Guru and Initiation
Guru-tattva, diksa, disciplic succession, qualifications and fall of gurus (other than the FDG and ritvik debates).
Letter to the SABHA regarding Anirdesya Vapu dasa
Respected members of the SABHA, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! My name is Mangalavati Citra devi dasi and we are writing this letter of complaint together with my…
What is initiation? How this applies to the subject of female diksha gurus [FDGs]
What is initiation? How this applies to the subject of female Diksha gurus [FDGs] ISKCON Founder-Acharya Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explained it in his purport to CC Madhya 15.108: [the following…
A few thoughts on Srila Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada: "I shall remain your personal guidance, physically present or not physically, as I am getting personal guidance from my guru maharaja." He wrote this in a letter to his initiated…
WHERE IS MY GURU?
WHERE IS MY GURU? To this question, Srila Prabhupada has said. "That is not a problem. The problem is whether you are sincere. You have problems, but God is within your heart.…
Surrender, authority , What it means to be a Genuine good-as-God Guru?
There are deeply rooted misconceptions about many aspects of the Krsna consciousness philosophy that have been passed down from the beginnings of ISKCON that form the basis of many of the problems…
The Age of Darkness & Only One Hope
In this age of darkness where everyone's mind is agitated with anger-lust & envy, we can rejoice because we are under the shelter of Srila Prabhupada's causeless mercy. We thought that we know…
Charlatan Gurus and Disciples
It is the duty of the spiritual master to give his disciples knowledge of relationship, practice, and perfection, and it is the duty of the disciple to embrace and apply these teachings.…
A Disciple Should Never be a Hypocrite
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura Says: yasya prasādād bhagavat-prasādo yasyāprasādān na gatiḥ kuto ’pi “By the mercy of the spiritual master one is benedicted by the mercy of Kṛṣṇa. Without the grace of the spiritual…
Bhāgavata-Dharma: The Most Confidential Religious Principle
Lord Brahmā, Bhagavān Nārada, Lord Śiva, the four Kumāras, Lord Kapila [the son of Devahūti], Svāyambhuva Manu, Prahlāda Mahārāja, Janaka Mahārāja, Grandfather Bhīṣma, Bali Mahārāja, Śukadeva Gosvāmī and I myself know the…
