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The debate on Vaisnavi (female) diksa gurus: GBC resolutions and process, sastric and historical arguments, responses, related women’s upanayana/sannyasa questions.
The very first supporting argument in the recent GBC resolution concerning female devotees becoming gurus contains the following sentence: "So I hope that all of you, men, women, boys and girls, become spiritual…
A Reply to the GBC Action Order 305 (2009)
When a supposedly advanced group of devotees made a decision with full knowledge of Guru Sadhu and Sastra but only to reject all three and just yield to the pressure from western…
Song Being a lifelong songwriter as well as initiated disciple of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami I know the effect of song and it's origination. My spiritual master often talked about the uselessness of…
[UPDATE 12:30 GMT] Breaking news: The GBC has approved female diksa-gurus for areas self-determined by regional governing bodies. This means that the devotees responsible for ISKCON in a given geographic area will…
