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by Rasika Murari das

Hare Krsna,

All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
All glories to Sri Sri Guru and Gauranga!
All glories to Sri Sri Jagannatha Baladeva and Subhadra Maiya!

Dearly respected devotees, please accept my humble obeisances

As per our agreement and commitment at the 3rd CD Ministry Convention in Taiping, two members of our Vision Team visited the Johor Bharu yatra, located some three-hundred km South of Kuala Lumpur, for a weekend seminar on congregational development.

The yatraleader, Giri Gopal Prabhu, a very enthusiastic and dynamic person, who attended the Taiping CD Ministry Convention, requested assistance on the subject of service attitude, etiquette, self development, and organizational structure for vertical and lateral growth of the yatra.

The two day seminar was well attended and the subject of our discussion was nicely perceived by the participants. Uttama Caitanya Prabhu gave two separate presentations: on the proper service mood of congregation devotees, and Vaishnava etiquette, on the first day. Rasika Murari Prabhu elaborated on self development programs and organizational structure for utmost effectiveness of the yatra.

The participants have expressed their deep appreciation for such seminars and wanted more on regular basis. Giri Gopal Prabhu tempted us to visit Johor Bharu yatra for related seminars in the near future. For now, we have committed for half yearly programs here.

On a personal note, special appreciation is due to Giri Gopal Prabhu and his good wife for nicely hosting us and providing mouth watering prasadam throughout the two days program for all of us. It was definitely worth the nine hours drive to and from for a lively discussion, including the blissful sanga and tempting prasadam.

Rasika Murari dasa
CD Ministry Vision Team