Guest guest Posted September 21, 2001 Report Share Posted September 21, 2001 This sounds good to me. I think I am guilty of breaking some of these rules but will work on not doing so from now on. Thank you. We only a few months to do this so we really can't waste time. - "Syamasundara (das) (Bhaktivedanta Manor - UK)" > Dear Prabhu's > > Generally it is customery before a serious meeting of any prsons to lay out > some ground rules of participation. > > Could I kindly suggest some of these normally held rules: > > 1. Every participants points are given respect regardless of seniority, > position etc.. > > 2. We read carefully the points of others > > 3. We avoid direct confrontation > > 4. We stay clear of spiritual posturing > > 5. We keep focused on how we can get a proposal document ready to put to the > GBC which aids in getting persons into sustainable rural economy/life. > > 6. No confessions. > > > ys syam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2001 Report Share Posted September 24, 2001 2. The participants are protected from victimisation by dint of weakend > sadhana. To have a life long livelihood from the land one must have life long security. IN a simple model Tenent farmers in the Uk are given security because they pay their rent. In the same way I would suggest that land is leased or whatever to a qualified (in farming or horticultural terms) person as long as it is farmed in a particular way irespective of the persons sadhana credentials. >What is a 'back off zone'. A Back off zone is a place where the owners dont interfere with the private lives of their tenants. A back off zone would obviously need to be away from the public areas of any such project. This would be desireable from the manager point of view and from the residents point of view and from the general public visitors point of view. I do not see it as a distant place neccessarily but one of a zoned space somewhere. Sadhaka's could live in the back off space and also they could live in any other space. If someone actualy wants to live a simple non monetary way it is to be encouraged, however my conviction is we should focus on the vast majority of individuals who will want to satisfy a number of needs and hankerings which will require money. Quote " A saintly king will ensure that the citizens are happy by satisfying their spiritual and material NEEDS and HANKERINGS" paraphrased SB4.9.65 ys syam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2001 Report Share Posted September 24, 2001 Dear Syamasundara et al, Syam, I am finding your input extremely helpful and mature. The last point here I did not understand. What do you mean by no confessions? For example I found the email by Ananta Prabhu I believe to be very useful to see what is happening in ISKCON farming world. Point 5 though is the most important. Focus on the goal. Mark > Dear Prabhu's > > Generally it is customery before a serious meeting > of any prsons to lay out > some ground rules of participation. > > Could I kindly suggest some of these normally held > rules: > > 1. Every participants points are given respect > regardless of seniority, > position etc.. > > 2. We read carefully the points of others > > 3. We avoid direct confrontation > > 4. We stay clear of spiritual posturing > > 5. We keep focused on how we can get a proposal > document ready to put to the > GBC which aids in getting persons into sustainable > rural economy/life. > > 6. No confessions. > > > ys syam Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Messenger. http://im. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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