DON`Ts

Various case studies:

1. One new student Mrigank had started coming for programme. Once his parents
were supposed to come and on the same day our weekly programme was
arranged.
Our follow up devotee Asamanjas Pr went and told him, "Mrigank, you are sentimental.
To whom you call as your Parents are not your actual parents , Krishna-Mata ,
Krishna-Pita,
Krishna-Dhan Pran. So you should not miss weekly Programme. You had previously
so many so called parents - dog parents , hog parents , mosquito parents , donkey
parents etc. Didn’t you hear Chitraketu pastime?
Mrigank became very disturbed and confused and talked the matter with his
parents who became anti-ISKCON elements.

2. Once one new devotee , Sanket was slowly taking up Krishna Consciousness
seriously but unfortunately due to bad health he did not chant his round for few
days.
Our folow up devotee Adhairyasheel Prabhu went and told him. “Sanket, what is
this? You are
Not this body and spirit soul... See Haridas Thakur , even at the cost of his life
he did not compromise on chanting. This shows that u have hot understood
importance of human form of life and chanting . This is lack of sincererity on your
part. You have failed in Krishna’s Test. Sanket became very discouraged by
insensitivity of devotee.

3. One new devotee Anusheel who was topper in class started coming to
programme. Our follow up devotee started telling other new students that " we
have topper Anusheel coming to class , you also come " . Anusheel started feeling
embarrassed since he was new he didn’t want himself to be known with Hare
Krishnas. Further he started feeling proud and then afterwards he started feeling
that Hare Krishnas are using his name to propagate their preaching .

4. Once one devotee Suhrt started E1RC. As a senior he wanted to attract students
by helping them in studies and then give Krishna Consciousness . Suhrt ended
up by giving so much time in teaching college studies and solving juniors doubts
with no time for chanting and Krishna Consciousness.

5. Once follow up devotee Suhrt in order to take care of students coming for
weekly programme started helping a student Paravalambi , in following ways :-
1. Giving bike
2. Giving money
3. Giving study notes, books
4. Feeding prasadam
5. giving other things like drafter, drawing board etc.
Paravalambi became parasite on BACE with no Krishna Conscious substance
in him and using all using resources in BACE.

6. Suhrt, our follow-up devotee gave lot of time to devotees newly admitted in
BACE .
He gave a lot of encouragement , love , care , and material pampering .
New devotees became crying babies always looking for some excuses for not
attending morning programmes , not doing services and sucking blood of other
devotees.

7. Ati - Utsah became overall coordinator of one BACE. He did all services /
management himself while giving little or no responsibilities to juniors. When he
passed out , BACE had to be closed down due to lack of succeeding leader .

8. Ati - Utsah our follow up devotee pushed a new devotee Namabhas to

increase rounds so that within 3 weeks he started chanting 16 rounds. When
P.L. came he stopped chanting and now he hardly has any Nama ruchi !

Follow up devotee should initially give positive Krishna Consciousness.

1. Chanting, dancing.
2. Prasadam.
3. Krishna Conscious Philosophy.

And the gradually remove:-

1. Misconceptions and doubts
2. False attachment to demigods.
3. False attachment to country, social service.
4. False attachment to so called spirituality, sadhus, guru etc.
5. Remove attachment for sense gratification.
6. See he starts following 4 regulative principles.
7. False attachment and false hope / faith in science and technology.
8. Misconceptions about ISKCON, Ashrams.

Should carefully develop:-

1. Attachment to devotee and association.
2. Attachment to Prabhupada and ISKCON.
3. Attachment to serve Vaishnavas.
4. Attachment for reading, hearing, chanting.
5. Understanding mood and mission of acaryas, Prabhupada and ISKCON.
6. Wonderful relationship based on Vaishnavas etiquette amongst devotees.
7. Help him to deal with Anarthas.
8. Help him to deal with devotees, non-devotees, parents and relatives in proper way.