Category:Questions On... Politics, Government
Pages in category "Questions On... Politics, Government"
The following 192 pages are in this category, out of 192 total.
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- According to the Vedic conception, is the king or the monarch above the law?
- Actually, although the actual number of initiated devotees is still few, there is a growing, ever-growing number of sympathizers - So you make good supporter, then government is yours - Then it's all based on selling your books more and more?
- Actually, I was concerned this morning about inflation. The government and the newspapers, they say the biggest problem today is inflation. From our Krsna conscious standpoint, how can we cure this problem of inflation?
- And also that man, that Sastri, the Ministry of Education? That man Mr. Sastri, in the Ministry of Education, the Ratri of Sanskrit-samsad, he bought fifty copies?
- And that (why you elect? Depend on God) comes through lack of spiritual knowledge, Swamiji?
- And what if the brahmana starts to rule the world in their own interest?
B
- Before I go, Your Grace, I am employed in government service. Is it your wish that I resign?
- Blind leaders and blind followers (another blind leader, so-called leader, he is blind himself. He does not know how to lead people. And the followers, followers are also blind. So what will be the result?)?
- But because this is the age of Kali, even if the Krsna consciousness movement spreads and even captures governments, how can we stop individual people from doing this (sinful life)?
- But do you think most of the Hare Krsna members will vote in the election in November?
- But for our plan to be put into action on big scale, big people must accept, who, who are presently, who presently have power to control the state... So is this to say that we must... replace them?
- But I'm trying to ask does he (the Presidential candidate) have to be Krsna conscious, involvement, in order to be God conscious?
- But if man is small and imperfect, how can he execute God's perfect orders for a perfect government?
- But suppose the government is atheistic (the leaders cannot control nature, so why don't they accept a supreme controller? That is the defect in society)?
- But they permit this kind of thing (Russian young boys are as good as Americans. By artificial means they have been checked. The Russian government is not good at all. Suppression. Simply suppression)?
- But they'll actually manage the government (one day our men will be leaders of government? - Yes. Leaders means as soon as you make the public in your favor, you are leader)?
- But you don't require recognition of any court, do you?
C
- Can we solve political problems with this religious basis?
- Can you be interested directly in politics?
- Communists win, that will not stop our preaching?
- Could a monarch use this argument, the argument of divine right, in order to discourage his subjects' rebelling under the pretense that they are communing directly with God? What guidelines are there to assure against this? Wasn't there one King Vena...?
D
- Devotees are beginning more and more, Srila Prabhupada, under your instruction, to enter into politics. But the political leaders, they will claim, "Well you have no experience. How can you be qualified to...?"
- Do they reject it because they (the politicians) cannot do it?
- Do you advocate sending the children to secular schools, or have you made arrangements with the government to...?
- Do you seek government help?
- Do you suppose that the British supported Darwin so that that would also help their political ambitions, by introducing...?
- Do you take interest in the political happenings?
- Do you think Mrs. Gandhi's leadership has not been successful?
- Do you think that the present democratic system will be able to impart a spiritual education?
- Do you think there is a necessity to open a ministry of religion?
- Does it (victory for the communists) mean that they will also attack the Krsna consciousness?
E
H
- Has God also devised the most perfect government?
- Have they (the chief minister) done (given land in Kuruksetra) so?
- Have you asked the government for money? President Nixon?
- He (Duke of Windsor's castle) is the king there, right? The queen's husband
- He asks what are our political principles in Krsna consciousness. Do we have a program?
- His question is that now the government is corrupt, so what can be immediately done?
- How can they vote for human beings (the voters are pigs and asses and camel and dogs. So if these animal vote for somebody, then what he is)?
- How can we get a God conscious leader (president) in this country?
- How can you separate out economics, politics...?
- How do you explain the advance that Marxism has made?
- How does the ksatriya build a palace for himself or something like that?
- How far this adaption of Krsna consciousness by many American boys would affect the politics of their attitude, for instance, to such a bearing problem of America as Vietnam War?
- How foreign intervention will be dangerous to you if you are perfect (if your theory is perfect, why there should be foreign intervention?)?
