ISKCON Issues

ISKCON’s Governing Body Comission officially approves female diksha gurus

[UPDATE 12:30 GMT] Breaking news: The GBC has approved female diksa-gurus for areas self-determined by regional governing bodies. This means…

7 years ago

The Hindu: ISKCON’s move on women acharyas opposed

The Indian newspaper The Hindu has published an article on how Sri Vaishnava acharyas oppose the push for female diksha…

7 years ago

Last Guru : Big Misconception

Isn't it Lord Chaitanya's desire and instruction that we disciples of Srila Prabhupada become gurus ourselves to explain and expand…

7 years ago

How the Śrī Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya Split: Its Implications for ISKCON

The Śrī Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya has two major sects, one is called Vaḍagalai and the other Teṅkalai, and the two have…

7 years ago

Russian GBC goes against devotee preachers with false allegations

Some days ago a certain document was published in the internet (we don’t classify the document as there is neither…

7 years ago

ISKCON performs the first Hare Krishna gay marriage ceremony in Brazil

The excerpt below was translated from its original source, a news website in Brazilian Portuguese called Razões para Acreditar. Verônica Monteiro,…

7 years ago

ISKCON considers allowing official gay marriage ceremonies in Brazil

The announcement below has been taken and translated from the official Facebook page of ISKCON's Brazilian Governing Body. The Brazilian…

7 years ago

Brazilian ISKCON Authorities’ Response on Gay Marriage Disingenuous

ISKCON's Gay Marriage Controversy is something like a movie franchise. It keeps coming back, and it gets promoted with great…

7 years ago

Brazilian ISKCON authorities respond to our post on gay marriage ceremony

Response from Rama Putra Das Rama Putra Das: Dear editors, Hare Krishna. The excerpt which was insered in your publication…

7 years ago

Hridayananda Dasa Goswami “appreciated my willingness”, says the ISKCON brahmana who performed a gay marriage ceremony

The letter below, written by Rama Putra Das, has been first published by the Gay And Lesbian Vaishnava Association (GALVA-108) , on…

7 years ago