Brief Introduction of Basu Ghosh Das, He is the Vice Chairman of the ISKCON India Governing Council (Bureau), and has been serving in ISKCON India since 1974. He is also Regional Secretary for ISKCON in Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, and Temple President of ISKCON Baroda in Gujarat. Dear Readers, Maharajas, Prabhus, andContinue Reading
The first try was a bit sharp at the edges for general audience, so I’m trying to smooth it out, and some new arguments are added, too. Late last year GBC put the resolution authorizing women devotees to become diksa gurus on hold, reasoning that further discussions with its opponents isContinue Reading
“Poison Conspiracy Damage Control” (Illustrated plates are located below the following text.) The contrived Poison Conspiracy (P-Con) relies heavily on an array of misinformation and hundreds of pages of character assassination. Originally Tamal Krishna Goswami was the preferred target, but then he passed away in 2003 and theContinue Reading
This is a recent discussion between HH Bhakti Vikas Swami and HG Basu Ghosh Das on the Female Diksa Guru issue. Recorded on 13.Jan.2023.Continue Reading
Nobody is saying that touching was alright but changing the instances from 3 (in the first report) to 50-60-80 times and later to the nightly affair, as mentioned in the final CPO report, is not only a severe claim but a changing claim on such a sensitive issue! The CPO should not have overlooked it! It’s a significant point to note since the case revolves around this, but interestingly the CPO tactically didn’t highlight it.Continue Reading
“Poison Conspiracy Utilizes Chicken Little Tactics” The following text refers to an Illustrated Socratic chart which you can see by clicking on its title provided here – Chicken Little P-ConChk One of the repeating tactics heard from those who dreamed up the Poison Conspiracy (P-Con) is the threat of futureContinue Reading
Dear Readers, A couple of days back, I received a letter from a concerned devotee in Canada. He expressesd concerned about the “tilt towards female diksha gurus” [“FDGs”] amongst a section of ISKCON leaders in the West. He forwarded me the following message that he saw on social media, underContinue Reading
There were faults in AV’s behavior that were admitted by AV in his reply and acknowledged by the CPO. This was sufficient for any consideration of punishment for him. The other allegations made based on contested or specious evidence should be given up or rejected. Otherwise, the CPO’s credibility becomes doubtful, and because it’s doubtful it’s also doubtful on the offenses we agree on. Hence, it taints the entire case against AV and future cases against others.Continue Reading
It’s not only fBVPS reputation that has suffered here but also of Mayapur gurukulas as well. The 2006 preliminary CPO report includes many letters from former students and their parents, all but one glorifying the school and describing wonderful, character forming experiences they had there. Somehow this image has been replaced with pictures of Mayapur gurukulas as hotbeds of sexual, physical, and spiritual abuse.Continue Reading
How can FDG proponents say that Srila Prabhupada wanted female gurus all along when he clearly writes in the quoted letters – do not start big programs to attract the masses? But when he gave sannyasa to men the idea was that they should use this position for even more massive and more vigorous preaching. Just look through his instructions to Yamuna again:Continue Reading