I am new in the fold. I want to serve the devotees and temple. I contacted temple where I go. I am open to serve in any way - washing, cleaning anything for temple. But I was told that at this time we do not need any volunteer. How other ways can I serve temple? I want to put labor there, money is easy to give. Please suggest.
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Hare Krsna!
Prabhu Deepak, Prabhu Shravan and Maral Mata jee, please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Your posts are very enlightening. Specially the "thank each other not because one has done service but because the given opportunity to serve" part.
Your servant,
Sharanagat
Best way to serve is by chanting the Holy Names of Krishna in Nagar Sankirtana. Nityananda Prabhu will be very pleased by your service in spreading the Holy Names.
May your desire to serve Krishna be fulfilled.
Haribol
HK,
It is very nice to see your eagerness to serve. You can start by reading Prabhupada books to understand the mood of service and importance of service attitude.
If we don't get any service in temple, we can do service to Prabhupada by doing book distribution and distributing whatever knowledge you have got to others (friends, collegues etc..) to bring them closer to Krishna and Prabhupada.
That would be the greatest service for the Humanity.
Thank you
Hare Krishna dear Devotees please accept my humble obeisances! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
yes, Deepak Prabhu is right. If we have service attitude then it is a sign of a real success! :-D
All our problems there just because we want everybody to serve to us. But we are not God and everybody won't serve to us :-D! They are not fools.
Everyone wants freedom. Real freedom is obtained only by serving, but serving not to our own senses but to the senses of Govinda.
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Sharanagat Prabhu, there are 9 types of very important services to Krishna. Among them first 3 are the best:
Shravanam-listening
Kirtanam-chanting
Vishnoh Smaranam-remembering
Very powerful process is hearing Shravanam. It is the top most service!
For example, i adore to listen lectures. i feel that there is no time and we have to use every second in the service of Krishna. So You can listen lectures while You drive, or in the bus, or at Your job place, or honoring Prasadam or cooking Prasadam or just walking on the street.
Here are some lectures which You will find to the heart pleasing:
http://audio.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=f&f=%2F02_-_ISKC...
right to the point of Your question:
http://audio.iskcondesiretree.info/index.php?q=f&f=%2F02_-_ISKC...
Your servant,
in Krishna Conscious societies Devotees thank each other not because one has done service but because the given opportunity to serve. The person who got service thanks that Devotee who gave that service.
Soul's nature is to serve, and by doing so the soul is in bliss.