Category:Supporting Us (Disciples of SP)
Theme Analysis
Expanding a worldwide spiritual movement requires a perfect balance of absolute faith and highly practical strategy. Śrīla Prabhupāda trains his disciples to depend entirely on Kṛṣṇa for their maintenance while simultaneously working tirelessly to secure the backing of the public. He reveals that the most powerful method for winning mass support is the relentless distribution of transcendental literature and public saṅkīrtana. By engaging the intelligent class to preach on the society's behalf and canvassing the local communities to become life members, his followers build an invincible foundation for the mission. Furthermore, he enforces strict internal discipline to ensure the movement's resources are never drained. Temple centers must learn to grow their own food and become completely self-supported, and married disciples are required to live independently, taking full responsibility for supporting their own families rather than relying on temple funds.
- The Power of Book Distribution: Distributing transcendental literature and magazines to the citizens at large is the most effective way to secure widespread, grassroots support for the movement.
- Masses and the Class: The strategic vision of the society relies on gaining the favor of the general masses, while simultaneously enlisting high-class, intelligent leaders to preach and lend their credibility.
- Cultivating Local Communities: Building strong relationships with local Indian populations and enrolling them as Life Members provides essential foundational support for expanding temple projects worldwide.
- Institutional Self-Sufficiency: Every preaching center and farm project must eventually become entirely self-supported to ensure long-term stability and success without relying on distant resources.
- Complete Dependence on Kṛṣṇa: True preaching success means never compromising the mission for external financial help, but instead trusting that the Supreme Lord will always maintain His sincere workers.
- Independence in Family Life: Married disciples must not burden the temple with their personal expenses; they are strictly required to secure outside income to support their wives, homes, and children's education.
- Explore the synthesized essence of this category in this Vanipedia article: Prabhupāda Teaches His Disciples How to Win Mass Support through Book Distribution.
Pages in category "Supporting Us (Disciples of SP)"
The following 38 pages are in this category, out of 38 total.
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- Before having a child the parents should see whether they shall be able to pay for their child's education. The GBC should make an injunction that if they beget children, then whatever the expenses are for supporting Gurukula they must pay for it
- Brahmananda Swami has worked very hard to regain the respect and support of the Indian community in Kenya. Needless to say they are supporting our movement in Kenya and we must be straightforward in our dealings with them
- By going out for sankirtana and selling books to the citizens at large, in this way we are gradually getting the support of everyone, not just a select few
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- 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 think, it is proper that you should devote your time for all these three centers and train the local management for being self-supporting
- I understand from Karandhara that you are one of the most staunch supporters and workers for distributing our books and I assure you that it is the highest service to my Guru Maharaja. Thank you very much
- If we have got our place and the support of these big men, I am sure that I can cut down this Naxalite movement. I know how to do it
- If we travel in the European countries with this Kirtan party, supported by our books and literature, I am sure it will be a great successful missionary work
- If you are really lover of God, worker for God, don't think of your economic condition, it will be supported
- If you publish some book in Oriyan language, that book will give you good support. So now you have an opportunity, you are there and Krishna will help. Gradually we will help. Krishna is so kind, He is always ready to help
- In this way of six Life members daily, we shall very quickly expand our Society in India. This Life Membership is the support of our Movement here, so you must stress this program especially. That will be our success
- It is right that the community members should support the center
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- Maybe our movement will be supported in the future by the United Nations. So we Krishna Consciousness people have accepted a very important and responsible task in the whole world, therefore, our principal work also must be very responsible
- My idea is that all our centers should be self-supported. We do not like that idea that for your support you have to go 100 miles to get your bread. That is a very dangerous drawback. You produce your food locally and then support yourself
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- Sometimes brahmanas protest against our Krsna consciousness movement for creating brahmanas from Europeans, or, in other words, from mlecchas and yavanas. This movement, however, is here supported in Srimad-Bhagavatam - 7.11.17
- Sometimes the members and supporters inquire very confidentially about the methods of performing devotional service, and we try to explain this
- Sriman Bhagavan das is mailing out one newsletter of our activities to the Indian families in U.S.A. to gain their support, especially in Chicago. I have seen one copy and it is very nice
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- Thank you for helping in this way by taking signatures in support of our movement from the Indian people in Toronto
- The members of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness invite the Society's members and supporters to dine with them when they hold love feasts in all their branches every Sunday
- There are many Indians in Tokyo and if you canvass them one by one gradually all of them will become our life members and support our activities for expanding widely in Japan
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- We are doing it. In a small scale it is going on, but if we get some support of the authorities, we can push on in larger scale
- We are more interested that the mass of men shall support us - what good a handful of high-class supporters will do?
- We are not after home, money, fame, like that. But that does not mean that he shall not support her nicely, no
- We have support from very high circle. Scholar, priest, even father, mother, parent. Many old gentlemen come to congratulate me, "Swamiji, it is our great fortune that you have come to this country"
- We must get the support of the mass of men, and if the leading men can be induced by you to preach on our behalf, then you will be able to speed up the process and actually that is a very great service for Krsna
- We want that the mass shall support us, but we want that the class shall preach for us, that is the distinction. Is it clear?
- When I learn that you are selling many BTGs and are receiving nice support from the community, I am very much encouraged. Now we have published our Isopanisad and you must try to sell it as far as possible
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- Yes, I approve your idea to have a sankirtana party in America to support the Polish preaching
- You can do a great service by gathering local support and do whatever has to be done to allow Vaikunthanath and his wife, or any other of my disciples, to go there and establish one very nice center
- You cannot live together, that is not possible, neither you can see her or speak. If you want to keep her, she can remain separately and you can support her in that way, but you cannot see her
- You make good supporter, then government is yours
- Your idea of raising some funds and support in the West and then going back to Taiwan is a very good idea. Do it. This is a very good program. This is a very gentlemanly idea. Unless one has an office and a sitting place, no one really cares about you