Appreciating different definitions of success in devotional service

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Lecture Outline: Bhag 1.15.16 – Arjuna appreciate Prahlad’s devotion – form different, but substance same Prabhupada disapproved cloning of successful book distributors: “Devotional service is individual, voluntary and spontaneous.” He also suspended the GBC when it tried to centralize ISKCON’s finances Institutionalization should facilitate, not stagnate, the flow of devotion Come up with new services and new definitions of success according to circumstantial necessity or individual propensity People around us act like mirrors who show a palatable or unpalatable image of us Nourish the creative side within, not the critical side Avoid social alienation and sefl-alienation – find a healthy balance