By Akrura das
The King and His Advisors
In modern times, there are legislative assemblies whose members are authorized to make laws for the welfare of the state, but according to this description of the kingdom of Maharaja Ambarisa, the country or the world should be ruled by a chief executive whose advisors are all devotee brahmanas. Such advisors or members of the legislative assembly should not be professional politicians, nor should they be selected by the ignorant public. Rather, they should be appointed by the king. When the king, the executive head of the state, is a devotee and he follows the instructions of devotee brahmanas in ruling the country, everyone will be peaceful and prosperous. When the king and his advisors are perfect devotees, nothing can be wrong in the state. All the citizens should become devotees of the Lord, and then their good character will automatically follow. (SB 9.4.21 P)
Akrura’s note
If every ISKCON leader would have a mentor or a coach, it’s likely he’ll be a better leader. He could meet with his mentor at least once a month and discuss how to improve his service, based on spiritual leadership principles given in Srila Prabhupada’s books. Mentor could also take feedback from leader’s close associates and use it to help the leader improve, as well as coach leader’s associates in how they can help the leader improve. I believe this will bring more leadership empowerment and effectiveness in our movement.
Akrura@pamho.net
Thank you Akrura prabhu,as the saying goes “feed back is the breakfast of champions”
however in Iskcon this is often viewed in a very negative light,even if the feedback is substantiated by written instruction by HDG ACBSP,
I have experience of very explicite instruction being dismissed on the grounds that”S Prabhupada changed his mind on so many things”.
what are we to do when such a situation occurs ?
To me, it requires purity to discriminate what is to be done and what is not to be done in any given situation. Especially purity of one’s motives.