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International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), commonly referred to as the Hare Krishna movement, is a Gaudiya Vaishnava Hindu religious organization.It was founded by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada [2] on 13 July 1966 in New York City.
ISKCON is a multi-guru organization that places the ultimate managerial authority in its Governing Body, a group rather than a single person. Current ISKCON Guru System is developed by the group of leaders, Governing Body Commission, (GBC), the managerial authority of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness .
Sathya Sai Organization [2]: 389–90 Satsang (Deoghar) Satsang Ashram; School of Philosophy and Economic Science; Science of Identity Foundation; Science of Spirituality (a.k.a. Sawan Kirpal Ruhani Mission) [2]: 384, 391 Self-Realization Fellowship [2]: 392–94 Yogoda Satsanga Society of India; Shree Shree Anandamayee Sangha [2]: 32
As ISKCON evolved towards being a worldwide organization, it suffered from the inevitable travails of institutionalization. Young disciples, mostly from an anti-establishment, anti-authoritarian background, became members of the GBC and found themselves running a worldwide institution. Preaching sometimes started giving way to revenue ...
In the beginning of the 1970s he served as a president of the Los Angeles ISKCON temple and as a president of Spiritual Sky Enterprises, a group of family-style businesses founded by ISKCON. [1] [2] At the time, Spiritual Sky was the largest incense manufacturer in the US, [2] and the only legitimate business of the society. [citation needed]
Founder of ISKCON: A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The following is a list of members or people closely associated with the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. This list is not exhaustive.
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The strictly centralized form of church-type organization and the idea that one has to be an unconventional (uttama) spiritual master introduced by the reformer Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati and his Gaudiya Math were not characteristic of the traditional Gaudiya Vaishnavism with its hereditary brahmins-goswamis and family teachers (kula gurus).