Scripture and Interpretation

Sastra as authority, pramana, hermeneutics, Manu-smrti/dharma-sastra authority, sadacara.

“We Were Cut Off”: IISB Scholars Say GBC Gave ISKCON India Half an Hour on Female Diksa Gurus

Hours after ISKCON India’s delegation spoke at the GBC’s mid-term meeting on Vaishnavi diksa-gurus, three ISKCON India Scholars Board members…

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Reader traces the “expert at rape” wording of SB 4.25.41 to Visvanatha Cakravarti’s commentary and the Kama-sutra

A reader answers Akincana Gocara’s call for comment on the removed paragraph with a short philological note: the wording may…

1 week ago

The book meant to bust the “Jahnava myth” about women gurus may have confirmed it, IISB scholar argues

Four months after Prāṇadā devī dāsī published a book arguing that women have long served as initiating gurus in the…

1 week ago

Why Shastra Demands a Living Guru: Rebutting the Ritvik Doctrine and the SJTA Challenge on Ratha-Yatra Dates

In a new hour-long discussion, the ISKCON India Scholars Board argues from the Bhagavad-gītā and the Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam that dīkṣā requires…

2 weeks ago

Senior ISKCON leaders respond to the removal of the “expert at rape” paragraph from SB 4.25.41

Senior ISKCON leaders react to the removal of the final paragraph of Srila Prabhupada’s purport to Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.25.41 from vedabase.io.…

2 weeks ago

Vedabase.io and the BBT quietly cut “expert at rape” paragraph from Srila Prabhupada’s purport to SB 4.25.41

The closing paragraph of Srila Prabhupada’s purport, which the BBT trustees promised in 2008 never to subtract, is missing from…

3 weeks ago

Sanskrit and the May 28th Mistake: What the Ritviks Missed

In this discussion from the ISKCON India Scholars Board, Kṛṣṇa-kīrti dāsa and Abhinandana Nimāī dāsa explore the value of Sanskrit…

4 weeks ago

The Garlic Debate: Are Prabhupada’s presentations of evidences from Shastras valid?

An email exchange between Krishna Kirti Das and Hridayananda dasa Goswami, 5-7 September 2026, on whether Srila Prabhupada is infallible…

1 month ago

What is Madhu-sevita Prabhu’s Janmashtami Message About?

The ISKCON India Scholars Board responds to GBC Chairman Madhu-sevita Das’s 2026 Janmashtami warning about internal divisions, arguing the real…

2 months ago

Does it matter if Bharadvaja Samhita is Obscure?

Krishna Kirti Das, IISB Convenor, tells it like it is.

8 months ago