Post by Nilacala Chandra Das on Dec 5, 2021 16:37:38 GMT 1
PRINCIPLE 8:Listen Emphatically
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PRINCIPLE 9:Humbly, gratefully, respectfully
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QUESTIONS:
Principle 8: Use Empathic Listening to assist your discussion partner
1. What does ‘Empathic’ mean? (Give the dictionary definition, and how I explained it in the video.)
2. What are some of the benefits of using empathic listening? (Refer to what Nilacala shared about his experience, and also to slide 2)
3. Slide 3: CC M 24.9 & 312: Why did Cintamani share these 2 quotes?
4. Slide 5: What did Cintamani say about this slide?
5.a. Slide 6: What does empathic listening do for our partner?
b. What qualities do we need to have to do empathic listening properly?
6.a. Slide 7: Are there any examples of empathic listening in sastra?
b. Look up at least one of the examples Cintamani gives, and see if you agree that it is empathic listening.
Principle 9: Discuss with humility, gratitude and respect
1. Slide 9: What does BG 17.15 purport say about how we should speak.
2. Does the letter Srila Prabhupada writes to Sumati Morarjee contradict what BG 17.15 purport says:
"Devotees always humbly offer respect to everyone, but when there is a discussion on a point of sastra, they do not observe the usual etiquette, satyam bruyat priyam bruyat. They speak only the satyam, although it may not necessarily be priyam."
Letter to: Sumati Morarjee — Valencay, France 7 August, 1976
3.a. Slide 10: lecture on BG 13.8-12 in Bombay: What is the evidence that someone is learned?
b. What quality is required to become learned?
4.a. Slides 11 - 15: These are the Useful Tips which help us discuss in a gentle and kind way. Explain Useful Tips
6, 7, 8, 9, and 12.
b. Do you think these Useful Tips help make us gentle in our discussions?
c. Are they habits we normally use, or are they habits we need to cultivate?
5.a. Slide 13: If I decide to say more after being understood, what must we make sure we do first?
b. Why?
c. Should we ever say, “No you didn’t understand me”?
d. Give your reasons for answering as you did. Can you suggest better ways of correcting someone’s understanding of us?
6.a. Slide 16: What are two ways we all communicate?
b. Which type of communication makes the biggest impact on our partner?
c. What are the different ways we communicate non-verbally?
d. Illustrate the difference non-verbals make to our communication.
e. Have you ever experienced how one type of communication contradicts the other type?
f. Do good non-verbals come naturally to us? If not, what can we do about it?
7.a. Slides 18 & 19 List the benefits of good sastra discussion.
b. Can you think of any verses in the Bhagavad Gita which make similar points?
8.a. If we want to experience these benefits it is crucial to use Principles 8 & 9. Is this statement true or false?
b. Can you explain why?
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