{"id":11500,"date":"2018-01-10T13:50:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T12:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11500"},"modified":"2018-01-10T13:55:04","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T12:55:04","slug":"founder-acarya-foremost-on-iskcon-temple-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=11500","title":{"rendered":"Founder-Acarya Foremost on ISKCON Temple Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-yvL5f-29AfY\/WlYNCl227WI\/AAAAAAAAhew\/LWp16MudsaM4_-CWOm5Z7pXo--wN1VnigCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-01-10_13-54-07.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>From the Governing Body Commission of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!--<em>(Editor's note: This the 304 of the 2013 GBC resolutions. You can find the Minutes Of The 2013 Annual General Meeting in our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?page_id=506\">archives section<\/a> or directly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GBCresolutions\/GBCRES13.html\">here<\/a>)<\/em><!-- --><\/p>\n[Guideline]\n<p>Whereas numerous websites of ISKCON temples currently do not prominently feature the personality and teachings of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada as the Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness on their home page. Many do not have a picture of Srila Prabhupada at all. Few of them have links to Srila Prabhupada\u2019s books, tapes, &amp; videos. Srila Prabhupada\u2019s pre-eminent position as the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON appears to have been de-emphasized on numerous ISKCON temple websites. On certain sites, \u201cISKCON\u201d or \u201cPrabhupada\u201d only appear in the introductory pages in a very small, faint font;<\/p>\n<p>Whereas currently, there is no requirement that determines how Srila Prabhupada\u2019s photo and official title should be displayed on ISKCON center web sites:<\/p>\n<p>RESOLVED:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>That ISKCON center officials shall be responsible to ensure that any and all web sites published by the center prominently feature a picture of Srila Prabhupada on the introductory page. This picture should be larger than any other individual\u2019s photo (such as the GBC, center President, or guru). Srila Prabhupada should be addressed by his formal name and title: \u201cHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness,\u201d or \u201cISKCON Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada\u201d, or an equivalent translation.<\/li>\n<li>All such web sites shall prominently display direct links that emphasize Srila Prabhupada on their home page such that the casual viewer would have access on the home page to Srila Prabhupada\u2019s teachings and video recordings<\/li>\n<li>The picture of Srila Prabhupada on the home page, accompanied by his formal name and title, should be free from any other person\u2019s image. In other words, Srila Prabhupada\u2019s image should be the only personality in the photo or likeness<\/li>\n<li>The fonts presenting Srila Prabhupada\u2019s name and title should be easily legible.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\nAll ISKCON center web sites should adhere to this standard no later than three months (90 days) from passage of this resolution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/-TLXtg8yqEJ0\/WlYM1Zm85dI\/AAAAAAAAhes\/-YP5v89cA9cXlLNFFpRyfkWusrYALxf9QCHMYCw\/s0\/2018-01-10_13-53-14.jpg\"\/><strong>By the GBC<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> ISKCON center officials shall be responsible to ensure that any and all web sites published by the center prominently feature a picture of Srila Prabhupada on the introductory page. This picture should be larger than any other individual\u2019s photo (such as the GBC, center President, or guru). Srila Prabhupada should be addressed by his formal name and title: \u201cHis Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness,\u201d or \u201cISKCON Founder-Acarya His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada\u201d, or an equivalent translation.<!--more--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gbc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11500"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":55297,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11500\/revisions\/55297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}