The Cure of Souls

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Dear Prabhus,

 

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

 

The Cure of Souls in Vaisnava Communities 12-tape Seminar

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This subject is the most radical of Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu's courses,

revealing fundamental keys to living a progressive spiritual life, and

brilliantly diagnosing the causes of arrested development in spiritual

advancement. It is based largely from mining the work of Anton T. Boisen

(1876-1975), father of what is known as Clinical Pastoral Education. Boisen

was looking for what he called "the laws of spiritual life" and Ravindra

Svarupa Prabhu illustrates that he indeed found something to that effect.

 

Boisen's Exploration of the Inner World deals with the internal conflict

people feel for not having come to the standards set for themselves. His

discovery of the primary difficulty in spiritual life is a person's sense of

personal failure. Taking insights from social psychology, a psychology

perhaps most appropriate for the Krishna consciousness movement, Boisen

speaks with great clarity and relevance to the modern devotee's situation.

And because he shares a common high standard of purity with Krishna

consciousness, Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu says, he has something to say to us.

 

Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu applies Boisen's insights to look at ISKCON

historically and eternally, individually and collectively. This creates the

perfect forum for speaking openly about crucial topics of faith and

spiritual growth, covering the truly significant issues.

 

Topics include: frankness; what it means to be properly situated in one's

determination; levels of socialization; protective devices; isolation;

concealment reactions; the need for confidential relationships; ISKCON

pathologies; dynamic vs. rigid morality; sublimation of the sexual instinct;

pastoral counseling; obligations of the minister of the Krishna

consciousness movement.

 

 

You can see more about this at http://www.rsdtm.com - the Ravindra Svarupa

dasa Tape Ministry Web Site. It is a great resource for devotees.

 

Thanks for your attention,

Your servant,

Vrndavana dasa Thakura dasa

RSDTM