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Contents

Week 20 1

Week 21 8

Week 22 16

Week 23 23

Week 24 29

Week 25 35

Week 26(Vyuha program) 42

Week 27 44

Week 28(Sksha semnar) 51

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Week 20

After the siksha ceremony , there must be feeling of a sense of achievement in the members.,

and a feeling of greater commitment. Those who did not commit themselves yet, should bealso encouraged to continue, and not be made to feel like failures. Intangible ways of

encouragement can go a long way in making them want to rogress. !iving them association

and being very friendly , caring and concerned about their general welfare normally draws out

their heart. "ngage them in services that interest them. #ou can invite them to come and chant

with you whenever they find time, so they can develo the taste to chant with concentration.

,!e -reaker . 15 mnutes

$ince the grou have been with each other for % months, they should be familiar with one

another. &y now the gentle encouragement and the 'rsna sevak seminar must have

established in them some desire to read $rila (rabhuada)s books.#ou can now make the sharing of what they read during the week be the mainstay of your ice*

breaker session, as they will also be sharing reali+ations on what they have read. &ut for those

who are newer members or those still resisting to read, or for visitors, you can kee a ice*

breaker uestion handy, so that no one stays tongue*tied-

uestion for the non readers/ What is the best comliment you have ever received )

/rtan . 15 mnutes

The regular members should have learnt the kirtan tune by now. #ou can add more simle

tunes for your kirtan, and teach the members to lay the karatala, mridanga , etc.

istribute the sheet containing the ranama mantras and the 3are 'rsna mantra as well as theglorifications at the end of the kirtana to the newer members.

4ontinue with the offering of incense by every member to the Alter eities or eity ictures.

apa 15 mnutes

5ead out first, the following assage from /

he e!tar o# the o"y ame

he o"y ame ene#ts "" uman So!ety,t !reates a sprtua" atmosphere n the or"%

Chanting of the holy name evokes the Vaikuha atmosphere, freeing theworld from material hankering, envy and anxiety:[Pracets to !ord Vi"u#: $henever pure topics of the transcendentalworld are discussed, the mem%ers of the audience forget all kinds ofmaterial hankerings, at least for the time %eing& 'ot only that, %ut they areno longer envious of one another, nor do they su(er from anxiety or fear&Vaikuha means )without anxiety,) and the material world means full ofanxiety& *s stated %y Prahlda +ahra: sad samudvigna-dhiym asad-

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graht& .he living entities who have accepted this material world as aresidence are full of anxiety& * place immediately %ecomes Vaikuhawhenever the holy topics of the Personality of /odhead are discussed %ypure devotees& .his is the process of 0ravaa1 k2rtana1 vi"o3 [45

6&7&89#, chanting and hearing a%out the 4upreme !ord Vi"u& *s the4upreme !ord imself con;rms:nha1 ti"hmi vaikuheyogin1 h


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The alication uestion ideally has to be answered by everyone. This will give you a good

idea about how well each one has understood the hilosohy, how serious they are about

siritual life and any ractical roblems or obstacles that they may be facing.

This is the most imortant art of the discussion, and so you must rovide sufficient time of at

least 1= to 20 minutes for it.#ou should at last sum u all the oints and give more oints that you have reared..

:assage #or s!usson.

patram puspam phalam toyamyo me %haktya prayacchatitad aham %hakty-upahrtam

asnami prayatatmanah

=f one o(ers +e with love and devotion a leaf, a Jower, fruit or water, = willaccept it&PKIP?I.Lor the intelligent person, it is essential to %e in E


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e is not in need of anything from anyone, %ecause e is self-suNcient, andyet e accepts the o(ering of is devotee in an exchange of love anda(ection& .o develop E


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means to say that Euali;cation necessary to attain thisM

Knderstanding:B$hy does Erishna want us to o(er im foodM ow does e want usto o(er it to imM8Lrom whom will e accept these foodstu(sM9$hat kinds of food does e want us to o(er imMS$hat are the spiritual %ene;ts of o(ering food to Erishna and thenpartaking of itM7$hy do impersonalists feel that /od cannot eatM$hat is speciala%out ErishnaTs sensesMU xplain how ErishnaTs hearing the devoteeTs words of love in o(eringfoodstu(s is whollyidentical with is eating and actually tasting it&

*pplication:B Compare and contrast prasadam and non- prasadam and theirimpact on us&

(reaching $ession / 1= minutes

&ea% out the #o""ong passage/

(reaching is the essence

s 'ne ;ra!e C hakt Ve%anta Sam :ra-hupa%a

:age 24

or%? the %e'otee prea!hes.@

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e"%ere% -y the mo%es o# matera" nature? the gnorant #u""y engage themse"'es n

matera" a!t'tes an% -e!ome atta!he%? ut the se shou"% not unsett"e them?

a"though these %utes are n#eror %ue to the per#ormersA "a!k o# kno"e%ge

;en who are ignorant cannot areciate activities in 'rsna consciousness, and therefore :ord'rsna advises us not to disturb them and simly waste valuable time. &ut the devotees of the

:ord are more kind than the :ord because they understand the urose of the :ord.

