By Mahatma Das
1. When taking over a position, department, project, preaching center, temple, etc., to immediately begin making drastic changes. 2. To play favorites or to speak against or criticize certain sections of devotees. 3. To do or say anything that will instill a lack of trust in a devotee's spiritual master. 4. To not give devotees facility to offer suggestions and ideas, voice opinions, or express observations in a way that will be given attention and be responded to. 5. To expect devotees to be enthusiastic about a service that you either do not encourage or facilitate. 6. To breach devotees trust in you by not doing something you promised - or bt lying to them. 7. Not attending all the temple programs (and expecting others to attend). 8. To have a budget that exceeds your income. 9. To create overheads so large that to maintain the project minimizes the preaching. 10. To not take interest in devotee's spiritual and material welfare and to not have time to deal with their problems and needs. 11. To make it difficult for devotees to see you. 12. To give devotees very little association.