- How has India improved by independence? What is the improvement? They are more godless than ever
- How were the leaders, though, of India so weak when the British first occupied that they allowed this all to take place?
- How will the government decide what my gold is and what his gold is? How does the gold get distributed?
I
- I am employed in government service. Is it your wish that I resign?
- I just want the name of the person who gave us that land in Orissa (Nityananda Kananda. He was a minister in the central government, deputy minister) During when? Approximately?
- I mean, but will the power of the ksatriyas will be in the hands of the Krsna conscious persons sometime during this Kali-yuga?
- I read somewhere that possibly you wanted to convert people who were politicians and businessmen. Why?
- I think you've answered this question, but he wants to know how will Krsna consciousness affect all the religions and politics of the world at this time?
- I was a member of the Municipal Corporation of Bombay. I know that in ordinary course these rascals don't pass the plans for six and eight months. What do you say?
- I'm a servant of the government right now, and will it take more love of Krsna for me to be devotee, or what...?
- I've got a good question. How can we get a God conscious leader in this country?
- If all the land belongs to God, then who decides who will distribute it to the people?
- If one has to obey the state and go to war, how is that the same as obeying God?
- If such papa hoga, how one can expect betterment of the nation (they have legalized abortion. So the unborn fetus, after it's aborted, they're eating as food)?… Is there any way out?
- If the government is giving them free homes and we're giving them free prasadam, why should they work?
- If we are in the proper line, then our political activities also can become successful?
- If we don't get protection from the government, then what can we do?
- If we were there and we could make one speech in front of that assembled Congress and Senate, the main government of the United States, what were the main points we would stress?
- In America, does the government support the movement ?
- In order for a candidate (Presidential candidate) to be God conscious, would he have to be part of the Hare Krsna movement?
- In the case of Maharaja Vena there was some recourse for the brahmanas. What can we do?
- In the Vedic culture, are people allowed to follow any other belief? In a society where there is Krsna conscious king or president, say someone doesn't want to be a devotee. What happens to him?
- In Vrndavana (the government is trying to spoil this place also. Starting oil refinery)?
- India will become Communist also?
- Is he (Sanjay Gandhi) going to be put in prison for... (he has paid only one hundred rupees from his pocket, and he's everything, and he has squandered so much)?
- Is he (Sheik Abdullah) a chief minister or prime minister?
- Is it (at the present moment, after independence, Indians are very horribly situated) because of the people?
- Is it all right to blame the government in public, Prabhupada, in India?
- Is it all right to cheat the government?
- Is it because the leaders are not following? Therefore the population is not following?
- Is it not possible in this age for devotees to overthrow government?
- Is that ("the chief minister who has sanctioned") Nayika?
- Is the fact that America is now the dominant nation also God's will?
- Is the government discouraging...(opening certain schools in India on gurukula pattern)?
- Is there any chance of uniting with India again, Pakistan?
- Is there any danger to us from her (Indira Gandhi) arresting so many people?
- Is there in India a licensing body by the state for people to preach?
- Is this a government-recognized college now (at Navadvipa)?
M
O
- On this side there is government sign, "No dogs," "No dogs." Dogs are not allowed. What is the reason?
- One day our men will be leaders of government?
- One of the major issues always in political battles is how would you control inflation, how would you solve the inflation problem?
- One thing, New Zealand cities are passing bylaws which seek to ban the chanting of your disciples in the streets. Do you get much opposition like this?
- Only difficulty, for instance, in socialist society of our country and a socialist society how can you distinguish productive group and workers?
P
- Prabhupada, what about in the case where you have this ideal civilization with the brahmanas instructing, but the brahmanas don't agree? Just like in Bhagavad-gita, the Battlefield of Kuruksetra, there were many brahmanas, but they didn't agree
- Prabhupada? Why are the big authorities, like the government people...?
S
- Should also this be the responsibility of the government to protect people from having to take dog body?
- Should we also try to introduce legislation immediately to close the slaughterhouses?
- Should we now take the help from the political parties such as Shiv Sena?
- So how would, for example, the government.... In a perfect society, how would the government check to see that the brahmanas are actually practicing, and how would...?
