you are right...

...there's a big difference between 'institution' and 'organization,' and that i've used the first term shows a deep-rooted misconception. as you wrote, an institution is something you can't do anything about: you just have to accept it.

this either leads to uncritical acceptance of whatever the entity perceived as institution does, or, the flip side, the desire to fight against it, rejecting everything that comes from or supports it.

the organization ISKCON is made up of all it's members, and is whatever we are able to make it.

ys phani.

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