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HOW TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A Community ? Steps to Varëäçrama

HOW TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A Community ? Steps to Varëäçrama. Vision Analysis Strategic planning Action Maintenance, monitoring, adjustments. Steps of Building a community. First part of Srila Prabhupada’s mission was to establish and expand The second part was to create systems

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HOW TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A Community ? Steps to Varëäçrama

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  1. HOW TO BUILD AND MAINTAIN A Community?Steps to Varëäçrama

  2. Vision Analysis Strategic planning Action Maintenance,monitoring, adjustments Steps of Building a community

  3. First part of SrilaPrabhupada’s missionwastoestablish and expand • The second part wastocreatesystems toensurethatdevoteesare happy inKrishnaConsciousness • SrilaPrabhupada’s desire was to establish Varnasrama, a systemfordevoteecare • One of the 7 Purposes of ISKCON is • To bring the members of the Society together with each other & nearer to Krishna Vision of srilaprabhupada

  4. Letter to: Satsvarupa, Bombay, 25 November, 1970 You are right to say that the example and kindly guidance of our elder members in the Society is the most profound force for motivating our students both new and old towards advanced Krishna Consciousness. Letter to: Karandhara, Delhi, 3 December, 1971 Now you must guide them very nicely in Krishna Consciousness, because you are a veteran devotee and practically speaking the future of our Krishna Conscious Society rests in the hands of my older disciples. Give them all facility to perfect their lives by protecting them and instructing them nicely, that is now the duty of my senior disciples

  5. Tocreate a communitybasedon • Care and trust • Personalrelationships • Commonrights and obligations • Education • ISKCON Hungary is the sum of temples and congregations that we can call the “community”. CommunityVisioninhungary

  6. Strengths: We have very good foundation given by SrilaPrabhupada to build a society, and wehavegoodexamplesinRadha-GopinathaTempleinChowpatty, alsoinUkraineand London Weaknesses: The present structure (ISKCON as a federation of temples) can not serve the needs of thechanging devotee community SWOT analysis

  7. Opportunities: We can change paradigm, and redefine ISKCON Hungary as a community of devotees, centered around the temple Threats: If we are unable to change paradigm, our development will be limited Swotanalysis

  8. So there is a need of a system • Withqualified devotees • Who are ready to offer the required shelter, care, training, education and supporttoothers Result of analysis

  9. Establishingthe Counselor System • Define values and goals • Define requirements for community membership, as rights and obligations • Define the role of temple • Establish an educational system • Create media / channels of communication • Involving and inspiring devotees • Organizing preaching programs (feeders) Hungarianeffortstowardsvision

  10. Based on studying the RadhaGopinathaMandir’s community Creating a framework

  11. Their framework is called The Counselor System (CS) Personalization and adjustmentstookplace with the help of Sridama Prabhu and KisoriMataji

  12. „The whole is greater than the sum of the parts. „ Whydoweneedthat?

  13. Creating a system of care and guidance • Sense of identity to grihastas • Increasethelevel of trustwithinthecommunity • Decrease alienation of devotees • Promotestronger relationships and association • Give support in KC and every walk of life • Involve congregation in activities and preaching • Organize education to all asramas Ourgoalswithcounselorsystem

  14. One who would like to advance in Krishna consciousness • One who takes Krishna consciousness as a lifestyle • One who takes part in the Counselors System • Accepts ISKCON and local authority • Vegetarian, chants at least 1 round daily • Attends group meetings • Have regular service • RadheSyamasevapuja member Who is a member?

  15. Temples are an importantbut the smaller part of the community that • provide place of spiritual inspiration • supply spiritual guides for community • the ultimate authority on community standards. What is therole of thetemple?

  16. Counselor System is an educational system Education penetrates everything within Education of counselors and congregation Curriculum is specified according to our goals, not topics Education

  17. Regularmeetings of counselors

  18. Word-of-mouth is most effective A website is established with limited access for non-members, full access for members Communication

  19. Involve community members in different services Inspire members to take responsibilities Sunday program Organizing festivals, social events Organizing comittees Preaching Involvement

  20. Is the key element to ISKCON’s prosperity in the future, especially in citys • Penny principle • Will improve the Krishna conscious lives of community members, grihastas • Will build trust of distanced devotees • Will attract new members • Willcreateabundantresources and funds WhyCommunity building?

  21. SréSréRadhe-Syamaké!

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