- So if we don't choose our leaders by popular election, how will society be governed?
- So it doesn't matter if Narayana is successful?
- So now you've defined a perfect leader. What is a perfect system? What are the criterion for a perfect system?
- So they should get written permission for the ratha to stand there?
- So when the Krsna consciousness movement becomes so powerful that it is in charge of the government, is it because of a small group of people or because of a mass?
- Some members the Parliament says, the movement is in some anti-Indian activities. What do you...?
- Someone has said that (if they grow like this, in ten years the Hare Krishna will take the government)?
- Srila Prabhupada, how may we best approach the rulers and the leaders and the politicians to interest them in this?
- Srila Prabhupada, if the kings were taught to govern the whole universe, does that mean all the worlds, all the worlds in the universe?
- Srila Prabhupada, in the United States' constitution there is a bill of rights that says that any religion can be practiced. Therefore anything goes, and people become atheistic?
- Srila Prabhupada, should we be thinking in our minds that one day the Krsna consciousness movement will have to manage the cities and the nations of the world?
- Srila Prabhupada, they want to know what will be the political effect of the Hare Krsna movement?
- Srila Prabhupada, what are the qualifications of a perfect leader?
- Srila Prabhupada, will the Krsna consciousness movement will take over the world eventually?
- Support the right minority?
- Swamiji, so the government, the present government in the world...?
- Swamiji, when there was discussion in Parliament about the fabulous money that the movement has, society has, then who provided the answers?
T
- That (it becomes one state, as it was formerly, five thousand years ago) requires getting some kind of political position perhaps? At least, if not us, someone else adopting the principles of Krsna consciousness, appreciating them, or...
- That was Churchill? Churchill's policy (separation of India)?
- That's (if I have to purchase from the government store whatever nonsense thing they will supply, I will have to accept) not good?
- That's the governor of Karnataka (he was very pleased and he said, "Yes, I will cancel Sai Baba's program and come to your program")?
- The government is also giving land free to encourage agriculture. Simply that it has to be cleared. It's jungle land; it has to be cleared. Shall we try for something like that?
- The government of India has not in any way helped this movement, has it?
- The governments today are supporting the most outrageous, sinful activities. So how is it possible to reform the general mass of people?
- The ksatriyas make sure that people are correct, acting correctly, that no one is taking more than what they need?
- The law in the Bible says, "Thou shalt not kill." But the federal law of the United States says you must go into the Army and kill. So which to follow? There is a difference. They both say opposite things
- The police were helping the thieves?
- The rascals are the ministers. Am I right or wrong?
- The whole nation is worker ("They want everyone should become a sudra, the Communists life, worker, "Work." And therefore they have not been successful. The whole nation is worker, and who will give the brain?")?
- Then how to throw out good leadership?
- There was one famous politician (Canakya Pandita) from India five hundred years ago, or...?
- There were instances when the king wouldn't follow the brahmanas, so they were thrown out, weren't they?
- They (all these embassies and ambassadors) are what, Prabhupada?
- They are endorsing (the Indian government understands that this movement is turning the whole world towards Indian culture)?
- They are thinking, "What if the people want to be Communist? Why should we interfere?"
- They have stopped it (cow killing) because they see we are getting so much support?
- They still would not be allowed to do it (chant Hare Krishna) in school. There's a law against that, officially, in school... We should try to fight that?
- They will come forward and say, "Now, what practical can we do to help implement these in the government, in the world? What can we do practical?"
- This government of Maharashtra has created an institution, government institution, which are feeding pigs for selling, meat, and poultry. It could have been done by any private institution outside. Why, eh?
- This is good propaganda (by Professor Judah and all others, that "How it is happening? There is something in the Hare Krsna movement.") with the governments also. This is good way to get the governments to support our movement more and more, isn't it?
- Twenty-five percent of the produce?
W
- We appreciate Communism as it stands now or socialism, what they call it?
- We can see, Srila Prabhupada, by the distribution of wealth and minerals in each loka, in each planet, it is meant to be governed by one ruler. One place there is gold, one place grain to grow. Is this true?