4onseuently they undertake all kinds of risks, even to the oint of aroaching ignorant men

to try to engage them in the acts of 'rsna consciousness, which are absolutely necessary for

the human being.

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$hare your reaching activities for the week. Ask the grou to also come u one by one with

their reaching home* work. Any home visits, new members , book distribution, etc.

#ou can engage the senior ones among them to hel the 6unior devotees by assigning them to

teach them kirtan or get them to start chanting, reminding them to attend the rograms

regularly etc.

(lease maintain a searate book for noting down the names of each of the members and what

assignments they have committed to do during the week in reaching. #ou can then check it

out if they have been able to do it . ?ote down against another column if they have achieved

the target for the week. The ne7t column can have comments if any about their erformance.

The table could be as follows/

ate ;ember (reachingAssignment TargetAchieved/

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Additional notes

A sustained effort from the very beginning will get them to have the reaching mood and

sirit, which is very essential if you want the &hakti rksa to rogress along the conceived

lines.

:rasa%am . 20 mnutes

As the iscussion assage was all about offering food to 'rsna, there will be a greater

areciation of rasadam now. $o you can discuss informally about

the value and glories of honoring rasadam.

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$ince some of them must have 6ust started to be vegetarian, they may not have enough recies

to cook vegetarian food. #ou can share some vegetarian recies with them. This will enthuse

them to cook vegetarian food and gradually also offer it to 'rsna.

:"ease enter the %eta"s a-out your mem-ers atten%ng ths eek.

?ames Week 1 Week 2 Week < Week % Week = 5emarks

A $ A $ A $ A $ A $

EFFORTS

Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week5 Total

1 No. of Mails 2 No. of Telephone Calls

3 No. of Home Visits

4 No. of Service onors

5 No. of Mone! onors

Abbreviations/ AC Attendance, $C $iksha level

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Week 21

As the devotees become more settled and committed they must be waiting to attend the

weekly &hakti riksha. The evidence of this is when all of them arrive well on time and are

eager not to miss any art of the rogram and are also volunteering to do more and more

services. This is the life of the &hakti riksha and this enthusiasm is generated by the &hakti

riksha leader, if his sadhana is in a good state and he or she is also eager for the siritualadvancement of his grou members who are under his care.

#oung arents find the role of arenting a great challenge as they are themselves in the

rocess of growing u, but the sheer 6oy of being resonsible for another living entity kees

them going and knocks out so many of their self* centeredness, as they kee imroving in

their task . $o also with being the siritual arent of the &hakti riksha grou.

#oung arents also take guidance from their own arents and seniors, and so a &hakti riksha

leader being a genuine well wisher of his members should be constantly consulting and

reorting to his seniors, so that he is always sure that he is giving his best for his grou. The

grou will greatly value this sincerity of the leader. This is the most imortant uality of the

&hakti riksha leader.

,!e -reaker . 15 mnutes#ou can share with them an interesting oint which will also be of benefit to them from what

you have read during the week from $rila (rabhuada)s books.

Then from one erson to the ne7t, you can reuest them to share what they have read.

?ormally eole en6oy this rocess of sharing their reali+ations so much, that they will start to

look forward to these moments when the whole grou is all ears to them.

Eor those still not able to taste the nectar of reading $rila (rabhuada)s books or still not

given it a try, you can give the ice* breaker uestion/ What uality do you areciate most in

a ersonF

/rtan . 15 mnutes

4ontinue as in the revious weeks by distributing the sheet containing the ranama mantras

and the 3are 'rsna mantra as well as the glorifications at the end of the kirtana.Also the offering of incense by every member to the Alter eities or eity ictures can be

done.

#ou can have one , two, or more more tunes now in singing the 'irtana and you can

encourage the members to lay the karatalas, and the mridanga, distribute the sheets

containing the words to the visitors and those that need it. #ou can teach the members to lay

them.If any of the members want to lay some other musical instruments too, you can include

that.

