Female Diksa Gurus
Last night I had a dream
In my dream, I saw devotees were gathered for the morning class on the Srimad Bhagavatam at my local ISKCON temple. The speaker was speaking on the subject of men and women.…
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Varnasrama and Society
Social teachings.
Marriage and Family
Ideal Family Life
This chapter describes the occupational duties of the householder according to the time, the country and the performer. When Yudhiṣṭhira Mahārāja became very much inquisitive about the occupational duties for the householder,…
Female Diksa Gurus
My response to your comments on Abhiram Prabhu’s article
Letter from Basu Ghosh Das Dear Pancharatna Prabhu [ACBSP], Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message, copied herein below, on the topic of the GBC resolution authorizing female diksha gurus in ISKCON,…
Female Diksa Gurus
Keep the Sun shining…
Revered Vaishnavas, Offering my humble obeisances at the lotus feet of anyone who has served ISKCON and also at the feet of those who will serve in the future, I address the…
Female Diksa Gurus
Why we should question the wisdom of ISKCON instituting Female Diksa Gurus
I have always been a faithful ISKCON follower. Over the years I have waited patiently, observing occasional mistakes made by ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC). Discovering that after many years of holding…
Purports and Excerpts
The Perfect Society: Four Spiritual Classes
This chapter particularly describes the brahmacārī and the person in the vānaprastha stage, and it also gives a general description of the four āśramas — brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa. In the previous chapter, the great saint Nārada Muni has described the varṇa institution…
Female Diksa Gurus
Discussion On The Female Diksha Guru Issue: Amongst Godbrothers-6
Godbrother: Today, armchair observers may agree or disagree. But we who preach to Westerners every day know that what Srila Prabhupada did in America still works, and imposing Vedic social constructs does…
Purports and Excerpts
The Perfect Society: Four Social Classes
This chapter describes the general principles by following which a human being, and specifically one who is interested in advancing in the spiritual life, can become perfect. By hearing about the characteristics…
Female Diksa Gurus
The Woman’s Guru is the Husband
Haribol Prabhus! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! Yes, we are JIVAS, we are not the body. We are equal. But it would be better not to approach…
Female Diksa Gurus
Discussion On The Female Diksha Guru Issue: Amongst Godbrothers-5
Dear Godbrother Prabhu, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message. Godbrother: Now, India is flourishing and America is struggling. When we in America who are still managing to reach Americans ask our Indian brothers…
