About forum

[Dayita Prema das]

THE PURPOSE

Dear visitors,
This thread explains the purpose of this Forum and contains information everyone should be aware of.

[Dayita Prema das]

WHAT IS SRI RADHA MOHAN FORUM?

This Forum has been established to connect all the disciples, friends and wellwishers of HH Sadhu Maharaja. We sincerely wish that Sri Radha Mohan Forum could be the online oasis of bhakti and the place where we can find inspiration to serve more and better their Lordship Sri Radha Mohan and devotees

If you'd like to participate in the Forum after reading this thread, please visit this page
http://www.radhamohan.com/forum/index.php?action=register

If there are questions related to the forums that aren't addressed in this thread, please contact us.

[Dayita Prema das]

THE FORUM ETIQUETTE

Keeping with the spirit of creating a relpica of a real life devotional sanga, the interactions taking place on the premises of the forums should be approached as nondifferent from a situation where you sat in a room in person with devotees. In a Vaishnava community, one should maintain proper decorum and offer due respect to others. Some aspects worth particular attention have been outlined below:
Respect seniority. Participants should recognize and respect seniority in terms of (1) devotional knowledge, (2) devotional practice, (3) years on the path, and (4) physical age.

Do not fight in public. Critique, quarrels and so forth must be done over PMs or e-mails, if they are to take place at all. They would not, or at least should not, take place in a public assembly of devotees, and therefore should also not take place on the premises of Forum.
There is a good deal of plurality among the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition, and that should be respected.

Beyond the above, whatever else is common etiquette in Vaishnava communities should also be the standard at Forum without a need for a detailed explanation in this context.

[Dayita Prema das]

ACCESS LEVELS AT SRI RADHA MOHAN FORUM

The following access levels are available for members of Forum. They reflect the real life devotional status of a member. Higher access will be granted by the administrator after being contacted and informed of a change in the status of the member.

. . GUEST - Read access to "Events " (full), "Munger Mandir - Services" (partially) and "Bhakti Philosophy & Spiritual practice" (partially).

The Guest are those who haven't applied for membership or aren't logged in with their member account.

. . . WELLWISHERS - Full access to "Events " (full), "Munger Mandir - Services" (full), "Bhakti Philosophy & Spiritual practice" (partially) and "Multimedia" (full).

The Wellwishers are those, who are friendly disposed to HH Sadhu Maharaja and helps us in service and mission. The Wellwishers are only added with recommendation from an existing member.

. . . . DEVOTEE - Full access to "Events " (full), "Munger Mandir - Services" (full), "Bhakti Philosophy & Spiritual practice" (partially) and "Multimedia" (full), and "Forum Members" (full)

The Devotee are those who follow the paths of Gaudiya Vaishnavism, but are not aspiring devotee or initiated disciples of HH Sadhu Maharaja. The Devotee are only added with recommendation from an existing member.

. . . . . SIKSA - Full access to "Events " (full), "Munger Mandir - Services" (full), "Bhakti Philosophy & Spiritual practice" (partially), "Multimedia" (full), and "Forum Members" (full)

The Siksa are those who have established siksa relationship with HH Sadhu Maharaja.

. . . . . . HARINAMA - Full access to all the above and the "Harinam" -section.

The Harinama are those who have received Harinama-initiation from HH Sadhu Maharaja.

. . . . . . . DIKSA - Full access to all the above and the "Diksa" -section.

The Diksa are those who have received Diksa-initiation from HH Sadhu Maharaja.

. . . . . . . . CONFIDENTIAL - Full access to all the above and have some other Forum's privileges.

The Confidential are those who have received Diksa-initiation from HH Sadhu Maharaja and have some other Forum privileges.

[Dayita Prema das]

PRIVATE/PERSONAL MESSAGES

As an alternative to email, Forum offers a faster, more private method. Personal messaging provides instantaneous delivery to the other forum member's mailbox. The mail is sent and received entirely through Forum, so neither you nor the recipient have to open another program or leave Forum. Personal messaging also offers both the sender and the recipient greater privacy because no-one's real email address is revealed. Personal messages show only the handle and name of both parties. You can even add more recipient for every message

If a recipient isn't online, personal messages wait in the member's PM box until the next time he/she logs in and reads and/or deletes them. Personal Messages is a self-contained, highly private email system.

[Dayita Prema das]

Dear devotees, friends, sisters and brothers

Cause I don't know all of you it's impossible to know which kind of initiation or relationship with Sadhu Maharaja you have (siksa, harinam, diksa...). Initially all members belongs to "devotee" or "wellwisher" membergroup. If you are taking siksa (instructions) or you are initiated by Sadhu Maharaja (harinama or diksa) please send me a private letter through this forum so I can change your membergroup status. It will be nice if you can write a date of initiation. In this way you will be able to attend some additional boards. All your names with date of initiation will be shown in this harinama and diksa boards. In this way we can better know each other and make wonderfull friendly relationships.

All glories to Sri Guru and Sri Radha Mohan

Dayita Prema das