Spiritual Economics

Stopping the Activities of Kali

Maharaja Pariksit, who could fight one thousand enemies single-handedly, thus pacified the personality of religion and the earth. Then he took up his sharp sword to kill the personality of Kali, who is the cause of all ir-religion. (Srimad Bhagavatam 1.17.28)

PURPORT by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

"As described above, the personality of Kali is he who deliberately commits all kinds of sinful acts which are forbidden in the revealed scriptures. This age of Kali will certainly be full of all activities of Kali, but this does not mean that the leaders of society, the executive heads, the learned and intelligent men, or above all the devotees of the Lord should sit down tightly and become callous to the reactions of the age of Kali. In the rainy season certainly there will be profuse rainfalls, but that does not mean that men should not take means to protect themselves from the rains. It is the duty of the executive heads of state and others to take all necessary actions against the activities of Kali or the persons influenced by the age of Kali; and Maharaja Pariksit is the ideal executive head of the state, for at once he was ready to kill the personality of Kali with his sharp sword. The administrators should not simply pass resolutions for anti-corruptional steps, but they must be ready with sharp swords to kill the persons creating corruptions from the angle of vision of the recognized shastras. The administrators cannot prevent corrupt activities by allowing wine shops. They must at once close all shops of intoxicating drugs and wine and force punishment even by death for those who indulge in habits of intoxication of all description. That is the way of stopping the activities of Kali, as exhibited herein by Maharaja Pariksit, the maha-ratha." (here for the rest of the story)

Sometimes I am asked why I write about such mundane topics as economics and do not focus exclusively on the topics of the Lord. In this commentary Srila Prabhupada clearly states: “above all the devotees of the Lord should not sit down tightly and become callous to the reactions of the age of Kali"—and those reactions are becoming severe.

Indeed, instead of keeping our collective heads in the clouds, callous to the reactions of this age, the devotees need to take action. The only solution to the problems of this age are the principles of religion and those principles are only explained sufficiently in the works of His Divine Grace. Someone is needed to explain how the Bhagavat philosophy applies to, and can solve today’s problems, and that is what I am attempting to do here.

There is no material solution to the problems that are manifesting in today’s world. They are the work of Kali, and he has the upper hand right now. It is a fact that unless the devotees of the Lord begin to take action to rally against the actions of Kali the situation will be lost. The global rulers have everything in their grip and they intend to squeeze it for all that its worth. And people are being squeezed. Who is going to help them? Who can help them except the Bhagavat and the persons Bhagavat? Spiritual Economics explains what is going on and what to do about it. We need you to play your part. Get in the game. 

The reality check, the activities of Kali, is in the next (above) post. And there you will see that the good professor wants to use whatever measures are present in his worldview. The problem is that the Western worldview is too limited to clearly understand the problem, to say nothing then of the solution. There is no understanding of the vices of Kali in the Western worldview. There is no understanding of the divine and demonic natures. There is no understanding of the Yuga dharma, the power of the maha-mantra, etc., etc. 

Only the devotees of the Lord have the knowledge and understanding to foil the demon Kali. Maharaja Pariksit did once at the beginning of the age. He needs to be dealt with again. Tell me please, what you are going to do to stop Kali?