- We still have the zamindar system. We still have the system, and the rich people are exploiting. They do. Unless there is some kind of a revolution by which you can curb the power of the landlord, how can you be for land distribution?
- Well will they follow your example and not vote?
- Well, what about all these artificial divisions, "this nation," "that nation," "this land"?
- Were they (the Soviet Union leaders) receptive to what you...?
- What about (the leadership of) Mrs. Meir, president of Israel (being successful)?
- What about buying books? There are so many books with nonsense ideas. That will have to be controlled also
- What about the actual ministers? Cabinet ministers?
- What about the United States government (every sane man should help this movement for the good of society)?
- What about women (woman's brain is smaller than a man's) who are leaders of countries such as your own country?
- What about women who are elected by the people?
- What are the, our Prime Minister's view regarding this movement?
- What are they (Communistic government) doing with their wealth if they are not investing it in economic...?
- What can the state do? Should the state just leave the people alone?
- What can we say to Communists to attract them to Krsna consciousness?
- What could England gain from the separation? What was their gain from dividing India and Pakistan?
- What do you think of Jimmy Carter?
- What does the government of India say about that (one astrologer has said that Jawaharlal Nehru has become a dog in Sweden), any comment?
- What is the actual duty of the government?
- What is the meaning of good citizen?
- What is the meaning, then, that America is the dominant nation?
- What is the reason for that law (So you cannot keep even bull privately. Must be killed. This is the law)?
- What is your feeling in regard to Mrs. Gandhi's actions in India at the present time, particularly in relation to what you're saying about women? Is what's happening there because she has a thirty-six ounce brain and is incapable of ruling?
- What is your idea about the secularism preached by our government of India and the policy of secularism? What do they mean by that? That means they say that there is no place for religion
- What is your view of communism, Your Grace?
- What was Mahatma Gandhi fighting in the House of Commons in England?
- What will be the position with the Chinese if the Russians and Americans fight?
- What would be your advice to her (Mrs. Gandhi)?
- When Balavanta Prabhu was running for office you were saying that it'd be very difficult to get our present-day leaders to take to Krsna consciousness. I'd just like to try to understand further, whether it is the masses or the leaders?
- When we are emphasizing this Krsna consciousness, we are in danger of forgetting the social political dimension. So how to bring this...?
- Which way is India headed towards? The capitalists or the Communists?
- While you were in the college or afterwards, did you participate in any political movements?
- Who (he has paid only one hundred rupees from his pocket, and he's everything, and he has squandered so much)?
- Who will decide who will be king?
- Who would be the king today? If we establish such a system (parampara), who would become the king?
- Why (did you like Gandhi's national movement)?
- Why did they depose him (Krushchev)?
- Why don't the people revolt if they're so unhappy?
- Why is it that in the modern day good people, they don't come into public office? Good people. In previous ages there were rajarsis, great kings, very pious kings. Why is it that only rogues are aspiring today?
- Will this be possible, to reform these leaders, Srila Prabhupada?
- With more people in politics in India, are they able to keep the Vedic ideal? Or...?
- Would a Vedic king try to prohibit the fifth-class men from eating the animals?
- Would you be justified in doing something that society would consider criminal, like… stealing for Krsna, or killing for Krsna... Something that is judged by, say, the US government as criminal, would be still do it if it was for Krsna?
- Would you comment on the current political situation in India, what's happening right now?
- Would you comment on the political situation in India now. What do you think about Mrs. Gandhi's...?
Y
- Yesterday in Assam seven student have been killed, but is it the communists who killed them?
- You and your movement tend to separate people from concern with what's going on in the world, like that's a Presidential election and Jimmy Carter is the democratic candidate... Isn't that an example of it?
- You don't think the patients have any mind of their own?
- You were saying, minute before that the socialism, your socialism is that Krsna is your Marx, sort of... It will be my last question. What about you in that? Would you be, you are a spiritual chief. Would you be...?
- Your movement is spreading largely. Do you think that it will be welcome in the Communist countries?
- Your movement, your consciousness of Krsna, engloves, takes all the direction of economics and political possibility... Can you speak, explain me about that?