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Who owns ISKCON?

A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The Governing Body Commission (GBC) is the managerial authority of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). ISKCON’s founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, created the GBC in 1970 and since then it has met on an annual basis, usually in Mayapur, India.

What are the rules of ISKCON?

There are 4 regulative principles and that are to be followed by all irrespective of your marital status.

  • No Meat eating(Fish, eggs, mushrooms etc.
  • No Gambling (It spoils truthfulness)
  • No Illicit Sex (no sex outside marriage and even inside marriage it should be regulated.
  • No intoxication (It will stop.

How do female monks join Iskcon?

Take shelter of Srila Prabhupada by reading his books and follow the instructions he gives you as you read his books. ISKCON GBC approves Women Gurus… At its annual meetings, ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) discussed a core issue, the qualifications of guru.

What are the 4 regulative principles?

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  • 1 No Intoxication.
  • 2 No Meat Eating.
  • 3 No Gambling.
  • 4 No Illicit Sex.
  • 5 Concluding Note.

Which God is ISKCON Temple?

Sri Sri Radha Krishna-chandra
ISKCON Temple, Bangalore

ISKCON Temple Bangalore
AffiliationHinduism
DistrictBangalore
DeitySri Sri Radha Krishna-chandra
FestivalsJanamashtami, Radhastami

What happened at ISKCON?

The History, the Lawsuit, and the Mythology. ISKCON separated children from their parents at age five and sent them to abusive boarding schools. During the 1970s and 1980s, as many as one thousand children were spiritually, emotionally, physically, or sexually abused.

What will ISKCON’s expansion program reveal?

ISKCON’s accumulation through expansion program may get some air, and its techniques of psychological slavery may be exposed. Other than that, the rape and abuse of its own children will take center stage. (SGd)

Does ISKCON have a problem with predators?

Had ISKCON made as much noise about the monsters who raped children as they do about plans to protect assets, their concerns would have been self evident. As it is (even though management has admitted awareness of the crimes), there has never been a single case where ISKCON has prosecuted a predator.

Will ISKCON be spotlighted in the public eye?

ISKCON will find very little sympathy (if any) in the public eye. This is the single most concentrated case of child-abuse in the history of man. To believe that material assets will be spotlighted, is just another ISKCON illusion.