Hare Krishna Transformed

Index

Index 275 Abuse of children, 231n9, 234n3, 234n4; Bhaktipada and, 36–38; effect on women, 121–22; factors in, 78–81, 85, 88–91, 93; ghq and, 150; in gurukulas , 4, 19, 20, 30–33, 74–78, 86, 236– 37n15; lawsuits concerning, 95–96, 237n16, 243n12; leadership of iskcon and, 94–95, 236–37n15–16; parents and, 87–88, 236n11, 236n12; Prabhupada ’s role in, 235n9, 237n16, 243n12; religion and, 74 Abuse of women in iskcon, 116–22, 130 Academic education in gurukulas, 20, 66 Accommodation, worldly, 205–7, 216, 249–50n4–5 Adolescents. See Youths Alachua community. See New Raman-reti (Alachua) community Alternatives to iskcon, 167, 169 Amana communities, 54 Amish people, 215–16 Anticult sentiments, 13, 103, 106, 184 Antifeminism, 124–25. See also Male backlash apvc. See Association for the Protection of Vaishvava Children Arti, 231n11 Ashram-based gurukulas. See Gurukulas Ashrams: grhastha, 61–62, 233n13; Prabhupada’s view of, 72–73; separating men and women, 55; types of, 233n13 Asian immigrants, 181. See also IndianHindu immigrants Association for the Protection of Vaishnava Children (apvc), 75–76, 236– 37n15 Atlanta temple, 245–46n13 Austerity, women and, 121 Authority of Prabhupada, questioning of, 153–60 Authority structure of iskcon, 14, 179; erosion of, 135, 208–9; family life and, 70; householders and, 70; scandals involving , 163. See also Leadership of iskcon Avantika, 144 Back to Godhead (magazine), 13, 63 Back to Prabhupada (magazine), 171, 173 Bangalore temple, 245n11 Bankruptcy of iskcon communities, 95– 96 Barker, Eileen, 202, 203–4, 215 Benford, Robert, 121 Berger, Peter, 98, 142 Bhagavad Gita, 230n3. See also Vedic scriptures Bhaktipada, 22; abuse of children and, 26–27, 36–38; day-care center and, 82–83; head injury, 35–36; legal problems , 44–45, 230n6; scandals involving , 163 Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, 155, 185 Bhaktivedanta Swami International Gurukula . See Vrndavana gurukula Bhakti-yoga, 10; center for, 198 Boarding schools. See Gurukulas Book distribution, 10, 119, 230n4, 240n2; decline of, 63–64, 185, 196–98; as financial support for iskcon, 13, 63, 82; gender politics and, 57–58, 119. See also Sankirtan Pages numbers followed by “t” indicate tables. Brahmacaries, 58; ashrams for, 233n13; sexual abuse of children and, 234n4; women and, 129, 130 Brahmacarinis, 127–28; ashrams for 233n13 Brahmanas, 233n13; initiation, 11 Brainwashing case, 186 Bromley, David, 202, 205, 215–16, 249n2, 251n12 Brzezinski, Jan, 85 Buddhism, Theravada, 248n14 Business, leadership attitudes towards, 232n7 Caitanya Mahaprabhu, 10, 195–96, 229n5 Canadian immigration policy, 246–47n5 Capps, Donald, 74 Carden, Maren L., 53 care. See Community Action Resources Effort, Inc. Celibacy, 56; gender equality and, 53; marriage and, 58 Centennial Survey. See Prabhupada Centennial Survey Chaitanya-caritamrta, 127 Chanting, 3, 10, 11, 12 Chaves, Mark, 243n6 Child abuse. See Abuse of children Child care: day-care centers, 82–83; iskcon leadership and, 84; status and, 84. See also Gurukulas Childhood in iskcon, 16–51 Child Protection Task Force, 2, 36n15 Child rearing: communal 234n5; freeing parents from, 61, 82; in utopian communities , 54. See also Child care; Children ; Socialization of children Children: increase in numbers, 61–62, 62t; influences on, 206–7; of iskcon leaders , abuse and, 93; relationship with adult caregivers as factor in child abuse, 86; separation from parents, 60–61; spirituality of, 59, 80, 88–89. See also Child abuse; Gurukulas; Youths Children of God (The Family), 204–5 Children of iskcon et al. vs. the International Society for Krishna Consciousness et al., 95–96 Children of Krishna, 214, 236n15 Cockburn, Cynthia, 139 Cognitive liberation, 120 Collective action frames, 121; devotee women’s construction of, 120–22 Collective defection from iskcon, 162 Collective identity of iskcon: family life and, 114; second generation, 113–14, 113t Communal child rearing, 234n5 Communal structure of iskcon, 67–68; child abuse and, 94–95; collapse of, 162, 231n10; nuclear family and, 67– 69 Communities, 67–69, 167, 175–78, 179, 207–8, 245n12; bankruptcy of, 95–96; services for, 212–15. See also Religious communities; specific ones Community Action Resources Effort, Inc. (care), 214 Complex marriage, 53 Congregationalism, 7, 162, 207–8; emergence of, 67–69, 163; family life and, 54, 69–70; Indian-Hindu immigrants and, 182–200; religious culture and, 70; view of leadership and, 164–67 Congregation members: patrons, 182, 246n1; ritvik gurus and, 173. See also Congregationalism; Temple(s) Corporal punishment of children, 236n13. See also Child abuse Counseling services, 213, 236n15, 250n9 Cult status of iskcon, 103, 106–7; anticult sentiments, 13, 103, 106, 184 Cultural development: new...