 | What is a Bhakti Vrksha Group? It is a small group of congregational devotees, meeting every week to practice Krsna consciousness and to plan preaching activities. In these bhakti-vrksa groups the devotees learn how to nourish their spiritual creeper and to cultivate their service attitude in cooperation with others. Every group member is also active in preaching and in bringing new people into the group. Upon reaching fifteen members the group divides into two. This system keeps the groups small, maintaining an intimate atmosphere of personal care and nurturing, not possible in large groups. The members help each other under the supervision of a group servant-leader and a trainee-servant-leader. The trainee-servant-leader is being trained and groomed to become the future group leader after the group multiplies into two. Multiplying adds life and increases preaching momentum, compelling new leaders to take initiative. When the group multiplies the servant-leader continues to supervise one group while the trainee-servant-leader starts supervising the other group as a servant-leader. Both appoint new trainee-servant-leader. The group is part of a greater organization of many groups, connected to the temple, or to the congregational preaching directorate. The groups are supervised and the members are guided through a systematic program of training and various extra curricular spiritual activities. | |
Bhakti Vrksha Tree ---- See the Expansion from the Temple
 | All over the world, religious groups that practice small group preaching have always large halls and other big facilities to have massive gatherings every week. A Hare Krishna temple should grow to fulfill such a function. In that way the temple becomes an inspiration for the devotees meeting in small groups. Meeting in devotees' homes, for instance, they can’t have big kirtanas, the jumping, the ecstatic dancing, the huge aratis. Especially very small ISKCON temples must envision the role they should be growing into: becoming a place for the inspiration, training and education of their congregation. As the congregation grows through Bhakti-vriksha preaching, the temple facilities will also grow. Wherever the congregation has the economic ability to provide it, the temple can look forward to receive their support. This should be inspiring for temples. | 
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