Bhakti Vrksa Manual – English | Paperback

Bhakti Vṛkṣa Manual — Second Edition By His Holiness Jayapataka Swami & Kaunteya Dāsa ISKCON Congregational Development Ministry (CDM) | English | Paperback | 2nd Revised & Enlarged Edition
 
The Bhakti Vṛkṣa ("tree of devotion") program is one of ISKCON's most powerful and proven methods for growing the congregation of devotees — and this manual is the essential guide to making it flourish.
 
The Bhakti Vṛkṣa Manual is designed to provide all the essential information needed to start a Bhakti Vṛkṣa program. The material within is the result of over two years of practical experience and extensive research into methods that have proven successful in a wide variety of circumstances around the world, making the principles here useful for a broad range of congregational preachers. 
 
The manual describes the Bhakti Vṛkṣa program as an effective way to organize, cultivate, and expand the community of devotees — whether connected to an established ISKCON temple or center, or in places where no center is nearby.
 
This Second Edition is significantly expanded from the original. It includes interviews with Bhakti Vṛkṣa servant-leaders from around the world, real-life accounts of the challenges devotees faced while running programs and how they overcame them, along with practical guidance on how the CDM books have helped improve yātrās globally.
 
Dedicated to Śrī Nityānanda Prabhu — the original founder of the Nāma-haṭṭa — as well as Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura, Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, and Śrīla A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda, by whose preaching and direction the Nāma-haṭṭa has been established and spread all over the world. Bhaktivedanta Library Services
An indispensable resource for temple leaders, grhastha preachers, and anyone eager to grow Kṛṣṇa consciousness in their community.
 
This manual is meant to provide the essential information to start the Bhakti-vrksa Program. This material is the result of over 2 years of practical experience and extensive research on methods proven successful in various circumstances around the world.
 
The principles given here will be useful for a wide range of congregational preachers.