Category:Our Projects (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
The quotes compiled in this category outline Śrīla Prabhupāda's strategic vision for executing and managing large-scale spiritual projects. While he ambitious launched massive endeavors—from constructing international headquarters in Māyāpur, Bombay, and Vṛndāvana to establishing self-sufficient farm communities—he constantly trained his disciples in the practical art of prioritization. He identifies the gurukula education system and the organization of book sales as the most crucial projects for the future of the world. Furthermore, he strictly instructs his leaders to consolidate and maintain existing centers rather than whimsically starting new ones. By mandating that all new projects receive GBC sanction, require cooperative intelligence, and secure reliable funding, Śrīla Prabhupāda ensures that the movement's expansion remains both dynamic and stable.
- The Highest Priorities: Educating the next generation through the gurukula system is identified as the most important project, while organizing the sales and distribution of books takes precedence over other publication ideas.
- Consolidation Over Unchecked Expansion: Because the society is frequently short-handed, Śrīla Prabhupāda strictly advises his leaders to maintain and finish existing projects (like half-built temples) before starting new ones.
- The Necessity of Cooperative Sanction: No disciple is allowed to start a major project independently; every new endeavor must have the full sanction of the Governing Body Commission (GBC) and be managed through group consultation.
- Funding the Major Temples: Constructing gorgeous temples in Māyāpur, Vṛndāvana, and Bombay requires immense, coordinated financial effort, intelligent supervision, and the engagement of wealthy Life Members and government officials.
- Focused and Responsible Leadership: Leaders entrusted with huge projects must provide regular, detailed reports, ensure funds are spent wisely, and stay strictly fixed in the regulative principles to attract Kṛṣṇa's blessings.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Teaches His Disciples the Priorities of Preaching Projects.
Pages in category "Our Projects (Disciples of SP)"
The following 44 pages are in this category, out of 44 total.
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- First make certain that our distribution is very nice organized. So after your exams you may plunge into this task whole-heartedly and try to enlist the help of all the others and make the project come out very successfully
- From your letter, it appears that you need a change of activities. I think it will be best if you come to the festival at Mayapur and from there we can decide what project will be best for you to become involved in
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- Gurukrpa Maharaja has taken charge of the collecting for Mayapur now. You can simply send his food relief collection money to Mayapur. When the Bombay project is finished and Mayapur begins, the Mayapur project should be financed in the same way
- Gurukula is our most important project. If the children are given a Krsna Conscious education from early childhood then there is great hope for the future of the world
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- I am anxious to know if there has been any response from the Home Minister of India to the letter I wrote him while I was in New Delhi regarding the Indian Government assisting us in the development of our Juhu Beach Project
- I am coming to India soon, at least by October, and I want to see that the building projects in Bombay, Mayapur and Vrndavana are going on nicely
- I am expecting your long report about Mayapur project
- I am in due receipt of the BBT Trustees report and have heard your proposal for funding the Mayapur project. Yes your proposal sounds very nice and you may do it. It is very good that this project be a world-wide effort
- I am very glad to hear that everything is going on nicely, especially your developing your new 250-acre farm. Yes, if you can get the government to support our project, that would be big triumph for us
- I am very pleased that you are serious to embark on such boating project, even though it will be a huge effort and expenditure to become successful. But never mind that, nothing is too much big if Krishna desires it
- I desire that this project be completed as soon as possible. They inform me that the construction can be completed in five months if funds are provided adequately
- I do not find any mention of how the work is going on there at Mayapur. I have entrusted you as the leader of this project to see that it is always going on at full capacity, that the men are working, that the money shall be collected and spent wisely
- I have already asked you to think on the project how you can push on our books and literature. I cannot suggest any other alternatives, but if you can execute this will of mine, I shall remain ever-obliged to you
- I have arrived here in Vrindaban, but so far the project is concerned, why the money is so irregular?
- I have heard that the Government allots free gift land for religious temples. If such land is available, then we can immediately take up the project of constructing a very gorgeous style Indian temple
- I have received one encouraging letter from Dr. Channa Reddy, Governor of Uttar Pradesh. He is very enthusiastic in this project. So I am very anxiously awaiting your reply to my letter
- I have very great hope for these travelling parties, our Gurukula school, and all our other projects, that by engaging ourselves in these ways, so long we do not forget the purpose of such activity then we shall very much revise the nasty situation
- I shall be glad to see you in Hawaii for making some project for improving the land there
- I want to know how it requires $50,000 per month to maintain ISKCON Press as you have mentioned this on page 2 of the report under "Budget Projections''
- I want you to negotiate with the municipality so that we can take over management of Raghava Pandit's house. Our first project will be to take pictures of this house, and then tear it down for exact reconstruction
- I would like to hear from you, how many men are there in Vrindaban and how the project is progressing there. Now we have got good respect there in India, so you boys manage everything intelligently and responsibly
- If it is possible you can make Jagannatha statues in various sizes for sale and I approve this project
- In connection with our ISKCON project in Fiji, I beg to inform you that we are managing our Krishna Consciousness Movement by the Governing Body Commission, GBC
- In order to start the proposed project in your letter you must have full sanction of the GBC. Then I will approve of it, if they approve it. Do not try to start any project independent of the GBC. I want that everyone will co-operate nicely with the GBC
- It is a huge project and we require intelligent men to supervise construction and son on. Men who come here, they should be prepared to stay here for at least two years. And they must be very strict in following the rules and regulations
- It is very good news that there are persons there who want to cooperate to help us start a Varnasrama College Project and that they may supply us land for living as an ideal community producing our own food from the land
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- She has agreed to be the President of our Bombay Board of Trustees for building up the Juhu project. This is a good opportunity. So she, along with our other big Life Members, can form this Committee., and our own men will give direction
- Since leaving India, I have not heard from you. Gurudas has written that the work has stopped in Vrndaban for want of finances. What is the position of your collections in Delhi? I am arranging to collect and send money from here for the Vrindaban project
- So far your question regarding women, I have always accepted the service of women without any discrimination, so I have no objection if Yamuna devi contributes her ideas on this construction project. Nothing should be done without group consultation
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- That is a good plan, if Saurabha can find someone who will finance our Juhu project. But you must be very careful in this regard, and do not make any final agreements without consulting me in the matter
- This Bombay project is one of our most important projects in the whole world and I am looking to you and the others there in Bombay to see that it is done very magnificently
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- We are constructing the Hare Krishna Land project in Juhu Beach and we trust that you and your family members will take advantage of the facilities for generations to come
- We have already started one Temple project and we are raising funds for this purpose. Unless this temple is finished in Bhubaneswar we cannot take any new project
- We have initiated so many projects and Centers and practically we are short handed all over the world, so it is better at this time if we work to maintain and develop whatever we have
- While travelling here to Melbourne I was thinking how wonderful our Mayapur project is and how it can be developed in the future
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- You go ahead and arrange the meeting with Birlas and Bangurs and there will certainly be no difficulty for raising the required funds for our Calcutta project
- You have sent some money for Mayapur and Vrindaban projects and I am very much thankful to you. This money was properly utilized for development of the Mayapur and Vrindaban schemes
- You should duly collect for Mayapur and I shall advise you when the time comes for utilizing the money. In the mean time go on collecting. I thank you very much for proposing to collect $100,000 for the Mayapur project