ISKCON Management Guidelines
BY: SUN CORRESPONDENT
Oct 16, JAGANNATH PURI, ORISSA (SUN) —
On October 12th, we published an article entitled "Guru Ashraya, a report to the GBC on guru issues by Gaura Kesava dasa. In the preface to his paper, we described a compendium of documents being referred to at the time as the ISKCON Resource Manual, which included:
- an unofficial organization of all GBC resolutions by category;
- forms that accompany the management guidelines;
- the 1996 GBC Resolutions;
- approved ISKCON policies on gurus and initiation;
- GBC approved guidelines for ISKCON management;
- a list of GBC Committees and their members;
- a list of ISKCON temples and preaching centers; and
- a list of ISKCON GBCs, sannyasis, and other leaders.
Along with the documents included in the ISKCON Resource Manual were a number of siddhantic papers that were also being promoted at the time, including:
- Justification for 2nd Edition Revision of Bhagavad Gita As It Is by HH Jayadvaita Swami;
- a GBC paper on Narayana Maharaja, Keeping Faith with Srila Prabhupada;
- the ISKCON Lawbook;
- Gurus and Initiation in ISKCON; and
- the Guru Ashraya paper.
As we stated in our preface to Guru Ashraya, we feel that by reviewing the genesis of the ISKCON Management Guidelines and the philosophical position papers that were promoted in association with the Guidelines, and by gaining some understanding of how these policies evolved and are currently employed by ISKCON, much can be learned about the current management trends and strategies in the society.
Today we are providing copies of the ISKCON Management Guidelines, a two-part document in Word format:
ISKCON Management Guidelines - Part One
ISKCON Management Guidelines - Part Two
These documents include the following topics:
ISKCON Education & Varnashrama Guidelines:
Bhakti Sastri
Gurukula
Child Protection
Sunday School
ISKCON Leadership
ISKCON Women's Ministry
Empathic Listening
Grhastha
ISKCON Philosophical and Spiritual Guidelines:
Sadhana
Ethical Management
ISKCON Personnel Philosophy and Ethics
ISKCON Deity Worship
ISKCON Kitchens
ISKCON Personal and Temple Management Guidelines:
Time Management
ISKCON Weekly Project Report
ISKCON Temple Departmental Leadership
ISKCON Secretarial Services
ISKCON Weekly Service Schedule
ISKCON Meeting
ISKCON Ashram Residents and Guests
ISKCON Ashram Residency Application
ISKCON Staff Members
ISKCON service Agreement
ISKCON Departmental Service Register
ISKCON Personal Service Plan
ISKCON Temple Evaluation and Planning
ISKCON Temple Inventory
ISKCON Temple Department Inventory Worksheet
ISKCON Temple Inventory Worksheet
ISKCON Temple Evaluation
ISKCON Service Evaluation
ISKCON Temple Department Evaluation
ISKCON Membership Survey
ISKCON Temple Annual Report
ISKCON Annual Action Plans and Budgets
ISKCON Annual Action Plan Worksheet
ISKCON Annual Action Plan
ISKCON Departmental Budget Worksheet
ISKCON Temple Budget Worksheet
ISKCON Temple Strategic Planning
ISKCON Mission Statement Worksheet
ISKCON Treasury
ISKCON Treasury Evaluation
Receiving Funds
Restricted Donations
Spending ISKCON Funds
Producing ISKCON Financial Reports
Producing ISKCON Annual Budgets
Meeting Governmental Financial Requirements
ISKCON Congregational Development
ISKCON Congregational Sadhana
ISKCON - Siksha Ceremony Application
ISKCON - Siksha Questionnaire for Sraddhavan
ISKCON - Siksha Questionnaire for Krishna Sevaka
ISKCON - Siksha Questionnaire for Krishna Sadahaka
ISKCON - Siksha Questionnaire for Srila Prabhupada Asraya
ISKCON Fund Development
ISKCON Preaching Guidelines:
Public Speaking
Book Distribution
ISKCON Communications
ISKCON Temple Profile
Hare Krishna Food For Life
Sunday Feast
Special Events
ISKCON Justice Guidelines:
Grievances: Temple Management
Grievances: GBC
ISKCON Grievance Form
ISKCON Appeal Form
To the best of our knowledge, this is the most current version of the ISKCON Management Guidelines. If our readers are aware of a more current version, please provide us with a copy or a pointer.
