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
Hare Krishna. My name is Krishna Kirti Das, and I’m going to comment on the question and answer portion of a Bhagavatam class given by His Holiness Bir Krishna das Goswami, who is responding to a devotee named Dharma Das, who himself is a highly successful book distributor from Serbia. The class took place on January 7th, 2020. And is on Srimad-Bhagavatam canto six chapter 18 text 35.
Now, why I am commenting on this portion of the class is that I feel that Maharaja’s opinions on the subject of women’s social rules and the female diksha guru issue are representative of the views and attitudes of many devotees in our movement. However there are many others in our movement who do not share these views, and I will be representing them.Continue Reading
There are 3 parts of this response that are answering the basic allegations on the authors of Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada-pancaratra. Nature of the Book: Khandana grantha Are there Female Diksa-gurus in Gaudiya lines? Part 3: Page 20-30Continue Reading
There are 3 parts of this response that are answering the basic allegations on the authors of Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada-pancaratra. Nature of the Book: Khandana grantha Are there conflicting statements in Srila Prabhupada’s Instructions? Part 2: Page 14-20 Continue Reading
There are 3 parts of this response that are answering the basic allegations on the authors of Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada-pancaratra. Nature of the Book: Khandana grantha Part 1: Page 01-13Continue Reading
Maharaja My obeisances, I just perused your letter addressed to the devotees regarding ISKCON’s recent adoption of Female Diksa Guru. I found a problem in your first claim and again in your second claim. And those two claims made up the whole of the letter. Your first claim is thatContinue Reading
Below is the executive summary of our paper, which is a short, initial response to Sriman Madana Mohana Prabhu’s paper “Guru: The Principle, Not the Body” (2020), which is a response to our book Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada-Pancaratra (2019). Click here for our full paper. Your servants, Krishna-kirti Dasa (BVKS)Continue Reading
