ISKCON Issues

Brazilian ISKCON Authorities’ Response on Gay Marriage Disingenuous

Image: Akincana Gocara (AI-generated illustration) ISKCON's Gay Marriage Controversy is something like a movie franchise. It keeps coming back, and…

7 years ago

Brazilian ISKCON authorities respond to our post on gay marriage ceremony

Image: Akincana Gocara (AI-generated illustration; not the Bhakti House itself) Response from Rama Putra Das Rama Putra Das: Dear editors,…

7 years ago

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

Image: Akincana Gocara (AI-generated scene; the hand is not the priest’s). Portrait of Hridayananda Dasa Goswami from hdgoswami.com The letter…

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. [redacted] and…

7 years ago

“Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada Pancaratra: Can a Female Devotee be a Diksa-guru?” is now available on Amazon

“Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada Pancaratra: Can a Female Devotee be a Diksa-guru?” by Damodara Das ( BVKS ) and Krishna…

8 years ago

Lessons in Defeating Kutarka (false logic)

  Summary of our research on FDG Pranams. My reply in red. Your servant, damodara das Summary of Our reply:…

8 years ago

Sastrartha debate on FDG between Hridayananda Maharaja, Damodara Dasa ( BVKS ), Prahladananda Swami and others

From: Praghosa (das) SDG (IRL) If that letter is the only thing that counts, then Srila Prabhupada was mistaken when he…

8 years ago

Level of GBC Sastric Knowledge Revealed

[Editors: After further review of this article, we determined that this should not have been published. We regret the mistake…

8 years ago

Both MEB and MAC of Mayapura Pass Resolutions Against FDG

Whereas, the topic of Vaishnavis giving diksha Initiations is within ISKCON, over the last several years, a controversial proposal. Whereas,…

8 years ago