In this Q&A at ISKCON London’s Soho Street temple, Śivarāma Swami reflects on ISKCON’s mission and the challenges devotees face today, including outreach, environmental responsibility, child protection, varṇāśrama, professional burnout, and sustaining spiritual consciousness beyond the temple.Continue Reading
This short clip from The Matchless Gift podcast features Basu Ghosh Prabhu addressing the LGBTQ concept. Presented as an excerpt from a longer conversation, the video offers his perspective on a contemporary social issue relevant to ongoing discussions within ISKCON. Watch the 2-minute clip below.Continue Reading
In this episode of The Matchless Gift Podcast, Basu Ghosh Prabhu joins the hosts for an extended conversation on the meaning of diksha, or spiritual initiation, in the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. The discussion invites viewers to consider initiation as more than a ceremony. It is a serious spiritual commitment centeredContinue Reading
In this video, Basu Ghosh Das offers a further response to his senior godbrother regarding the contentious topic of female diksha gurus in ISKCON. He addresses several key points: the role of the GBC as a managing authority rather than the sole arbiter of philosophical matters, the importance of shastraContinue Reading
Basu Ghosh Prabhu Speaks On Traditional vs. Modern ISKCON at the Namarasa Podcast This podcast was recorded in August 2024 in New Jersey, USA. Basu Ghosh Das (ACBSP) discusses the growing cultural tensions within ISKCON—East vs. West, tradition vs. modernity. Can ISKCON stay true to its Vedic roots while expandingContinue Reading
ISKCON’s First stone temple | Construction masterpiece to last 1000s of years | Traditional temple without steel or RCC For more information please visit www.iskconsalem.com.Continue Reading
Srila Prabhupada says in his purport to Sri Caitanya-caritamrita Madhya-lila 20.352 that among the sources of knowledge dharma given by one’s guru, other saintly persons, and shaof stra, “the shastra is the center for all.” Yet it is seen in many sampradayas that the acharya is still very much central to the practice and faith of the devotees. So, if the actual center is the shastra, then what does it mean to a community to keep the acharya in the center? This question is discussed and answered in this video by Krishna Kirti dasa of the ISKCON India Scholars Board.Continue Reading