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apa 15 mnutes


Sri Namamrta@r2 Caitanya +ahpra%hu distri%uted the nectar of the holyname to everyone:.he most muni;cent 4upreme Personality of /odhead, known as/aurakuently there are three platforms of lifeGhigher, middleand lower& ?n whatever platform one may %e situated, one is tossed %ythe waves of material nature& 4omeone may %e rich, someone may %emiddle class, and someone may %e a poor %eggarGit doesnQt matter& *slong as one is under the spell of the three modes of material nature, hemust continue to experience these divisions&@r2 Caitanya +ahpra%hu therefore advised the %eggars to chant )ari

%olW) while taking prasda& Chanting means accepting oneQs self as theeternal servant of E


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transcendental platform, there is no distinction %etween the rich, themiddle class and the poor&r Caitaya-!aritm"ta #adhya-ll $4.44-46

$tart chanting the (anca Tattva mantra < times and then followed by one round of mala. (lay$rila (rabhuada)s chanting softly in the back ground so it creates a very siritual and

insiring mood to chant with attention.

s!usson 45 mnutes

(lease read out the assage and start asking the uestions.8o not e7lain it to them.9 :et the

eole assembled find out the answers from the assage themselves. (lease engage everyone

in answering, #ou can ask two, three eole to add to the same answer. ;ove from one

erson to the ne7t and give them sufficient time to think.#ou could ask leading uestions for

them to go deeer and clearer in understanding the sub6ect matter and in giving relevant

relies.

The alication uestion has to be answered by everyone.


least 1= to 20 minutes for it.

#ou should at last sum u all the oints and give more oints that you have.

.

:assage #or s!usson

ye tu sarvi karmi

mayi sannyasya mat-par3

ananyenaiva yogena

m1 dhyyanta upsate

te"m aha1 samuddhart

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devoted to +e without deviation, engaged in devotional service andalways meditating upon +e, who has ;xed his mind upon +e, ? son ofP


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.he purport of this verse is that a devotee does not need to practicea"Dga-yoga in order to transfer his soul to the spiritual planets& .heresponsi%ility is taken %y the 4upreme !ord imself& e clearly states

here that e imself %ecomes the deliverer& * child is completely caredfor %y his parents, and thus his position is secure& 4imilarly, a devoteedoes not need to endeavor to transfer himself %y yoga practice toother planets& Iather, the 4upreme !ord, %y is great mercy, comes atonce, riding on is %ird carrier /aruXa, and at once delivers thedevotee from this material existence& *lthough a man who has fallen inthe ocean may struggle very hard and may %e very expert inswimming, he cannot save himself& 5ut if someone comes and pickshim up from the water, then he is easily rescued& 4imilarly, the !ordpicks up the devotee from this material existence& ?ne simply has topractice the easy process of E


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one to reach the highest perfection of life& .here is no need for one toconsider the sinful actions of his past life %ecause the 4upreme !ordfully takes charge of him& .herefore one should not futilely try to

deliver himself in spiritual realiRation& !et everyone take shelter of thesupreme omnipotent /odhead E


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?ur actual duty is to carry out the supreme order of the Personality of/odhead& =f we are ;xed in our determination to carry out the supremeorder of the !ord, we are always secure, regardless of where we aresituated, whether in hell or in heaven&&&& .he devotees in the E


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ate ;ember (reaching

Assignment

Target

Achieved/

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Additional notes

:rasa%am. 20 mnutes

The younger members of your grou, the children, can lead the rasadam honoring rayers.

This will be enlivening for everyone and make everyone listen to the rayers more carefully.

#ou can also read out the translation of this rayer for some weeks, till the meaning of the

verse is well understood by all the members.



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Week 22#ou can continue to invite new members to the grou for 6ust a few more weeks. &ut make

sure to give them a brief introduction to what 'rsna consciousness is all about H. the rocess

of reviving our eternal relationshi with !od through chanting and engaging in 3is

devotional service. etc. so that they are able to follow the siritual edification discussions.

Also meet with them searately a few times or give them association through the telehone ,

so that they feel comfortable with the toics being discussed at the rogram. If they are ready,

you can also give them the revious edification sheets, so that they can familiari+e themselves

with the concets.

,!e -reaker . 15 mnutes

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#ou can share with them an interesting oint which will also be of benefit to them from what

you have read during the week from $rila (rabhuada)s books.

Then from one erson to the ne7t, you reuest them to share what they have read. ?ormally

eole en6oy this rocess of sharing their reali+ations so much, that they will start to lookforward to these moments when the whole grou is all ears to them.

