The talk based on this ppt can be heard here: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/category/lecture-series/3-principles-for-spiritual-community-building/ The speaker, Chaitanya Charan, is a monk, mentor and spiritual author. He has written 20 books and writes the world's only daily blog on the timeless spiritual class, Bhagavad-gita, at gitadaily.com

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ABC:
Three principles of
spiritual community
building

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Authenticity

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Three principles
 Authenticity
 Balance
 Commitment

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Authenticity
If God had wanted you
to be someone else,
he would have made
someone else

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Authenticity
If the shoe doesn’t fit
the leg, don’t cut the leg
Don’t imitate external
glamorized models

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Authenticity
Be yourself:
Physically
Psychologically
Spiritually

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Authenticity
Develop your instincts
Discipline your
impulses
Deepen your devotion

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Authenticity
Bhakti –
Static understanding vs
Dynamic understanding

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Authenticity
Static: This is the path to
bhakti – follow it
Dynamic: From where you
are, let’s find out how you
can come to Krishna

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Authenticity
Gita 18.46: Through
your work, worship
him
Arjuna’s archery

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Balance

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Balance
SP: Intelligence means
to see things in their
proper perspective

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History of imbalance
Only nature - pre-modern
Only nurture- post-
modern
Balance: Nurture & nature

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Knowledge in three modes
18.22: Ignorance:
see one thing to
be everything

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Knowledge in three modes
18.21: Passion:
see only material
as everything

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Knowledge in three modes
18.20: Goodness:
See material and
spiritual in
harmony

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Balance
Dynamic balance:
Not formula
But art
Eg bike-riding

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Commitment

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Commitment
We are not just
individuals –
We are individual parts
of a Whole

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How Devotion relates with
Frustration
Renunciation
Absorption

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Commitment
Aversion to commitment
is not detachment
Mode of ignorance vs
Mode of goodness

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Commitment
Horizontal relationship
&
Vertical relationships

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Commitment
Horizontal – Vertical:
Conflict
Compartmentalization
Concord

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Commitment
Takeoff from ground
– Airplane vs
Helicopter

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Expanding our circle of affection
We grow in selflessness
 From ourselves
 To our loved ones
 To Krishna

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Devotion
Not attachment
or detachment
But commitment

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Devotion is Contribution
Our best comes not just
by finding ourselves, but
by offering ourselves to
something bigger than
ourselves

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Accept
Accepting is not agreeing,
condoning, capitulating –
it is just calling off our war
with reality

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Accept
What frustrates us most is
not the reality but the
distance between our
expectation and the reality

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Accept
Dhritarashtra never accepted
that he couldn’t be the king –
was lifelong fighting a battle
he had already lost

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Ascertain
Value-judgments about
others cloud our inner vision
e.g.
Hands in front of our eyes

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Ascertain
To know people’s background
means to know what’s on
their back and what’s under
their ground

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Ascertain
Judging without
understanding
Vali-Sugriva – Best friends
becomes worst enemies

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What’s under their ground
What has shaped their
conceptions about
themselves, others
and the world

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Ascertain
Everyone needs to be understood
as much as they need oxygen
Hearing without evaluating gives
them psychological oxygen

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Appreciate
Begin with the 1%
commonality, not the
99% difference
e.g. BG18.20 vs 18.21

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Appreciate
Focus on common
values, not on differing
methods
e.g. Gita 05.02

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Appreciate
Others are dancing to
a different tune, not
out of tune

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Appreciate
Desensitized vs
insensitive
e.g. Cleanliness

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Appreciate
“I wish I could walk
as fast as you”
Look for blessings,
not for problems

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Appreciate
“I can live for two months on
a good compliment”
“We never know the worth of
water ’til the well runs dry.”

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Act
Maturity means
that no one is
obliged to fulfill
our needs

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Act
Don’t depress yourself
or others – depress
your expectations of
yourself and others

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Act
The heaviest thing to
hold is a grudge –
experience the freedom
of letting go

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Act
In the war of egos,
the winner is the
bigger loser – Let go

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Act
Speak to give peace of
mind, not a piece of
your mind
e.g. Gita 17.15

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Act
 Tolerate
 Mitigate
 Emigrate

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Act
Krishna is our ultimate
shelter
Let he be our anchor amidst
emotional and relational
storms

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Act
See every relationship as an
impetus for connecting with
Krishna – some positive, some
negative

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Act
Don’t see through
others;
See others through