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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. The GBC is organised largely through a "zonal" system, with regional representatives attending to local matters, and the entire GBC ruling on issues that affect ISKCON as a whole.〔Forsthoefel, Thomas A. & Cynthia Ann Humes (2005) ''(Gurus in America )'', p. 89, "ISKCON GBC First Meeting"〕 At the GBC's first annual meeting in Mayapur Prabhupada guided the proceedings, "showing how the GBC should strictly follow parliamentary procedure". Zones of the world are assigned one or more secretaries regardless of if there is an ISKCON community currently in the zone.〔〔(ISKCON GBC site )〕 The GBC is entrusted with both spiritual and secular leadership of the ISKCON communities, as well as the power to appoint new gurus. According to a GBC confidence survey "those holding critical views of the GBC were far less committed to ISKCON."〔Rochford, E. Burke (2007) ''(Hare Krishna Transformed )'', p. 245, "GBC Confidence Survey"〕 As of February 2009, Romapada Swami is elected GBC Chairman.〔http://iskconklang.wordpress.com/2009/03/31/agm-minutes-of-iskcon-gbc-12-2322009/〕 He succeeded Ramai Swami as the chairman of the Governing Body Commission.〔"(GBC Meetings 2008 )" in ''ISKCON News'', 21 March 2008, Retrieved on 2008-05-05〕 ==Original members of the Governing Body Commission== According to the letter of 28 July 1970 A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada appointed the following members to the commission, all of them non-''sannyasis'' (non-renunciates). After the death of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in 1977 only five of the original Commissioners would be eventually approved to become diksa gurus: 1. Śrīmān Gopal Krishna Adhikari 2. Śrīmān Bhagavandas Adhikari 3. Śrīmān Syamsundar Das Adhikari 4. Śrīmān Satsvarupa Das Adhikari 5. Śrīmān Karandhar Das Adhikari 6. Śrīmān Hansadutta Das Adhikari 7. Śrīmān Tamala Kṛṣṇa Das Adhikari 8. Śrīmān Sudama Das Adhikari 9. Śrīmān Bali Mardan Das Brahmachari 10. Śrīmān Jagadisa Das Adhikari 11. Śrīmān Hayagriva Das Adhikari 12. Śrīmān Kṛṣṇadas Adhikari This letter outlines the following purposes of the commission: * Providing a structure to ensure the continuation of ISKCON after Prabhupada's death. * Improving the standard of temple management * Promoting Krishna consciousness * Distributing books and literature * Opening new centers * Education of the devotees.〔A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Letter of 28 July 1970. "As we have increased our volume of activities, now I think a Governing Body Commission (hereinafter referred to as the G.BC.) should be established. I am getting old, 75 years old, therefore at any time I may be out of the scene, therefore I think it is necessary to give instruction to my disciples how they shall manage the whole institution. They are already managing individual centers represented by one president, one secretary and one treasurer, and in my opinion they are doing nice. But we want still more improvement in the standard of Temple management, propaganda for Krishna consciousness, distribution of books and literatures, opening of new centers and educating devotees to the right standard."()〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Governing Body Commission」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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