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Brief Introduction of Basu Ghosh Das, He is the Vice Chairman of the ISKCON India Governing Council (Bureau), and has been serving in ISKCON India since 1974. He is also Regional Secretary for…
The first try was a bit sharp at the edges for general audience, so I’m trying to smooth it out, and some new arguments are added, too. Late last year
"Poison Conspiracy Damage Control" (Illustrated plates are located below the following text.) The contrived Poison Conspiracy (P-Con) relies heavily on an array of misinformation and hundreds of pages of character…
This is a recent discussion between HH Bhakti Vikas Swami and HG Basu Ghosh Das on the Female Diksa Guru issue. Recorded on 13.Jan.2023.
Nobody is saying that touching was alright but changing the instances from 3 (in the first report) to 50-60-80 times and later to the nightly affair, as mentioned in the final CPO…
"Poison Conspiracy Utilizes Chicken Little Tactics"
Dear Readers, A couple of days back, I received a letter from a concerned devotee in Canada. He expressesd concerned about the “tilt towards female diksha gurus” [“FDGs”] amongst a section of…
There were faults in AV’s behavior that were admitted by AV in his reply and acknowledged by the CPO. This was sufficient for any consideration of punishment for him. The other allegations…
It's not only fBVPS reputation that has suffered here but also of Mayapur gurukulas as well. The 2006 preliminary CPO report includes many letters from former students and their parents, all but one…
How can FDG proponents say that Srila Prabhupada wanted female gurus all along when he clearly writes in the quoted letters - do not start big programs to attract the masses? But…
