Ways to serve krishna select the one which suits you
Best
At the temple
Volunteer in the temple – clean, cook, do administrative
tasks
Sponsor the Sunday feast
Buy books, CDs, tapes, other stuff from the boutique
Contribute Lakshmi (money) to the temple
Offer to buy the flour, vegetables or other edibles
for prasadam for the temple
Publicity
Offer to print or finance brochures/ pamphlets/ flyers
that publicize the temple’s activities
If you have your own business or shop: put up brochures
with details about the temple – aarti timings,
temple address and phone number, and other relevant
information
Sponsor publicity campaigns in newspapers and other
media for ISKCON, glorifying Krishna and inviting people
to His temples across the country/ world
Encourage others – neighbors, friends, family
members to attend aarti/ kirtan and partake of the bliss
of His Name and of prasadam
Create a Website for the temple and help to maintain
it
Carry out Krishna book distribution
Holy Name
Chant His Holy Name – alone and congregationally
Sing for Him – e.g.: volunteer to sing kirtans
at congregations if you feel you are blessed with a
nice voice
Speak lovingly about Krishna to at least one new person
and encourage them to partake of the bliss of kirtan,
aarti at least once every day/week/month – whatever
you decide is possible for you.
Invite devotees from the Krishna temple to your home
to perform aarti and kirtan
At
Home
Install Radha-Krishna Deities at home, and worship Them
in full pomp and splendor.
Offer everything that you consume to Shri Shri Radha
and Krishna before eating or drinking it – remember,
there are certain injunctions that go with this!!!
Chant the Mahamantra
Listen to Krishna bhajans
In Daily Life
Do everything for Krishna – offer Him everything
you have and do (refer chapter 5 of the Bhagavad Gita
for more on this)
Think of how you can serve Him in different ways always!
Buy books/ CDs/ other Krishna-related items from Krishna
Culture or Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
Help other Krishna devotees
Raising Spiritual Standards
Organize a maha clean-up of the temple kitchen or pujari
room. Meditate on cleansing your heart.
Support local brahmacaris and brahmacarinis; buy them
socks, medicines, an alarm clock, etc.
Increase your attendance at temple programs.
Read 100 lines daily from Prabhupada's books.
Improve the quality and number of your rounds.
Increase the quality of your sadhana through study,
association, and prayer.
Increase your level of surrender to Lord Krishna.
Read books on improving japa and Deity worship.
Memorize 10 key verses from the Bhagavad-gita.
Make a list of 10 positive goals to improve your spiritual
character and quality of self-realization.
Strengthening
Management
Volunteer your professional skills to the
nearest temple (accounting, fund raising,
editing, computing, etc.).
Attend local Centennial meetings.
See the temple president with your ideas.