Dear Maharajas, Prabhus, and Matajis, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. The Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin on February 26, 2013. Following the ISKCON GBC Society’s Rules of Order, the GBC Secretariat requests proposals, duly sponsored by a GBC member, to be submitted by December 15,
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To expand ISKCON’s preaching mission Srila Prabhupada created sannyasis. Thus the Ministry for Sannyasa Service has established a website to provide information about potential sannyasis to the ISKCON community and to get feedback in order to help in the candidate’s training. The website is: www.sannyasacandidates.com. The site contains a page “Candidates,” directly accessible via the
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Dear Vaishnavas, Please accept my sincere obeisances. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Guru-parampara ki jaya! We would like to call nominations for the fourth ISKCON Europe Excellence Awards (IEEA) for the year 2012. IEEA are meant to recognize the sincere devotees and projects who have dedicated their lives to the mission of Srila Prabhupada in Europe. These
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For the first time ever, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, producer of all ISKCON Founder Srila Prabhupada’s books, has published the entire Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita in Czech. The ancient Bengali work detailing the life and teachings of Gaudiya Vaishnavism founder Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, with commentaries by Prabhupada, was first published in English in the 1970s, in
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Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Please find below an official statement from the NA GBC Officers, as well as a public letter written by Gandharvika dasi, of Philadelphia, regarding an incident between Ravindra Svarupa das and Gandharvika dasi last April. Recent internet attention to this situation
Seeking a Divisional Director of Strategic Planning Strategic planning is a vital part of any organization wanting to effectively reach its long-term objectives. Every world-class organization therefore employs a strategic planner to guide it past obstacles and inefficiencies and help it achieve its overall mission and goals. Large or small, organizations employ these professionals to
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The Governing Body Commission of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) has approved an updated version of ISKCON’s “Child Protection Policy and Operational Guidelines.” The Guidelines set standards for child protection within ISKCON, mandate how the ISKCON’s Central Office of Child Protection (CPO) and local Child Protection Teams should function, while clarifying how ISKCON
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At this year’s annual meetings in Mayapur, West Bengal from February 10th through 21st, ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) passed a resolution requiring all ISKCON centers to prove their eligibility for a “Certificate of Readiness for Worship” before they can install or otherwise commence worship of Deity forms of God. Prior to this, there were
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A new playground sponsored for the Sri Mayapur International School in West Bengal by the Governing Body Comission (GBC), ISKCON’s highest ecclesiastical authority, is nearing completion after four months of preparation. Members of the GBC contributed individually, with Kavichandra Swami in particular contributing a substantial portion of the 500,000 rupee cost ($9,500). The playground includes
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Dear Bhakti Vijnana Goswami and other Leaders and Devotees of the Russian Yatra, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We are writing on behalf of the GBC Body and the worldwide community of ISKCON devotees to congratulate you on your recent victory in the Appeal Court on the Tomsk Case against
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