Guest guest Posted August 18, 2006 Report Share Posted August 18, 2006 I agree, our resources for varnasrama are non-exisent Whereas mundane education has many trillions... We are like a few birds trying to empty the ocean ... But it will happen, Lord Chaitanya's mysterious plan ... > The way I look at this issue is this: > ISKCON is a preaching organization, with clear organizational purposes. > To implement Varnasrama requires a lot of power, money, and expertise. > Why? Because, in establishing Varnasrama, we are seeking to make a > sociopolitical and economical change to the way contemporary society is > presently functioning. It seems to me that ISKCON is quite poor (of course > our GBC leadership never discloses the worldwide finances situation); at > least that what looks like when you travel in ISKCON temples in the West, > which is obviously more opulent than the rest of the world. > > In terms of power, ISKCON does not have political, nor military influence > anywhere it operates. > > In terms of expertise, ISKCON doesn't have educated sociologists, > economists, military leaders, and the rest of the technology (educational > levels, etc.) that modern society does have at its disposal. > > We cannot establish without entering the political arena. And that's > another "can of worms." > > Hence, the way it looks now, we are not even close to "getting the ball > rolling" with this program of establishing Varnasrama. > > We are still dealing with child abuse debacle and the family and marriage > institutional crisis. We are quite busy with all this hogwash...that > thinking of establishing varnasrama seems quite a long way to go... > > YKD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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