In the last two postings we have been considering a letter Shrila Prabhupada wrote in 1972 concerning the nature of power. A devotee had written Prabhupada with misgivings about competition in activities of preaching. To this apparently simple and down-to-earth question, Prabhupada gave a reply that rose quickly to ultimate philosophical principles. Prabhupada’s presentation is [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘Power’
September 10, 2008
Power Part 2 (continued from last week)
During the Christmas shopping season of 1972, the ISKCON temples in North America engaged, as usual, in a fiercely competitive book distribution marathon. Some aspects of that contest gave the president of the Chicago temple misgivings, which he placed before Shrila Prabhupada, his spiritual master and the founder-acharya of ISKCON. Prabhupada addressed Shri Govinda’s doubts [...]
September 2, 2008
Power Part 1
Were I to name the one human act most responsible for the wrongs in this world it would be, hands down, the abuse of power.
As far back as our history books can relate, the strong have exploited the weak. From time to time, the exploited, energized by resentment, rise up and overthrow their exploiters. In [...]
