Management

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Dear Prabhus

Please accept my respectful obeisances.

All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Q. Are the following instructions being followed anywhere by anyone. If

not, does anyone know why?

Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta Vol. 6 pg. 232:

.. . . displeasure with the mismanaged ISKCON pandal at Kumbha-mela.

Thousands of guests were coming to the Hare Krsna pandal without

recieving prasadam. Determined that the bad example not be repeated

he dictated a letter, "To all ISKCON Temple Presidents"

: Please accept my blessings. Now you must arrange in each

temple there must be sufficient stock of prasadam for distribution.

You can keep first class cooks, two or three, and they should be

always engaged. Whenever any guest comes he must get prasad. This

arrangement must be made, that the cooks prepare ten-twenty servings

at a time, of puris and subji, and then you can add halavah and

pakoras and the visitors may be supplied immediately. Whenever a

gentleman comes, he must be served. As the twenty servings are being

distributed, immediately the cooks prepare another twenty servings

and store it. At the end of the day if no one comes, our own men

will take, so there is no loss. You cannot say,"It is finished,It

is not cooked yet,There is no supply for cooking," etc. This must

be enforced rigidly. The temple is managed by Srimati Radharani,

Laksmiji, so why should there be want? Our philosophy is, if anybody

comes let him take prasad, chant Hare Krsna, and be happy.

Everything is being supplied by Krsna. Krsna is not poor, so why

should we deny them? This should be done at any cost. There is no

difficulty. It simply requires nice mangement. At the end of the

day you may sell or give away. If we believe that Krsna is providing

for and maintaining everyone, then why should we be misers? This

means losing faith in Krsna and thinking thaat we are the doers and

suppliers. We are confident Krsna will supply! Let the whole world

come. We can feed them. So please do this nicely. Begin at once.

 

(SB) 7-13-34 pp.:

We recommend that as soon as money accumulates in our Krsna

consciousness movement, fifty percent of it should be invested in

printing books, and fifty percent of it should be invested in

establishing centers all over the world. The managers of the Krsna-

consciousness movement should be extremely cautious in regard to

this point. Otherwise money will be the cause of lamentation,

illusion, fear, anger, material attachment, material poverty and

unnecessary hard work. Whatever money is collected should be spent

for Krsna and not a farthing for sense gratification.

 

Conversations with Srila Prabhupada, Vol. 7 pg. 302:

S.P.-Ksatriyas should be trained that he is manager.

 

Is anyone being trained to fulfill the responsibilities of the above

quoted instructions? If not, why not and what can be done about it?

 

Are the managers of the movement recomending that there are those who

should be seen and or treated by psychiatrists even after Srila

Prabhupada wrote the following letter to Upendra Dasa in 1972 which is

recorded in the Siksamrta?

Psychiatrists are humbug, all humbug. They cannot help. Only the

practice of hearing and chanting, that can cure any mental disease.

 

Note to Varnasrama Development: I don't know if I should be writing such

things. If not, please do not post them. I'm sorry if I have written

anything I shouln't have.

 

Sincerely Gauranga Prema Dasa