Eor those still not able to taste the nectar of reading $rila (rabhuada)s books or still not

given it a try, you can give the ice* breaker uestion/ If you could wake u tomorrow

morning having a uality or ability, which one would you like that to beF

/rtan . 15 mnutes

The regular members should have learnt the kirtan tune by now. #ou can add more simle

tunes for your kirtan, and teach the members to lay the karatala, mridanga , etc.

istribute the sheet containing the ranama mantras and the 3are 'rsna mantra as well as the

glorifications at the end of the kirtana to the newer members.4ontinue with the offering of incense by every member to the Alter eities or eity ictures.

apa 15 mnutes


Sr amamrta

Simply by keeping a picture of ord !aitanya andchanting "are #$%&a, one can worship 'od and reali(e"im:=n the @r2mad-5hgavatam it is said that [!ord Caitanya# is the incarnationof /od in this age& *nd who worships imM .he process is very simple& Yustkeep a picture of !ord Caitanya with is associates& !ord Caitanya is in themiddle, accompanied %y is principal associatesG'itynanda, *dvaita,/addhara, and @r2vsa& ?ne simply has to keep this picture& ?ne cankeep it anywhere& =t is not that one has to come to us to see this picture&*nyone can have this picture in his home, chant this are E


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Ask the members about their rogress in chanting at home. This will hel you to clarify

their doubts on how to coe with roblems regarding time, concentration, taste, etc. This will

hel all the members to imrove their chanting. $uggest methods to imrove chanting like

rising a little earlier to fit it into the schedule, do the chanting along with $rila (rabhuada)s6aa cassette8laying softly in the back ground9, or with a soft background music of 'irtan to

set the mood, and to hear the words of the ;aha mantra while chanting very carefully, etc..

s!usson 45 mnutes

(lease read out the assage and start asking the uestions.8o not e7lain it to them.9 :et the

eole assembled find out the answers from the assage themselves. (lease engage everyone

in answering, #ou can ask two, three eole to add to the same answer. ;ove from one

erson to the ne7t and give them sufficient time to think.#ou could ask leading uestions for

them to go deeer and clearer in understanding the sub6ect matter and in giving relevant

relies.

The alication uestion has to be answered by everyone.


least 1= to 20 minutes for it.

#ou should at last sum u all the oints and give more oints that you have

:assage #or s!usson

paritranaya sadhunam

vinasaya ca duskrtam

dharma-samsthapanarthaya

sambhavami yuge yuge

o %e"'er the pous an% to annh"ate the ms!reants? as e"" as to reesta-"sh the

prn!p"es o# re"gon? , $yse"# appear? m""ennum a#ter m""ennum

According to Bhagavad-gita, a sadhu 8holy man9 is a man in 'rsna consciousness. A

erson may aear to be irreligious, but if he has the ualifications of 'rsna

consciousness wholly and fully, he is to be understood to be a sadhu. And duskrtamalies to those who do not care for 'rsna consciousness. $uch miscreants, or duskrtam,

are described as foolish and the lowest of mankind, even though they may be decorated

with mundane education, whereas a erson who is one hundred ercent engaged in 'rsna

consciousness is acceted as asadhu,even though such a erson may be neither learned

nor well cultured. As far as the atheistic are concerned, it is not necessary for the $ureme

:ord to aear as 3e is to destroy them, as 3e did with the demons 5avana and 'amsa.

The :ord has many agents who are uite cometent to vanuish demons. &ut the :ord

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esecially descends to aease 3is unalloyed devotees, who are always harassed by the

demoniac. The demon harasses the devotee, even though the latter may haen to be his

kin. Although (rahlada ;ahara6a was the son of 3iranyakasiu, he was nonetheless

ersecuted by his father although evaki, the mother of 'rsna, was the sister of 'amsa,she and her husband asudeva were ersecuted only because 'rsna was to be born of

them. $o :ord 'rsna aeared rimarily to deliver evaki, rather than kill 'amsa, but

both were erformed simultaneously. Therefore it is said here that to deliver the devotee

and vanuish the demon miscreants, the :ord aears in different incarnations.

