Tag: Preaching

What should a devotee-manager consider?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

Unfortunately instruction manuals on this issue written in the past are presently not available to me, but they surely contained many good advises regarding the daily reality a devotee who accepts managerial

What is needed to train a devotee on book distribution?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

To start with: to find a devotee who is willing to accept this service is certainly extremely rare. I had the privileged to join a movement and a particular yatra where EVERYBODY was engaged in book distribution.

What did Srila Prabhupada mean by stating that "Books are the Basis"?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

It is not difficult to understand that HIS books are the philosophical basis of ISKCON. Many many times He pointed out that He is living and will continue to live in His books. His books are so unique that Srila

How can we preach better?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

Purity is the force, Srila Prabhupada said. People can easily detect the purpose in our preaching. When it is done purely for Krsna’s pleasure, they sense that purity. Innocent ones get curious, pious ones

How can we progress internally in Krsna consciousness?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

There is no "internal progress" and "external progress" once one is engaged in Srila Prabhupada’s mission. Whatever is done for enhancement of His mission is of transcendental nature. Srila

Why are there only young devotees in ISKCON?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

This question would have been especially relevant in times I joined this movement, where the oldest member could have been around 25 years old. Fortunately, this is today not anymore the case and at least as a

How does one become a guru in ISKCON?

21 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

I don’t know. I don’t think anybody knows. Sannyas in ISKCON is based on a detailed and strict procedure. (Rightly so in view of the experiences of the past). But when it comes to become a guru, which

How much time should devotees spend in India?

20 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

When I joined 1972, I already had a ticket for India. It was still valid and so devotees took it away from me and sold it. They told me: "You will go to India later on with us". It took five years of

What is the role of women in Srila Prabhupada´s preaching mission?

20 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

Maybe it is not known to everybody that originally Srila Prabhupada wanted to follow the classical Vedic system which doesn’t permit women to live directly in the temple. It is understood that women can

Can women be public leaders?

20 Feb 2018 | Questions and Answers

No. One may be surprised about the quick answer, but its Srila Prabhupada’s answer: "NO". He wrote it and He said it. He didn’t hesitate through a whole American preaching tour to repeat the

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