Why not varnasrama?

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> Will varnasrama naturally fall into place as we expand or do we have to

> give it shape?

 

my experience is that nothing naturally falls into place in this world,

rather it naturally goes to decay, so it has to be given shape. There has

to be an educational and training program that facilitates the growth and

development of anything, and along with that there has to be a lot of love

and trust to nurture ourselves to grow and mature.

 

Prabhupada's program was all about giving us the knowledge and then training

us how to apply it in our lives and the lives of others. We have yet to

establish very seriously the program of intellectually understanding the

knowledge and then personally living it. Thus our results have been far from

glorious.

 

SB 5.1.19 Purport: To maintain proper social order and help the citizens

gradually progress toward the goal of life—namely spiritual

understanding—the principles of varnasrama-dharma must be accepted. From

this verse, Maharaja Priyavrata appears to have been so strict in

maintaining this institution of varnasrama-dharma that anyone neglecting it

would immediately flee from his presence as soon as the King warned him by

fighting or administering light punishment. Indeed, Maharaja Priyavrata

would not have to fight, for simply because of his strong determination,

they dared not disobey the rules and regulations of varnasrama-dharma. It is

said that unless human society is regulated by varnasrama-dharma, it is no

better than a bestial society of cats and dogs. Maharaja Priyavrata,

therefore, strictly maintained varnasrama-dharma by his extraordinary,

unparalleled prowess.

 

Prabhupada is really giving us alot of deep insight throughout his books

about the importance of Varnasrama and it's inherent relationship with the

Krsna consciousness movement.

 

To compile all the references from Vedabase is the first and easiest work to

do. It really does not take long. Last winter I compiled everything

Prabhupada said in the Bhagavatam, CC and the books that he actually wrote

on the Krsna consciousness movement. The result was over 400 pages, and it

took only 3 months.

 

I see there are two more studies to do in order to have the initial

documents to start the serious studying and compiling by a group of serious

and mature devotees. Those are a complete study on varnasrama (the biggest

one to do, I estimate 1000 to 1500 pages) and then the three modes of

material nature and the illusionary energy.

 

We should also gather all of the papers written by devotees regarding

Varnasrama, to see how their insights are in line with or differ from our

philosophy.

 

your servant

 

Visnu Murti das