Pranam Prabhus. Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah. >> My reasoning is that we want to understand Srila Prabhupada’s intentions and desires on how to apply shastra. Yes, this is right intention: we want to understand what is Srila Prabhupada’s intention. However, we should also understand that the procedure by whichContinue Reading
An article “SABHA to recommend Gay Culture be integrated into ISKCON” is FAKE NEWS. So is the idea that “The “Sabha” – a group formed by the GBC to rubber stamp liberal ideas and introduce them into ISKCON, against what Prabhupada taught was the ideal.” Shoot me if I’m aContinue Reading
Read also: Regarding Female Diksha Gurus: Damodar Das responds to Pancharatna Das ACBSP (Mayapur) Respected Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah. vancha kalpatarubhyasca krpa-sindubhya eva ca patitanam pavenebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah. Sorry for any offenses, but this is sastra discussion and we need to make thingsContinue Reading
“A woman’s real business is to look after household affairs, keep everything neat and clean, and if there is sufficient milk supply available, she should always be engaged in churning butter, making yogurt, curd, so many nice varieties, simply from milk. The woman should be cleaning, sewing, like that.” (Continue Reading
This is an attempt to gather in one place all scholarly articles that have been written in ISKCON on the subject of gay marriage and whether or not it should be allowed on the basis of guru, sadhu and shastra. If you think any important article is missing from ourContinue Reading
Letter by Basu Ghosh Prabhu: Dear Pancharatna Prabhu, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message, and it appears herein below. Before I composed a response to your response to my response to your comments on what Abhiram Prabhu wrote, Damodar Prabhu, a Gujarati brahmachari who is following the discussion, wroteContinue Reading
In this video, the link between the decline of preaching in North America and the decline of the brahmachari ashram is discussed. ISKCON in America and India are compared and contrasted with regard to their respective brahmachari cultures. Watch the full video below or click here to access it onContinue Reading
Now the latest topic of the SABHA [Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly] is integrating LGBT. Lesbians homosexuals bisexuals and transgender people into ISKCON. The SABHA are discussing and will work on a proposal to the GBC at a later stage. Of course not many will maintain celibacy and will need toContinue Reading
Below are comments I sent in to Dandavats.com shortly after they posted the GBC announcement of authorizing women diksa gurus within ISKCON. That was in mid October. The article they posted was prominently displayed on their website for at least two months, but is no longer there. Whatever the reasonContinue Reading
The first video of this series gives a first-hand account of some of the reasons for the decline of preaching in North America.Continue Reading