In the Caitanya-caritamrta of 'rsnadasa 'avira6a, the following verses 8Madhya

20.2>%9 summari+e these rinciles of incarnation/

srsti*hetu yei murti raance avatare

sei isvara*murti Kavatara) nama dhare

mayatita aravyome sabara avasthana

visve avatari) dhare Kavatara) nama

The avatara,or incarnation of !odhead, descends from the kingdom of !od for material

manifestation. And the articular form of the (ersonality of !odhead who so descends is

called an incarnation, or avatara.$uch incarnations are situated in the siritual world, the

kingdom of !od. When they descend to the material creation, they assume the name

avatara.F

There are various kinds of avataras,such aspurusavataras, gunavataras, lilavataras,

sakty-avesa avataras, manvantara-avatarasandyugavatarasLall aearing on schedule

all over the universe. &ut :ord 'rsna is the rimeval :ord, the fountainhead of all

avataras.

:ord $ri 'rsna descends for the secific urose of mitigating the an7ieties of the ure

devotees, who are very an7ious to see 3im in 3is original rndavana astimes.

Therefore, the rime urose of the 'rsna avatarais to satisfy 3is unalloyed devotees.

The :ord says that 3e incarnates 3imself in every millennium. This indicates that 3e

incarnates also in the Age of 'ali. As stated in the Srimad-Bhagavatam,the incarnation in

the Age of 'ali is :ord 4aitanya ;aharabhu, who sread the worshi of 'rsna by the

sankirtana movement 8congregational chanting of the holy names9 and sread 'rsna

consciousness throughout India. 3e redicted that this culture of sankirtanawould be

broadcast all over the world, from town to town and village to village. :ord 4aitanya as

the incarnation of 'rsna, the (ersonality of !odhead, is described secretly but not

directly in the confidential arts of the revealed scritures, such as the Upanisads,MahabharataandBhagavatam.The devotees of :ord 'rsna are very much attracted by

thesankirtanamovement of :ord 4aitanya. This avataraof the :ord does not kill the

miscreants, but delivers them by 3is causeless mercy.

B-gita As It Is ch 4 verse

iscovery/

19 Why does :ord 'rsna aear in 3is different avatarsor incarnations in this

material world

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29 ;ention some of the tyes of avataras@ incarnations

Mnderstanding/

1) Why is it said the :ord aears rimarily to rotect 3is devotee Whom does 3e

have to rotect them from !ive some e7amles from history.

2) Why is the avatara of :ord 4haitanya ;aharabhu very secial 3ow can weaccet that 3e is an avatara

Alication/

19 o you accet $ri 4haitanya ;aharabhu as the sureme :ordiscuss your

feelings towards 3im.

(reaching $ession / 1= minutes

&ea% out the #o""ong passage/

(reaching is the essence

#$i%h&a )mpowers the *reacher: +he #$%&a!onsciousness o-ement Spreads by the ercy of ord#$%&a and ord !aitanya

E$i%h&a can empower a preacher who is true to r/ !aitanyaah0prabhu and to the disciplic succession to excel "imself:

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was not possi%le for @r2 Caitanya +ahpra%hu was carried out %y'itynanda Pra%hu&

4imilarly, if one is true to /aura-'itiQs service in the disciplic succession,

he can even excel 'itynanda Pra%huQs service& .his is the process ofdisciplic succession& 'itynanda Pra%hu delivered Yagi and +dhi, %ut aservant of 'itynanda Pra%hu, %y is grace, can deliver many thousandsof Yagis and +dhis& .hat is the special %enediction of the disciplicsuccession& ?ne who is situated in the disciplic succession can %eunderstood %y the result of his activities& .his is always true as far as theactivities of the !ord and is devotees are concerned&&&&

5y the grace of Vi"u, a Vai"ava can render %etter service than Vi"uthat is the special prerogative of a Vai"ava& .he !ord actually wants tosee is servants work more gloriously than imself& Lor instance, on the5attle;eld of Euruk"etra, @r2 E


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(lease fill in these columns for the reaching session maintained in a searate book

ate ;ember (reachingAssignment

TargetAchieved/

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Additional notes

:rasa%am. 20 mnutes

The younger members of your grou, the children can lead the rasadam honoring rayers.This will be enlivening for everyone and make everyone listen to the rayers more carefully.

#ou can also read out the translation of this rayer for some weeks, till the meaning of the

verse is well understood by all the members.

$hare some easy to reare , but oular recies with them. This will encourage them to try

out cooking for 'rsna at home.



