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Institutional debates and disputes inside ISKCON.

Female Diksa Gurus

Did MMD et.al Insult Sunīti? – Part 1

In this part we show that, after eighteen pages of a paper that extensively uses mathematics, MMD and his fellow mathematicians say that Sunīti could not initiate Dhruva because she was “afflicted…

Sridhara Srinivasa Das · 28 Apr 2021
Female Diksa Gurus

Biased Survey

When conducting any survey, one of the most important concerns a researcher has is in eliminating bias. Even if the bias is unintentional, if your survey is biased in any way, the…

Krishna-kirti Dasa · 20 Apr 2021 · Letter
Female Diksa Gurus

Can a liberated soul make false statements?

In the paper The Sunīti Pramāṇa and Set Theory, the authors apply formal logic to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s statement in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.12.32 in order to prove that it does not indicate that women are generally disallowed…

Krishna-kirti Dasa · 7 Mar 2021
Female Diksa Gurus

THE SUNĪTI PRAMĀṆA AND SET THEORY

Background In January 2021, an anonymous author circulated a paper titled Sunīti’s Ineligibility in ISKCON. An analysis of two statements made by Śrīla Prabhupāda (further on referred to as SI for brevity).…

Madana-mohana Dasa · 16 Feb 2021