Communities
Most ISKCON members practise Krishna consciousness in their homes
and live and work in the general community. They also congregate in
temples for worship.
Most temple-based members are in training, or serve as clergy engaged
in ministerial and missionary work. Some members also help maintain
ISKCON rural communities throughout the world.
For a full list of ISKCON centres worldwide click here.
Governing Body Commission (GBC)
In 1970 Srila Prabhupada formed a Governing Body Commission (GBC)
to help manage an expanding ISKCON. Before Srila Prabhupada passed
away in 1977, he requested that executive authority for ISKCON be
passed to this Commission. The GBC decides ISKCON's major strategies
and guidelines by democratic voting and in consultation with Temple
Presidents and other leaders.
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
(BBT)
Working tirelessy over 12 years, Srila Prabhupada managed
to write over 70 volumes of books - translations of Vedic scriptures
into English and extensive commentaries on them.
Established in 1972 for publishing Srila Prabhupada's works, The
Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) has become the world's largest publisher
and distributor of books on Indian philosophy and religion.
To date, the BBT has published over 500 million books and magazines
in more than 60 languages.
You can read a brief history of ISKCON - here.
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