Urmila Devi Dasi
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Urmila Devi Dasi, (also known as Dr. Edith E. Best), was born in 1955 in New York City. She is a disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Aside from her leadership among the Governing Body Commission, she is known for having established many educational institutions within ISKCON.[1][2]
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[edit] Educational leadership
Urmila Devi Dasi has been principal of elementary and secondary schools in ISKCON. She has developed and taught numerous courses for elementary, high school, college, and adult learners in a wide variety of subjects using interactive and experiential learning in addition to lecture. She is also the author of a book on management and teaching and is a writer and editor for Back to Godhead, an international magazine. Urmila is a member of the Grhastha Vision Team, which is coordinating courses and materials to strengthen marriage and the family in ISKCON North America. She is also a member of the Sastric Advisory Council to the Governing Body Commission.[3] He has done a number of reports on Position of Women in ISKCON.[4][5][6]
[edit] Spiritual leadership
Urmila Devi Dasi currently serves as a senior member within ISKCON.[7][8] In 2003, she was nominated to potentially become ISKCON's first female initiating (diksa) guru.[9] Whether she will become one or not is unknown, but she is not one yet.
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- ^ A Response to: Women in ISKCON; Presentations to the GBC, March 2000 - Vol. 8, No. 1. ICJ Vol 8, No 2 March 2001 Retrieved on 5 May 2008
- ^ Urmila Devi Dasi ICJ Vol 6, No 2 December 1998 Retvieved on 5 May 2008
- ^ Chief Officer Dr. Edith E. Best (Urmila) Padma Academy Retrieved on 5 May 2008
- ^ The Hare Krishna Movement: Forty Years of Chant And Change, Graham Dwyer, Richard J. Cole p. 254
- ^ Urmila Dasi, "Prabhupada's Views on Women," www.chakra.org, 2 September 2001. quoted in The Hare Krishna Movement: The Postcharismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant, Edwin Bryant, Maria Ekstrand - Religion - 2004, P. 304
- ^ Report by Devi Dasi, Urmila. 1992.. According to Religious Principles: A Guide to Sexual Relations in a Krsna Conscious Marriage. Hillsborough, NC: ISKCON Education, quoted in Hare Krishna Transformed, E. Burke Rochford, 2007, ISBN 0814775799, p.58
- ^ A Response to: Women in ISKCON; Presentations to the GBC, March 2000 - Vol. 8, No. 1. ICJ Vol 8, No 2 March 2001 Retrieved on 5 May 2008
- ^ Chief Officer Dr. Edith E. Best (Urmila) Padma Academy Retrieved on 5 May 2008
- ^ ISKCON Nominates First Female Diksha Guru Vaishnava News Network 11 September 2003 Retrieved on 5 May 2008
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