ISKCON Issues

Institutional debates and disputes inside ISKCON.

Can Anyone Be a Diksa-Guru? IISB Opens a Three-Part Video Series on Rohini-tanaya Dasa’s Paper

The ISKCON India Scholars Board has opened a three-part video series on Rohini-tanaya Dasa’s paper on female diksa-gurus. Part one…

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Can a Departed Guru Still Initiate? Basu Ghosh Das Answers the Ritvik Case Point by Point

Recorded in Vrindavan during Kartik, a new ISKCON India Scholars Board video puts the ritvik case to Basu Ghosh Das…

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Interview: ISKCON India’s Legal Head Says Madhu Pandit Das Uses Ritvik Philosophy as a Cover

In an hour-long Hindi podcast, now available with English subtitles, Dayaram Das, ISKCON India’s legal head since 2002, sets out…

1 day ago

4-2-3-7 or Seven Circles? ISKCON Youth Preacher Tells Ritviks to Delete Their Lamp-Offering Video

Hare Krishna Mandir Bhadaj taught its Instagram followers to wave the Kartik lamp seven times before each form on the…

4 days ago

GBC Calls for Proposals for Its February 2027 Meeting, Warns They May Not Be Voted On This Year

Howdy, sankirta Proposals for the GBC’s 2027 Annual General Meeting must reach the Secretariat by January 1, each sponsored by…

4 days ago

School Meals or Mission Drift? Bengal Opens Every District to ISKCON’s School-Meal Kitchens

West Bengal has opened every district to ISKCON’s school-meal kitchens. Within the movement, the decision revives an old objection that…

6 days ago

Madhvacharya on Sadhaka-Gurus: ISKCON Scholars Publish a Compilation Approved by Three Madhva Scholars

Two ISKCON scholars have gathered what Śrī Madhvācārya taught about gurus who are not yet perfected, had the compilation approved…

7 days ago

A Single Verse Does Not Settle Female Diksa Gurus, Rohini-tanaya Dasa Argues in New IISB Paper

A week after his exchange with Damodara Dasa under an Akincana Gocara post, Rohini-tanaya Dasa has set out his case…

7 days ago

GBC Wants Kirtan Leaders in Dhoti and Kurta, Sari or Gopi Dress: Kirtan Ministry Publishes Temple Kirtan Guidelines

The poster the GBC shared on 5 November names the clothes it prefers for whoever leads kirtan in the temple…

1 week ago

Are We Ready for Varnasrama? Open Letter Tells the GBC to Start Training Kshatriyas During Its Pause on Initiations

Image: Akincana Gocara (AI-generated), from a photo of Srila Prabhupada published by Nandgram Dham GLOBAL — Vaninatha Vasu Dasa, who…

2 weeks ago