News and views on culture, philosophy and siddhanta of ISKCON Vaishnavas
The debate on Vaisnavi (female) diksa gurus: GBC resolutions and process, sastric and historical arguments, responses, related women’s upanayana/sannyasa questions.
Hours after ISKCON India’s delegation spoke at the GBC’s mid-term meeting on Vaishnavi diksa-gurus, three ISKCON India Scholars Board members recorded a 73-minute debrief. They say the delegation had half an hour,…
In Jaiva Dhrma, Srila Bhaktivenode Thakura clearly warns us to NOT introduce vyavaharika-dona, secular impropriety. “Vaisnava dasa: If one violates social customs, one is guilty of vyavaharika-dona, secular impropriety, and members of…
For five weeks this summer, the representatives the GBC gathered to settle whether women may serve as initiating gurus in ISKCON argued the question in a WhatsApp group between their Tuesday meetings.…
Four months after Prāṇadā devī dāsī published a book arguing that women have long served as initiating gurus in the Gauḍīya line, the ISKCON India Scholars Board has answered with a twelve-page…
In a video message published on September 22, 2026 on the YouTube channel Bhakti Raghava Swami Vriksha, HH Bhakti Raghava Swami speaks about the proposal to introduce female (Vaishnavi) diksha gurus in…
The ISKCON India Scholars Board responds to GBC Chairman Madhu-sevita Das’s 2026 Janmashtami warning about internal divisions, arguing the real issue behind them is the female diksha-guru debate and the authority of…
I have been reluctant to enter into this controversy for a long time. But after great consideration, I feel obliged to speak what appears to be very obvious regarding how to resolve…
In this video, Basu Ghosh Das offers a further response to his senior godbrother regarding the contentious topic of female diksha gurus in ISKCON. He addresses several key points: the role of…
In this video, IISB Convenor Kṛṣṇa-kīrti Dāsaḥ and IISB Senior Scholar and author Śrīdhara Śrīnivāsa Dāsaḥ discuss the resolutions from the "Statement from the Executive Committee of the ISKCON Governing Body Commission…
