Regarding Madhava Ghosh Prabhu’s post, just as Vaishanvas use everything material in service of the Absolute the materialist uses everything spiritual in the service of the material self.
This is the downward spiral of modern day religion. Actually modern standard of living and self-realization are becoming increasingly incompatible. So the every day Joe is just groping for any semblance of salvation as he loses himself deeper in the forest.
The biggest issue confronting today’s people is the transformation of values, something few ‘teachers’ are willing to touch. The same goes for the Environmental Movement where only a small sliver of its proponents see the need for substantive value reformation. This is the real spiritual vacuum of the day and the Gaudiya-Vaishnava lineage has the means to fill it.
