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\nBalaramkrishnadas.jps: Temple first, or the devotee ? Definitely a chicken first or egg first situation !
\nSome believe a temple built by nondevotees through a body of congregational or furtive public donors is not a place worth the visit.
\nYet others feel that a devotee of a regular temple who doesnot hit himself at regular managalarati or discuss bhakti is not so bonafide.
\nSo distribute books ,distribute books ,distribute books- a medicine for both the above parties? May be…
\nDont have to even worry which books to whom. Just pass it all the way, as they buy?
\nSome one can even, out of higher mercy donate an english maha-book to a rich illiterate Indian business man out of sheer enthusiasm: distribute the books, anyway!
\n It has to happen .
\nSo there is the need of an organisation in order to realise the feat and all are on such speculations.
\nMathematics and inductive logic is Kinder joy chocolate. Those who are kinder (more kind) may now please read on.
\nSrila Prabhupada\u2019s Four Active Principles :
\nBooks are the basis; Purity is the force; Preaching is the essence.Utility is the principle.
\nWell,this is Kinderjoy in itself!
\nTaking utility principle from the above and applying it on the set of above four, we get as below:
\nUtility of Preaching= make devotee \/an outsider (a)
\nUtility of Books Distribution = Make devotee \/an outsider(a)
\nUtility of Purity=Make devotee out of self (b)
\nApplying utility principle( remember utility is the principle) once again and simplifying we get :
\nUtility of (a) implies : to respect, regard an upstart vaishnava.
\nUtility of (b) implies : to self realize
\nConclusions:
\n1.Any congregation devoid of cent percent respect and regard for upcoming devotees is but a tool for material gains and social status .
\n2.Any one passive to self realization cannot be taken into account as a devotee
\nAnyone who being a pure resort to others, help transcend others\u2019 basic instincts and give them a free ride into life efficiency and spiritually ecstatic mellows, making them yet another resort for sheltering many more, is a spiritual force.
\nFactually speaking, Temples, Kutirs and Societies are not at all built by the pure but, for the pure, in order to preserve their precious memories and through such sacrificial work executed we get liberated(yagnyartat karmana).
\nISKCON is such a monument indeed. It is powerful .
\nIt works! Hare Krishna.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"