About Us

The Prabhupada Network team

Vision Statement

To deepen our understanding of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s position as ISKCON’s Founder-Acarya so that we will remain inspired and empowered by Śrīla Prabhupāda’s bhakti-śakti for generations to come.

Mission Statement with Current Implementation Strategies Understanding the importance of profoundly connecting with Śrīla Prabhupāda, strengthening our relationships with our śikṣā and dīkṣā-gurus, and embracing Prabhupāda's desire that we cooperate in his physical absence, the Prabhupāda Network Team will facilitate

Enhanced care for devotees and community building, thus showing our love for Prabhupāda by how well we cooperate to keep ISKCON intact: We will collaboratively arrange with the International Community Coordinator, Jivanath Prabhu, the Devotee Care Course offered by Radha Gopinath and Damodar Prabhus, as well as the Community Development Course offered by Sridham Prabhu and Kisori Mataji. These facilitators have successfully conducted these courses throughout ISKCON for years. Selected senior devotees attending these courses will also begin to facilitate them throughout the community and the ISKCON world.
- Additional courses that will help students access Śrīla Prabhupāda‘s selfless love, helping them serve his mission more effectively, plus ongoing mentoring to help students continue to meet life’s challenges via guru, sādhu and śāstra. With the blessings of the Mayapur Co-Directors and GBCs, we’ll launch the Śrīla Prabhupāda Introductory Course in January 2025.
- Śrīla Prabhupāda Connect Days for the entire community, featuring:
o Senior devotees speaking on the challenges we face individually & collectively and how to meet those challenges by taking shelter of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s vāṇī and example.
o Cultural events based on Srila Prabhupāda’s life and teachings.
o Awards for competitions based on:
- Reading Śrīla Prabhupāda’s biography (for older children and adults)
- Prabhupāda-connected artwork (for younger children)
o Śrīla Prabhupāda Connect Days for 2025 are proposed as follows:
- July 19 & 20 (Saturday & Sunday) ISKCON’s Incorporation in New York
- September 14 (Sunday) Srila Prabhupada’s arrival in the USA.
- Two Śrīla Prabhupāda Connect Days during this year’s Gaura Purnima Festival – February 20 in English with multiple translations. (the day after devotees arrive for the Gaura Purnima) and March 13 in Bengali (the day before Gaura Purnima)
- Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Vyāsa-pūjā (August 17, 2025) and Tirobhāva (October 25^th2025) festivals
- A Prabhupāda Network website plus social media to promote Prabhupāda Network offerings and weekly podcasts interviewing senior Vaiṣṇavas from around the world.
The Prabhupada Network Team hopes to develop this model for other communities to implement with whatever assistance we can provide. We are servants of Śrīla Prabhupāda, the GBC, Mayapur’s Co-Directors, ISKCON’s śikṣā-gurus and dīkṣā-gurus, and all devotees to facilitate a deeper understanding of Śrīla Prabhupāda’s role as our beloved Founder-Acarya and accessing his bhakti-śakti to empower our Movement to fulfill Kṛṣṇa’s prediction of the 10,000-year golden age of Kṛṣṇa consciousness.