In his Srimad-Bhagavatam class at the Krishna-Balaram temple, he calls the ritvik movement a “power grab”, explains the 9 July 1977 letter and says the GBC should have thought harder before halting initiations. VRINDAVAN, India — Basu Ghosh Das told a morning Srimad-Bhagavatam class at ISKCON Vrindavan on 1 November 2026 that the GBC’s moratorium … Continue reading Basu Ghosh Das: GBC Moratorium Has Given ISKCON “a Bad Name and Good Ammunition” for the Ritviks