{"id":115990,"date":"2025-07-16T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=115990"},"modified":"2025-07-16T15:47:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-16T13:47:20","slug":"concluding-statement-from-the-executive-committee-of-the-governing-body-commission-regarding-trivikrama-dasa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/?p=115990","title":{"rendered":"Concluding Statement from the Executive Committee of the Governing Body Commission Regarding Trivikrama Dasa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HJGGY9r.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" dir=\"ltr\">\n  <span\n    style=\"background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    16 July 2025<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" dir=\"ltr\">\n  <span\n    style=\"background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    Dear ISKCON Devotees,<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\" dir=\"ltr\">\n  <span\n    style=\"background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p\n  style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"\n  dir=\"ltr\"\n><br \/>\n  \n<\/p>\n<p\n  style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"\n  dir=\"ltr\"\n><br \/>\n  <span\n    style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    Following the 24 June 2025 resolution by the Guru Services Committee and the<br \/>\n    Sannyasa Standing Committee regarding Trivikrama Swami\u2019s removal from the<br \/>\n    positions of sannyasi and initiating guru in ISKCON, and the 27 June<br \/>\n    follow-up statement by the GBC Executive Committee (EC), we wish to share a<br \/>\n    further update with the ISKCON community.<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p\n  style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"\n  dir=\"ltr\"\n><br \/>\n  <span\n    style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    Trivikrama Dasa has recently conveyed his desire to continue his spiritual<br \/>\n    life within ISKCON. He has also confirmed his intention to marry his<br \/>\n    disciple from Ukraine, and they plan to settle in Ukraine following their<br \/>\n    marriage.<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p\n  style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"\n  dir=\"ltr\"\n><br \/>\n  <span\n    style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    In light of these developments, the GBC EC directs that Trivikrama Dasa is<br \/>\n    not to give classes or lead kirtans within ISKCON temples for a designated<br \/>\n    period of time.<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p\n  style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"\n  dir=\"ltr\"\n><br \/>\n  <span\n    style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    This restriction is to be implemented by ISKCON leaders globally, as it<br \/>\n    serves to preserve the integrity of leadership within the society.<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p\n  style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"\n  dir=\"ltr\"\n><br \/>\n  <span\n    style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    Outside of ISKCON temple settings\u2014such as private gatherings or non-temple<br \/>\n    venues\u2014Trivikrama Dasa may participate in devotional activities, including<br \/>\n    speaking and kirtan, as deemed appropriate by local leadership.<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p\n  style=\"line-height:1.2;text-align:justify;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt\"\n  dir=\"ltr\"\n><br \/>\n  <span\n    style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n  ><br \/>\n    We continue to offer our prayers and support for disciples and devotees who<br \/>\n    have been adversely affected or disturbed by these events.<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<span\n  style=\"color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;vertical-align:baseline\"\n><br \/>\n  Your servants,<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  GBC Executive Committee<\/p>\n<p>Govardhana Das<br \/>\nTapan Misra Das<br \/>\nMadhusevita Das<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img src= \"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/HJGGY9r.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" \/>16 July 2025 Dear ISKCON Devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Following the 24 June 2025 resolution by the Guru Services Committee and the Sannyasa Standing Committee regarding Trivikrama Swami\u2019s removal from the positions of sannyasi and initiating guru in ISKCON, and the 27 June follow-up statement by the GBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[94],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-testing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115990","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=115990"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115994,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115990\/revisions\/115994"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=115990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=115990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dandavats.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=115990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}