ISKCON Issues

Basu Ghosh Das answers questions on Female Diksha Gurus

Question no. 1. There is a hermenuetical disagreement in our ranks over the question of women giving spiritual initiation in…

6 years ago

A Woman Cannot Receive a Sacred Thread

A woman cannot receive a sacred thread, so how can she give a sacred thread? Lecture by His Grace Basu…

6 years ago

Female Diksha Guru by Pandit Sesagiri Rao of Mysore from Madhva sampradaya.

A detailed philosophical discourse is given on the topic 'if a female can become the Diksha Guru' by Pandit Sesagiri…

6 years ago

Preaching According to Time, Place, and Circumstance without Adhikara is Trouble

The thing I want to point out is that having done this at this one part of this one book…

6 years ago

Female Diksha Guru — Some Considerations

There is a definite “push” for a female diksha guru in ISKCON that is the proverbial “elephant in the room”,…

6 years ago

Female Diksa-Gurus, Politics, and Reconciliation – A Lecture by HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami

Recorded on 31 December 2019 at Salem, Tamil Nadu, India

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HH Viswesvara Tirtha Swamiji on Female Diksha Gurus/क्या स्त्री दीक्षा गुरु बन सकती है (पूजनीय विश्वेश्वरा तीर्थ स्वामि जी श्री मुख से )

Please Scroll down for English translation. Original Talk in Hindi and English mix. पूजनीय विश्वेश्वरा तीर्थ स्वामी जी ने इस…

6 years ago

Homosexual Marriage in ISKCON is NOT Fake News: The Threat is Real

From Bhakti Purushottama Maharaja (JPS, GBC) on the WhatsApp ICC Informal Discussions Group on 27 August 2020.: https://akincana.net/2019/08/03/iskcon-performs-the-first-hare-krishna-gay-marriage-cerimony-in-brazil/ “Received this…

6 years ago

Traditional Societies and the Dharmic Culture of India

Traditional societies are based on religious ethics, on the understanding that what we do today affects our future, even beyond…

6 years ago

A Message to the Responsible Leaders of ISKCON

A Message from HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami to the Responsible Leaders of ISKCON. Recorded on 30.June.2020

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