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This publication is prepared and presented solely for informational, educational, research and public-discussion purposes. It examines historical and institutional documents, including Srila Prabhupada's founding documents, publicly available GBC resolutions, statements and ISKCON laws, and considers the relationship between those documents and the authority exercised thereunder.
Unless otherwise indicated, quotations from GBC resolutions, statements and ISKCON laws are reproduced from publicly available records and are intended to be quoted accurately and in their original context. Founding documents and other historical materials referred to herein have been reproduced or cited from publicly available primary or archival sources. Readers are encouraged to consult the original documents and sources themselves.
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