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Originally Posted by suchandra
Well spoken Theist prabhu. Only problem, even if you want to join like two of my godbrothers, they don't take you. They say you should live near a temple and visit as a guest but not that you can live within ISKCON. This is yesteryear. ISKCON might take you when you work with a contract and getting paid. Also see, " I am becoming increasingly concerned that more and more people I talk to are simply at the temple because they are being paid." (Bh. David Haslam) |
Yeah but who wants to join Iskcon? I am aware of the problems there. They built a big church and now they can't avoid to heat it. But if I see a group of Iskcon devotees out chanting kirtan on the street I can appreciate that wonderful service without getting all worked up over these other things.
I see two mistaken positions on this subject and I understand them both because I have held both positions. There is the Iskcon can do no wrong, everyone in iskcon is a good devotee angle. And then there is there is Iskcon is all screwed up and everyone connected there is being duped and the gurus are all fakes etc. Undo attraction and unnecessary aversion. Both states of mind are states of material attachment.
Now I don't even want to think about iskcon as far as it's a non-factor in my life for the most part. If I see something good I try to acknowledge it as such and move on. If I see something negative I may comment but I have no need to dwell on it beyond that.
As far as this clip goes it was little light hearted thing that I thought showed the devotees in a good light. Nothing more or less.