The debate on Vaisnavi (female) diksa gurus: GBC resolutions and process, sastric and historical arguments, responses, related women’s upanayana/sannyasa questions.
WADA, India — As the GBC devoted the second and third days of its 2026 Midterm General Meeting at Govardhan…
Hours after ISKCON India’s delegation spoke at the GBC’s mid-term meeting on Vaishnavi diksa-gurus, three ISKCON India Scholars Board members…
In Jaiva Dhrma, Srila Bhaktivenode Thakura clearly warns us to NOT introduce vyavaharika-dona, secular impropriety. “Vaisnava dasa: If one violates…
For five weeks this summer, the representatives the GBC gathered to settle whether women may serve as initiating gurus in…
Four months after Prāṇadā devī dāsī published a book arguing that women have long served as initiating gurus in the…
In a video message published on September 22, 2026 on the YouTube channel Bhakti Raghava Swami Vriksha, HH Bhakti Raghava…
The ISKCON India Scholars Board responds to GBC Chairman Madhu-sevita Das’s 2026 Janmashtami warning about internal divisions, arguing the real…
I have been reluctant to enter into this controversy for a long time. But after great consideration, I feel obliged…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVVsEJCxDS0 In this video, Basu Ghosh Das offers a further response to his senior godbrother regarding the contentious topic of…
In this video, IISB Convenor Kṛṣṇa-kīrti Dāsaḥ and IISB Senior Scholar and author Śrīdhara Śrīnivāsa Dāsaḥ discuss the resolutions from…