Today, Badrinarayan Swami, a veteran GBC member and a member of the SPN’s Organizational Development Committee and Lines of Authority Committee explains why the GBC is investing so much time and energy in planning for ISKCON’s future.

As devotees make preparations for the start of the Annual General Meeting of the GBC and meeting of the GBC Strategic Planning Network (SPN), we will be sharing with you videos of devotees speaking on the numerous initiatives the GBC has embarked on in preparation for ISKCON’s future. We’ll also show the significant progress and achievements

What originated thousands of years ago as one of the world’s most civilized cultures in the world, is still flourishing today in all corners of the globe. The Vedic civilization is an all-encompassing culture, and an integral part of it is arcana, or the method by which to worship the deity form of the Lord.

The Annual General Meeting of the ISKCON GBC Society will begin on February 6, 2015. 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 31, 2014. This will allow adequate time for the GBC Secretariat and Deputies to prepare the

Tirupati, India—The Governing Body Commission (GBC) of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) recently completed a special three-day session during which the GBC Body considered whether or not this worldwide Vaishnava community should endorse and implement the policy of having women serve as diksa-gurus, or initiating spiritual masters, within the ISKCON society. The special

ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) concluded its annual midterm meeting with a daylong plenary session on October 19th in Tirupati, India. The plenary session which had in attendance the GBC members along with Ministers and other guests saw several encouraging reports from different parts of the world detailing the growth and development in outreach efforts

Loud chants of “Govinda! Govinda!” echo around the ISKCON Tirupati complex as pilgrims coming to see Lord Balaji also stream through the grounds of Sri Sri Radha Govinda’s temple. These chants provide a transcendental soundtrack to our ongoing meetings. Today saw the continuation of the meetings of the Strategic Planning Network (SPN), while the GBC

The arrival of devotees from around the world – among them senior devotees like HH Niranjana Swami, HH Radhanath Swami and HG Malati devi dasi has added to the already spiritually sweet, enlivening atmosphere of ISKCON Tirupati. Today saw the conclusion of three days of Organizational Development Committee (Org Dev) meetings which culminated in Org

After a spiritually charged morning program in the presence of Their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Govinda and Srila Prabhupada, followed by a hearty breakfast of South Indian fare, the first day of the GBC Strategic Planning’s Organizational Development’s meeting got underway. As we’re all aware, ISKCON has seen considerable global expansion since its birth in

The beginning of the auspicious month of Kartik heralds another significant beginning: the start of the annual, midterm GBC Strategic Planning meetings, this year being held in Tirupati, India. ISKCON Tirupati, home of Sri Sri Radha-Govindaji and Their asta-sakhis, is a stunning temple nestled at the feet of the magnificent Venkatadri Hill, the principal of