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Akincana Gocara publishes the video recordings of eight meetings of the GBC’s Global Vaiṣṇavī Dīkṣā-Guru Committee, held between 14 July and 6 October 2026, together with the position papers that regional governing…
Without a public announcement, the Governing Body Commission has rebuilt its website, gathered every resolution since 1975 into one searchable archive and published “AI-assisted” translations of its recent resolutions in ten languages,…
WADA, India — As the GBC devoted the second and third days of its 2026 Midterm General Meeting at Govardhan Eco Village to Vaishnavi diksa-gurus,[3][4] two senior sannyasis and disciples of Srila…
Hours after ISKCON India’s delegation spoke at the GBC’s mid-term meeting on Vaishnavi diksa-gurus, three ISKCON India Scholars Board members recorded a 73-minute debrief. They say the delegation had half an hour,…
A devotee who spent nearly ten years raising money for the Hare Krishna Hill temple says that none of its builders had heard of the Karnataka society that now owns it. ISKCON…
In Jaiva Dhrma, Srila Bhaktivenode Thakura clearly warns us to NOT introduce vyavaharika-dona, secular impropriety. “Vaisnava dasa: If one violates social customs, one is guilty of vyavaharika-dona, secular impropriety, and members of…
On national Hindi television, ISKCON India’s communications director says the Bengaluru temple case is not a dispute between two ISKCON societies but “ISKCON versus Madhu Pandit Dasa”, and holds up court filings…
A six-page briefing note dated 8 October 2026 sets out the 1971 Mumbai Society’s case that Madhu Pandit Dasa revived a dormant 1978 society to take control of ISKCON’s Bengaluru temple. Akincana…
For five weeks this summer, the representatives the GBC gathered to settle whether women may serve as initiating gurus in ISKCON argued the question in a WhatsApp group between their Tuesday meetings.…
A reader answers Akincana Gocara’s call for comment on the removed paragraph with a short philological note: the wording may trace back to Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura’s commentary, and the “vīra” the verse…
