Голосование и выборы

[roman]

Преданный: Но люди, которые действительно следуют нашему движению, даже не ставят свои кандидатуры [на выборы].

Шрила Прабхупада: Я никогда этого не делал, потому что я не верю в эту избирательную систему, организованную негодяями. Я никогда этого не делал. Даже, когда я был семейным человеком, я никогда не голосовал ни за кого, я избегал этого. Иногда они приезжали даже за мной на машине, чтобы отвезти, но я все равно отказывался.

Преданный: Эти студенты сказали мне, что если бы были кандидаты, участвующие в выборах, из которых можно выбирать, если бы был этот выбор... Но этого выбора нет, они не хотят голосовать. В конце концов мы должны как-то побудить этих преданных голосовать за нас. Но преданные не участвуют в выборах.

Шрила Прабхупада: Кандидатами становятся взрослые люди. Если вы сможете дать образование большей части населения, то это автоматически произойдет, автоматически изменится.

Его Божественная Милость А. Ч. Бхактиведанта Свами Прабхупада, ачарья-основатель ИСККОН, утренняя прогулка, Лос-Анжелес 14.12.73

[roman]

The king had to see that the reserved energy of humanity was properly utilized. Human energy is meant not exactly for fulfilling animal propensities, but for self-realization. The whole government was specifically designed to fulfill this particular purpose. As such, the king had to select properly the cabinet ministers, but not on the strength of voting background. The ministers, the military commanders and even the ordinary soldiers were all selected by personal qualification, and the king had to supervise them properly before they were appointed to their respective posts.

SB 1.9.27, purport

[roman]

In the modern age of democracy there are so many government representatives voting for legislation. Every day they bring out a new law. But because these laws are only mental concoctions manufactured by inexperienced conditioned souls, they cannot give relief to human society. Formerly, although the kings were autocrats, they strictly followed the principles laid down by great sages and saintly persons. There were no mistakes in ruling over the country, and everything went perfectly. The citizens were completely pious, the king levied taxes legitimately, and therefore the situation was very happy. At the present moment the so-called executive heads are more or less selected from materially ambitious persons who simply look after their own personal interests; they have no knowledge of the śāstras. In other words, the executive heads are fools and rascals in the strict sense of the terms, and the people in general are śūdras.

SB 4.20.15, purport

[roman]

“Whenever and wherever there is a decline in religious practice, O descendant of Bharata, and a predominant rise of irreligion—at that time I appear Myself.” When the residents of this earth become atheistic and godless, they descend to the status of animals like dogs and hogs, and thus their only business is to bark among themselves. This is dharmasya glāni, deviation from the goal of life. Human life is meant for attaining the highest perfection of Kṛṣṇa consciousness, but when people are godless and the presidents or kings are unnecessarily puffed up with military power, their business is to fight and increase the military strength of their different states. Nowadays, therefore, it appears that every state is busy manufacturing atomic weapons to prepare for a third world war. Such preparations are certainly unnecessary; they reflect the false pride of the heads of state. The real business of a chief executive is to see to the happiness of the mass of people by training them in Kṛṣṇa consciousness in different divisions of life. Cātur-varṇyaṁ mayā sṛṣṭaṁ guṇa-karma-vibhāgaśaḥ (Bg. 4.13). A leader should train the people as brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras and engage them in various occupational duties, thus helping them progress toward Kṛṣṇa consciousness. Instead, however, rogues and thieves in the guise of protectors arrange for a voting system, and in the name of democracy they come to power by hook or crook and exploit the citizens. Even long, long ago, asuras, persons devoid of God consciousness, became the heads of state, and now this is happening again. The various states of the world are preoccupied with arranging for military strength. Sometimes they spend sixty-five percent of the government’s revenue for this purpose. But why should people’s hard-earned money be spent in this way? Because of the present world situation, Kṛṣṇa has descended in the form of the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement. This is quite natural, for without the Kṛṣṇa consciousness movement the world cannot be peaceful and happy.

SB 10.1.17, purport

[roman]

Любой хоть сколько-нибудь религиозный правитель, если при его власти отправляют на бойни коров, должен в знак протеста уйти в отставку.. Поскольку люди не знают, что эти администраторы негодяи, они страдают. И люди тоже негодяи, потому что они голосуют за этих больших негодяев.

● Путешествие вглубь себя, глава 7 Перспективы науки и философии.