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1 No. of Mails

2 No. of Telephone Calls





Week 2uestion of their preaching the cult of @r2 Caitanya+ahpra%hu all over the world, %ut even though they are una%le to do so,if anyone else does it they %ecome envious& .his is the condition of the

modern followers of Caitanya +ahpra%hu& .he age of Eali is so strongthat it a(ects even the so-called followers of !ord Caitanya& *t least thefollowers of Caitanya +ahpra%hu must come out of =ndia to preach iscult all over the world, for this is the mission of !ord Caitanya& .hefollowers of !ord Caitanya must execute is will with heart and soul, %eingmore tolerant than the trees and hum%ler than the straw in the street&

Cc& di ]&S6

The reaching mood is very imortant to be inculcated in the members. This is what will give

them the life and insiration to rogress in 'rsna consciousness. $o it is very imortant thatyou conduct this reaching session very diligently week after week by sharing your own

reaching efforts, enuiring about the erformance of their reaching assignments, clearing

their doubts on the right aroach to conduct themselves while reaching, as well as how to

face the uestions from the eole that they reach to. ;ake sure you give them assignments

for the subseuent week as well. #ou have to kee rogressing in the assignments you give

them deending on their erformance and enthusiasm. "ncourage and show a lot of

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areciation for their efforts, however small. This will kee building u their confidence to

erform more and more reaching services.

Eill in this table in your reaching session)s note book/

ate ;ember (reachingAssignment

TargetAchieved/

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Additional notes

(rasadam/ 20 minutes

The more that eole areciate the value of rasadam, the more they will rogress in their

'rsna consciousness, and their attitudes towards rasadam will be in the right consciousness/one of honoring rather than one of indulgence. They will also be insired to sonsor the

rasadam during many of their secial occasions like different anniversaries. This will give

them great siritual credit.

They will also uickly rogress to eating rasadam at home too.

Immediately after the devotees have left the rogram, kindly fill in the following form/

:"ease enter the %eta"s a-out your mem-ers atten%ng ths eek.?ames Week 1 Week 2 Week < Week % Week = 5emarks

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1 No. of Mails

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Vyuha program

A yuha rogram involves the articiation of two or three &hakti riksha grous together in

a combined rogram. It is a break from the regular &hakti riksha rogram and has a different

format. A senior leader is invited to give a discourse@ lecture.

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&efore we start describing to you how the yuha rogram is conducted, let us see the

reasons for conducting it.

19 It is a break in format from the regular &hakti riksha meetings. The members need tohave something different and rela7ing eriodically, so that a kind of comlacency or

monotony does not set in, and their sirits are ulifted. This will also enthuse them to

be more articiative and involved in the &hakti riksha meetings.

29 It is a chance for them to come in touch with more senior devotees. If they have a

sector leader@ circle leader @greater circle leader, then it is an oortunity to listen to

their lecture and to associate closely with them.

9 The cultural art of the rogram is entertaining as well. The audience is enlivened and

so are the articiants . ;embers) talents can be recogni+ed and areciated.The

(arents are very enthusiastic if their children articiate in a skit@song@ dance@ sloka

recitation@ etc..This can reinforce their interest in the &hakti riksha rogram further.

B9 It is a good oortunity for the members to invite their friends and acuaintances for

the rogram, as it is not a regular one . It would be an en6oyable evening for them, as

long kirtans, games, ui+, cultural rograms, lecture, feast etc.would be included in the

rogram.

D9 The &hakti riksha members will get a wonderful oortunity to render different

services while organi+ing the rogram. This increases their service attitude, co*

oeration with other devotees and an oortunity to learn different skills in the service

of 'rsna.

Vyuha program 82 hours and 1= minutes9#ou can ad6ust the time to suit your

convenience.

193ave a regular Arathi and kirtan HHH 30 mnutes.

29When everyone is seated,introduce the guest of honour to the members , welcome

him@her as well as the audience.Any of the &hakti riksha leaders@ sector leader8if he is

not the secial guest himself9 can do this.

Introduce the different &hakti riksha leaders to the audience. :et the leaders introduce

their members to the audience. They can invite a few of the volunteers within the grou to

come and seak about their e7eriences of attending their &hakti rikshas. Nust 2 or months

time you have some serious ermanent members who are very much convinced abut the

rogram and are ready to take u this level of siksha. This is because the toics covered

during the last 2 months were geared to giving them the basic understanding of why they

need to come to a higher level of this siksha.

(lease do not let very 6unior members attend the seminar as they most robably will feel

uncomfortable listening to the regulative rinciles being discussed and may dro out of therogram altogether.

Welcome all the members and guests. ;ake a change in the seating arrangement, as today

they would all have to sit in a crowd facing the seaker, rather than in a circle.

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3ave the black board@ white board ready with chalk or marker as the case may be, for the

seminar. 3ave a chair and table arranged for the seaker. A senior leader, can be the sector

leader8overseeing more than < &hakti riksha grous grous9 could resent it. (reare the

handouts to be given at the end of the class.

