Thursday 26 February 2009

The ideal leader


"So the future of this Krishna Consciousness movement is very bright, so
long the managers remain vigilant that 16 rounds are being chanted by
everyone without fail, that they are all rising before four in the morning,
attending mangal arati-our leaders shall be careful not to kill the spirit
of enthusiastic service, which is individual and spontaneous and voluntary.
They should try always to generate some atmosphere of fresh challenge to the
devotees, so that they will agree enthusiastically to rise and meet it. That
is the art of management: to draw out spontaneous loving spirit of
sacrificing some energy for Krishna. But where are so many expert managers?
All of us should become expert managers and preachers. We should not be very
much after comforts and become complacent or self-contented. There must be
always some tapasya, strictly observing the regulative principles-Krishna
Consciousness movement must be always a challenge, a great achievement to be
gained by voluntary desire to do it, and that will keep it healthy."

Srila Prabhupada

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