When fake godmen are destroying the spiritual life of people isnt it the duty of the government or ISKCON to end this nonsense?

From: Rajrup Chatterjee

In this current age of Kali yuga, we have seen many  fake godmen spoiling and destroying the Spiritual life of many people, so is it not the responsibility of Government or a Vedic Organization such as ISKCON  to to stop this nonsense ?

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In this current age of Kali, we have seen many fake godmen spoiling and destroying the spiritual life of many people. So is it not the responsibility of government or a Vedic organization as it is called to stop this nonsense? Answer. Yes, it is the responsibility of the government.
The Kshatriyas are meant to look after the welfare of the people in general. And although generally their focus is material welfare, they don’t directly do preaching or spiritual programs, spiritual teaching for the spiritual welfare. But it is also their responsibility to look after the social systems and the support structures that take care of the spiritual welfare of people.
So, if somebody is threatening the spiritual welfare of people, at a legal level, stopping it is the responsibility of the government. Prabhupada would often emphasize that secularism doesn’t mean that the government just washes its hands of religion or worse still, neglects or suppresses religion. Secularism means that just as there are different businesses which are running and the government doesn’t take the side of any business, but overall make sure that all the businesses follow the rules of the business.
Similarly, the government cannot wash off the hands of religion. But the government also has to make sure that the various religions follow the scriptures that are given. So, when Bhaktivinod Thakur was in a government office and had a government authority, then he did punish the fake government in a very exemplary and fearless way, even risking his own life and risking his daughter’s life.
So, where one has the authority and one can do this, one should do this. We have Prabhupada’s written word and Bhaktivinod Thakur’s example for this. Now, at the same time, for an organization like ISKCON, which doesn’t have governmental authority, the level of influence is limited.
ISKCON, Prabhupada founded it primarily as a Brahminical organization. ISKCON is not so much of a Kshatriya movement, although eventually a Kshatriya wing will develop as the Varanasi vision manifests. But primarily, ISKCON’s social contribution is through education.
So, ISKCON, by distributing Prabhupada’s books and conducting classes and courses, is helping people understand the difference between authentic spiritual teachers and those who are not authentic. So, generally, the Brahmanas teach by Shastra and the Kshatriyas by Shastra. So, ISKCON is doing their part of the Brahminical society by teaching Shastric knowledge in a contemporary, understandable and relevant way.
So, rather than specifically focusing on some spiritual teachers and some claimed spiritual teachers and telling how they are wrong, it is far more productive to focus on teaching what is right because what is wrong will keep coming up in many variants because this is Kali Yuga. And rather than focus on just what is wrong, once we present the right effectively, people can use their own intelligence to understand what all is wrong. And even when new wrongs come up, they’ll be equipped to understand how that is wrong.
So, at our level, sharing spiritual education in a vigorous and intelligent way is the best way to counter the deleterious effects that the Godmen are having. And if devotees share Krishna Consciousness based on scripture intelligently and rigorously, then even in future, people with governmental influence, people with Kshatriya inclinations and powers can take up legislative measures and bring in greater integrity and harmony with scripture in the overall spiritual landscape of today. Thank you.