/rtana. 20 mnutes

/5euest the senior to lead a kirtana for twenty minutes.

Semnar. 90 mnutes

>esson $o%u"e. or /rshna Sa%hak

m.

To motivate members to give u into7ication, illicit se7 and gambling. To insire them to start erforming the Tulasi (oo6a regularly.

To hel them take u the vow of keeing "kadasi rata.

To start chanting D rounds.

To attend the Eriday &hagavatam class@ attend the &hagavad !ita study grous.

G-He!t'es. t the en% o# the "esson the part!pants "" -e a-"e to.

:ist % 8four9 reasons to give u into7ication.

Will agree to erform the Tulasi (oo6a daily and will learn to erform the same from a

senior devotee in case they don)t know it. Willingly commit to observe the "kadasi rata.

Will agree to attend the Eriday &hagavatam class regularly or attend the Eriday

evening study class in &hagavad !ita.

Con%tons/ They will volunteer to commit these things.

Crtera. At least B=P of the members attending therogram will agree to take u the

'rishna $adhak certificate immediately.

ssessment/ Asking them orally at the end of the class.

:reparaton. Eor the lecture session on Into7ication, you can have a fli chart having

hotograhs of different hay looking devotees doing different 'rishna 4onscious activities.

:"$$O? OMT:I?""

What Who Resources Time

#rain storm The $hole class W%# &oar' 1( min)tes

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e&riefin* +,ect)re

-acilitator 3 -lip charts 3( min)tes

Narration -acilitator )'io cassette/pla!er

1( min)tes

0ea'in* -acilitator The s)mmarie'passa*e from the&ook on ka'asi

1( min)tes

Sharin*periences

T$o 'evotees 1( min)tes

S)mmin* p an'6)estion +ns$er session

-acilitator .. 2( min)tes

>DSSG :> .

ran storm. A volunteer can be asked to note down oints on the blackboard given by

members on the Toic@toics for the brain storm session/ 19 Why do eole take to

into7icationF QF29 ill effects of into7icationF. Add also any oints missed out.

e-re#ng/ "7and on the oints given in the brain storm.

#ou can make use of 2 8two9 illustrated charts with the following basic oints"Chart 1. &easons #or hy peop"e take up ntoI!aton

19 To overcome boredom. 29 To forget their troubles and roblems. 9 $ocialobligation at arties and official dinners. B9 3abit Q Addiction. D9 To hel them fantasi+e. G9

A status symbol.

Chart 2. Dffects of into7ication/

19 ;akes one addicted to and deendent on alcohol. 29 ery bad for liver and general health.

9 3ang*over effect. B9 ery difficult to drink in

moderation. D9 Innumerable road accidents occur due to drunken driving. G9 &reaks families as the

erson becomes irresonsible and uncaring towards the needs of the family. 109 Induces a lot of

violence including wife beating. 119 $ets a very bad e7amle for children. 129 Takes away one)sdignity and self*resect in society.

>e!ture/ n a"ternat'e to ntoI!aton.Stayng happy through /rshna !ons!ousness

3ave an illustrated chart deicting the different hay activities in 'rsna consciousness as a

family/ 1)rath? 2) Chantng? 3) G##erng -hoga? 4) >stenng to "e!tures h"e %r'ng?

5) hnkng o# /rsna h"e at ork? 6) a'ng a !e"" program at homeetcH.

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"7lain how 'rishna is the source of all hainess and forgetting 3im brings misery. One can

use the analogy of the child searated from its father who will be hay only when it is re*

united with it)s father. $o there is the need to rogress more and more in 'rishna

consciousness by increasing our commitments ste by ste and that will automatically give us

the real hainess and kee us away from all harmful things which will ut us into greatermisery.

Talk about how illicit se7 is the worst of the % sins one could commit. It has very grave

reercussion on one)s health, mind and emotional well*being on the material level. $iritually

too one cannot develo the mood of surrender, service and renunciation by engaging in illicit

se7 because it is an act steeed in a mood of sense gratification.

!ambling makes one too an7ious and disturbed in the mind about the outcome of the risks

that are undertaken. $o gambling too acts as a great hindrance towards devotional service.

