The International Society for Krishna Consciousness

Movement·Founded 1966 CE·No single count. The society reports several hundred temples and a congregation in the hundreds of thousands, with a much smaller full-time monastic and brahmachari population.

Vedic Religion → Hinduism → Vaishnavism → The International Society for Krishna Consciousness

The International Society for Krishna ConsciousnessThe Governing Body CommissionISKCON Child Protection — the society's own office, established 1998

Branch
Overview Belief 3How to Live 1Practice 1Stories & Scripture 1 You × The International Society for Krishna Consciousness Discussion

Figures

who it looks to — gods, spirits, ancestors; some rooms are empty on principle All 1 →
R Radha-Krishna, fed before anyone else eats. The temple deities are washed, dressed, offered food and put to bed on a fixed daily schedule. Devotees describe this as service to a person present, not as symbolism. Domain Everything — in this theology Krishna is the source and Vishnu the expansionStanding God himself, worshipped daily in the temple form and fed before anyone eats Meet them — context →

Core Tenets

2 — a sample of the center, never the sum All 2 →
The shared center — held across the tradition
Krishna is not an avatar. He is the source. Gaudiya theology reverses the usual order: Vishnu is Krishna's expansion rather than the other way round. It is the doctrinal signature of the line and it is stated on page one. Go deeper — context →
The name is not a label for God. It is God. The maha-mantra is held to be Krishna present as sound, which is why chanting is a form of contact and not a form of reminding. Go deeper — context & 1 source →

Cosmos & Afterlife

how reality is built, and what follows death
The nature of reality

A material world of temporary bodies, and Krishna's own unending one behind it

After death

Rebirth driven by karma until devotion ends it, then Krishna's own abode

Numbers count Panfaith activity only — never real-world adherence.

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