THE CRITICS TAKE THE KARMA

True or false, speaking ill of others is not proper for a brahmana. People who do this have hell for their abode (i.e., they are already living in hell).
— Sanat-sujata to Dhritarastra. Mahabharata Udyoga Parva 45.8

The ignorant seek to injure the wise by malice and back-biting; by doing so the critic takes upon himself the load of the wise man's sins, which he, the wise man, casts off by forgiving the ignorant.
— Vidura to Dhritarastra. Mahabharata, Udyoga Parva 34.74

A person being critcized should not retaliate [literally 'should riojt criticise']; for if endured the pain felt upon receiving such criticisms) will itself consume the critic and seize the results of his good deeds (which in turn go to the one who tolerated the criticisms).
Conversation between Dattatreya and the Saddhyas, Mahabharata Udyoga Parva 36.5

Extra advice from the Santi-parva of Mahabharata (conversation between Yudhisthira and Bhisma):

115.1
Yudhisthira inquired, "What should a learned person, who is gentle by nature, do when publicly insulted by the harsh words of an arrogant fool?"

115.2
Listen, O King, to how this topic is generally described. In this world a wise man should always be tolerant of an ignorant person.

115.3
"One who remains tolerant, not becoming angry, certainly attains the abuser's pious credits. Indeed his own sins are transferred to that wrathful person."

115.7
"One should always tolerate whatever a foolish person says. After all what is the value of praise or blame when uttered by a vulgar fool? Such a person is simply cawing like a crow in the forest."


115.11
"A person who praises someone in his presence but criticizes him behind his back is no better than a dog. His chances for elevation to higher planets are completely spoiled in this world."

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To make everyone understand that He was accepting the sinful actions of Jagai and Madhai, Lord Caitanya's body became blackish in complexion. The Lord inquired, "Why do you all look at Me in this manner? How do I look?" Advaita Acarya replied, "You look like Lord Krsna."

Lord Caitanya began to laugh at Advaita Acarya's words and all the Vaisnavas became ecstatic and expressed their joy with jubilant sounds.

Lord Caitanya said, "Begin klrtana, then this black shroud of sin will lift from My body and enter the bodies of those who criticize the devotees of the Lord." The devotees were happy to hear these words and they began a long kirtana.

- Sri Caitanya-bhagavata, Madhya-khanda, Chapter 13

I WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD

If you want to change the world - start with yourself.

NOURISH

To me, one of the main duties of a leader is to nourish and develop the leaders around him by recognising their talents and helping them succeed.

If your team is successful, you are successful.

PROPHECY

And maya will come to you in a form of a woman who needs help.

And you will be her hero.

And she'll be almost like an angel.

And this will last for some time.

And then ... !

GREAT QUESTIONS

Great results begin with great questions.

• Pay attention to the questions you’re asking yourself — are they helping or hurting you? How could you change them?

• Observe, with empathy, whether you or others are operating from Judger or Learner mindset in any specific situation.

• In the spirit of “accepting Judger and practicing Learner,” what Learner questions could help you get better results — at work and at home?

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INQUIRY INSTITUTE

These are ideas from the Inquiry Institute:

Breakthrough alterations in thinking depend on new provocative questions.

The coach's most challenging job is to catalyze clients into seeing a new possibility or taking a new action.

Fundamental requirements for effectiveness are awareness, choice and responsibility.

The questions provide a practical tool for making changes swiftly.

To empower clients through coaching means more than helping them overcome obstacles and accomplish goals. It also requires training clients in developing perspectives and skills to sustain and accelerate their progress after the completion of the coaching contract.

Learning, as the basis for new perspectives, skills, possibilities and outcomes, lies at the heart of coaching.

GRATEFUL

Any successful man should feel grateful to the Lord for all he has achieved.

- Prabhupada

LOVING FATHER

Task focus makes leader a monster.

People focus makes him a loving father.

Inspired people do tasks.

HUMBLE

It's good to try to be humble.

If you are too humble, those who are not humble tend to exploit and torture you.

So you have to discriminate how to behave according to people in front of you.

TOP 12 QUESTIONS FOR SUCCESS

1. What do I want?

2. What are my choices?

3. What assumptions am I making?

4. What am I responsible for?

5. How else can I think about this?

6. What is the other person thinking, feeling, and wanting?

7. What am I missing or avoiding?

8. What can I learn...
a. from this person or situation?
b. from this mistake or failure?
c. from this success?

9. What questions should I ask myself or others?

10. How can I best take care of myself and others?

11. What action steps make the best sense?

12. What is possible?

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LEADERSHIP

If we offend Krsna's devotees, Krsna may let us stay in our position, but we will never get pure love of Krsna.

We know well when we do something wrong, but we think we can get away with it because we have accepted responsibility.

Krsna can tolerate our conditioning and not kick us out (for some time), but He will not give us pure love of Him.

How can we get pure love of Krsna, our ultimate goal, if we offend His devotees - regularly?

We can make a big public show of devotion and sacrifice for the community, but if we continue offending His devotees (even "small" ones), our devotional creeper will die.

How do we know we are more important to Krsna than the devotees we treat rudely?

SCHOOL

If there are bad teachers or children in a school, it doesn't mean we should stop going to school.

Similarly, if there are people who make trouble or do wrong in ISKCON, we should not leave ISKCON.

Krsna's pure devotee Srila Prabhupada wanted us to stay in ISKCON and strive to make it better and better.