Lesson 9  Guru- seva

Aim

To enhance student’s:

  • understanding of the relationship between service to guru and service to the mission of ISKCON.
  • ability to resolve possible tensions between the above two.

To enable students to balance obligations in their lives, in addition to obligations to their guru, according to their position in varna-ashrama.

Objectives

By the end of the lesson students should be able to:

  • Identify methods of guru-seva and service to the mission of ISKCON.
  • Explainthe relationship between guru-seva and service to the mission of ISKCON.
  • Discuss a balanced approach to regularly offering guru-dakshina and contributing financially to ISKCON preaching projects
  • Differentiate between a balanced and imbalanced approach to rendering these services.
  • Discuss consequences of imbalanced approach to rendering these services.
  • Discuss importance of balanced approach to rendering these services.
  • Identify obligations in their lives, in addition to obligations to their guru, according to their position in varna-ashrama.
  • Identify challenges faced in meeting these obligations in a balanced manner.
  • Suggest and discuss solutions to these challenges.