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me and wish to give me a boon then give me the ower to deliver the erson who fasts on this

day from the greatest of sins.F

The $ureme (ersonality of !odhead relied, All my devotees in this world will surely fast

on your day and will thus become famous through out the three worlds and finally will come

and stay with me in my abode. &ecause you, ;y transcendental otency have aeared on theeleventh day of the waning moon, let your name be "kadasi. If a erson fasts on "kadasi I

will burn u all his sins and bestow uon him my transcendental abode.F

'rishna concluded to Ar6una, Erom that time onwards, the "kadasi became most meritorious

and famous all over the universe. O Ar6una, if a erson strictly observes "kadasi, I will kill all

his enemies and grant him the highest destination. Eor all eternity there will be no better way

of worshiing :ord ishnu than observing a fast on "kadasi.F

Sharng DIperen!es J &ea"Eatons

&ring 1 8one9 senior devotee to come and e7lain how he benefited from attending the Eriday

&hagavatam class @ study grou. &ring a 6unior devotee to share how he is benefiting in

siritual life after having started attending the Eriday &hagvatam class @ study grous.

$umming u. $enton ho !hantng s the -ass o# our sprtua"

"'es he more e !hant the more e p"ease /rshna an% -e!ome

!"oser an% %earer to m So t s ne!essary to make a -gger

!ommtment # e ant to progress n our sprtua" "'es &ea%

some *uotes #rom the amamrta

sk #or *uestons regar%ng the #o""ong.

Whether they ha'e any pro-"em a!!eptng the 'o to !hant 8

roun%s

e"p th ther %ou-ts or o-sta!"es to per#ormng ths e'ery

%ay

;'e pra!t!a" so"utons an% gu%an!e

hey !an e'en start a smp"e orshp to the photographs o#

the :arampara at home -y o##erng %hoop? %ya an% #"oershey !an a"so start o##erng #ruts to the >or% e'ery%ay

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Dn*ure ho many ou"% "ke to 'o"unteer to take up /rshna

Sa%hak !ert#!ates

str-ute the app"!aton #orms #or the /rsna sa%hak "e'e"(:"ease

see the -ook"et hakt Vrksa tranng :rogram) Gn!e they ha'e#""e% up the #orms? they may -e aar%e% !ert#!ates -y your "o!a"

ssung authorty n any one o# the pu-"! programs

43"4' :I$T for ;OM:" < 8'rishna $adhak9

The third module consists of D lessons or D sessions which will be covered in D weeks. At the

end of this module, there are some uestions @ check list given below that you can answer to

see if the members have rogressed along the e7ected lines u at least u to the 'rishna

sadhak level .8'rishna $adhak/committed to chanting at least D malas of 6aa every day,

following the regulative rinciles, doing some basic worshi, following the "kadasi vrata

and doing the Tulasi u6a.9

#ou should have been entering the details about your members in the & reort form given at

the end of each lesson, every week. This will hel you fill u the check*list easily and will

make your assessment of your rogress authentic. If there is any short fall, you will know you

have to give some secial attention, or see if you have not given sufficient attention to somearticular asect of the rogram. (lease go through the introduction of this book once again to

hel you in this.

In site of our best efforts, it is still ossible that our results may sometimes be less than ideal

as we are dealing with human beings who all have their indeendence to advance in 'rsna

consciousness at the ace they wantH but we can do our art to the best of our ability, and

that in most cases does insire them to surrender faster. &ut there is no need to feel deressed

or disirited if we are not always successful, because we are constantly imroving ourselves

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both in our level of 'rsna conscious surrender as well as in our skills to insire eole, so we

can always kee imroving.

4heck list for 'rishna sadhak

Write #es@ ?o or the aroriate answer in the right hand side column

1 o you have at least 12 to 1% members attending your rogram

2 Are they all attending regularly If not how many are irregular

< Are they all articiating in all the sessions If not, how many are not

articiating

% In which sessions are they not articiating

= Are they all chanting at least eight rounds of 6aa If not how many are

not chanting

> o they do the home J work that you assign them8including the

reaching home*work9 If not, how many are not doing it

o they attend the study classes regularly 3ow many don)t attend

B o they all feel comfortable with you and are communicative with you

If not, how many are not communicative

D 3ave they all started to follow the four regulative rinciles If not,

how many are not following

G Are they all enthusiastic to take u the 'rishna sadhak certificate If

not, how many are not willing to take

If you have 6ust one or two that are not u to the mark, you can feel that you have done a good

6ob, but that you must still work at bringing everyone to the desired level. If there are aroundhalf the grou not advancing, then you must do a review of your rogram. #ou can discuss

this with your senior reachers, take their guidance and hel as well. 5emember you are the

arent, and arents will do everything to care for each one of their children-

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