather, we can continue to work

to bring about change, in spite of what we see as the shortcomings of

others.

 

Dandavats to the dust of your feet.

 

Rupanuga das

 

>Education is the way to get people to realise by themselves what

> is wrong, rules are simply a botheration for most people.

 

To this point in time in ISKCON, education hasn't worked. As for rules

being a botheration, I assume you aren't expressing your true point clearly

here, because this statement in and of itself is absurd. Civilization is

based on rules. How do you thionk we are even able to have this conversation

over the internet - it is because of computers, which are the epitome of

functioning on rules, protocols, and agreements.

>

This is probably

> why even some of our own GBC's dont follow the laws of ISKCON.

 

That is too broad a topic to waste time on. They don't protect cows, all

other nonsense follows logically.