“Did Śrīla Prabhupāda Want Women Dīkṣā-gurus? Eye of the storm,” a book by Kaunteya Dāsa (project coordinator) has indeed created a storm in the Vaiṣṇava community ever since it was published back in 2013. This book claims to be the first of its kind to compile all the viewpoints onContinue Reading
I just heard this beautiful, standing ovation presentation by Sivarama Maharaja on vaisnavi diksha gurus and wanted to present few additional perspectives to the already brilliant on its own speech he gave. I’d not get into this, as Maharaja said “it’s a distraction” and it’s more of a distraction whenContinue Reading
One More Srila Prabhupada disciple comes out against Female Diksa Guru decision. He elaborately discussed this topic from SP’s letters, conversations, and Srimad Bhagavatam. A very well-balanced talk of Maharaj please watch it. Continue Reading
This is a refutation video to one of the points of a book on Women Diksa-Gurus by Kaunteya Prabhu who says that sacred thread was not a fixed part of being a Brahmana in Vedic culture and thus to become Diksa-Guru females do not need to give it to theirContinue Reading
Question no. 1. There is a hermenuetical disagreement in our ranks over the question of women giving spiritual initiation in ISKCON. (Pro-VDGs and Anti-FDGs for this discussion) Answer by Basu Ghosh Das: Let’s get this straight – so we are “on the same page”, here is the dictionary definition ofContinue Reading
A woman cannot receive a sacred thread, so how can she give a sacred thread? Lecture by His Grace Basu Ghosh Prabhu Sunday Feast, 09/27/2020 ISKCON of BaltimoreContinue Reading
A detailed philosophical discourse is given on the topic ‘if a female can become the Diksha Guru’ by Pandit Sesagiri Rao of Mysore belongs to Madhva sampradaya. He produced the Madhava Sampradaya sidhantik points and core philosophical reasons to understand why a female can’t become the Diksha Guru. He explains the philopshyContinue Reading
There is a definite “push” for a female diksha guru in ISKCON that is the proverbial “elephant in the room”, as the title of the recent article on Dandavats.com by Devaki Mataji alluded to. The eagerness of a section of devotees to see a female blessed as diksha guru inContinue Reading
Recorded on 31 December 2019 at Salem, Tamil Nadu, IndiaContinue Reading
Please Scroll down for English translation. Original Talk in Hindi and English mix. पूजनीय विश्वेश्वरा तीर्थ स्वामी जी ने इस वीडियो में ‘क्या स्त्री दीक्षा गुरु बन सकती है’? इस पर प्रकाश डाला है यह लेख इस वीडियो में उनके कहे गए विचारो को लिखित रूप में यंहा प्रस्तुत करताContinue Reading