ACCOMMODATING CULTURE

Devotee comment: "...Actually, Srila Prabhupada was stretching the rules for the ancient Vaisnava culture to take followers from all status and category to become serious followers of the Vaisnava Saints. This is actually a struggle with the upper classes..." Meena Devi Dasi: You've really hit on something. Excellent point... The old Brahmana/Vaishnava conflict. For Himself and the disciples there was no need to have so many Brahmanas come into the Krishna Balarama Temple at the installation... to recite so many mantras. But they needed to be engaged also and unless they were allowed to do that they would not accept the temple as bonafide. But that is to accommodate that culture. Also the dhoti and sari dressing may be part of that. But for preaching in the West they know absolutely nothing at all about the Indian caste conflicts. It is totally irrelevant. There are other issues that need to be addressed in order to engage the Western people.