ISKCON Communications Europe Leadership Team (ICELT) is holding meetings in Radhadesh, Belgium, April 18 - 22.
I saw the program here, and immediately developed a desire to attend.
As you might know, Communications and Leadership are the two majors of my study. The particular sessions that are going to be held are very interesting for me too. They typically examine the tension between two contradictory considerations.
One thing that you realize when you leave the armchair and start to assume the responsibility of the service of leadership is that theory may be very clear, but the actual implementation is not. There are a large number of contradictory, complementary, and confusing factors. Balancing them all is as much art as it is science, and it requires continual adjustment.
The sessions at the ICELT meetings examine contemporary contradictions in preaching.
A pet one of mine is the emphasis that Srila Prabhupada put on the fact that the Krishna Consciousness movement is not “Hindu”, and the 1996 ISKCON Communications Ministry proclamation that we are. That’s going to be examined on day two in a session entitled: “Am I a Hindu? Yes, no, when it suits me. ”
Obviously I can’t go, but the Lord within the heart knows everything, and by His mercy the ICELT meetings are going to be podcasted live.
Word. I may write summaries of the sessions on here if time allows
Hare Krsna!
This is not the place for this question I have, but couldn’t find the option for submitting new post.
My question is connected with last year’s article about Simple steps to simple temple. At one point Sita-pati prabhu said ‘Level 5 leaders hold organizational priorities above ego priorities because they value the mission above themselves. ‘ and ‘level 5 leaders are committed above all to the mission. Followers or leaders who are not committed to the mission will destroy the organization.’ What’s the standard of a level 5 servant? If I know that I’m not a leader, but want to be a good follower, what guidelines should I follow? Can you put some light on this? Thank you ver much!
Your servant
Nityananda-kari dd