This is a refutation to Maharaja’s comment on Facebook, the comment of Maharaja can be seen below. Basu Ghosh Das: Prabhupada: In the history of India there is no woman leader. Throughout Mahabharata you’ll find… Mahabharata is the greater history, history of greater India. Maha means “greater,” and bharata. SoContinue Reading
I really do not understand, why demons must exploit women by giving to them artificial and unnatural positions in society, by depriving them of their natural position of Mother. Why one should appoint her to be leader or “diksha” guru when she, by being Mother is already higher than anyContinue Reading
To stop all the confusion around the definition of vaisnavis acting as gurus, may I present to you an excerpt from Sri Caitanya Caritamrita which puts an end to all these confusions and discussions around the issue. It sheds light upon what is the whole “restriction” in regards to ladiesContinue Reading
“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