Basu Ghosh Das answers questions on Female Diksha Gurus
Question no. 1. There is a hermenuetical disagreement in our ranks over the question of women giving spiritual initiation in ISKCON. (Pro-VDGs and Anti-FDGs for this discussion) Answer by Basu Ghosh Das: Let’s get this straight – so we are “on the same page”, here is the dictionary definition ofContinue Reading
Prayers Needed For His Holiness Nitai Caitanya Goswami from Russia.
I am asking everyone to pray for His Holiness Nitai Caitanya Goswami from Russia. He was diagnosed with Covid-19 and for almost a week he is remaining in ICU in critical condition. 75% of his lungs are affected, he is on oxygen support (not ventilator). I know Maharaja since 90s.Continue Reading
Prayers Needed for H.H. Yadunandana Maharaja (ISKCON)
Prayers Needed for Yadunandana Maharaja (ISKCON) URGENT Prayers Needed! His Holiness Yadunandana maharaja has been diagnosed with COVID 19. He’s been 8 days with symptoms of fever, cough, lots of muscle pain, and physical tiredness. He currently resides on the ISKCON farm New Vrajamandala in Spain. According to theContinue Reading
A Woman Cannot Receive a Sacred Thread
A woman cannot receive a sacred thread, so how can she give a sacred thread? Lecture by His Grace Basu Ghosh Prabhu Sunday Feast, 09/27/2020 ISKCON of BaltimoreContinue Reading
Female Diksha Guru by Pandit Sesagiri Rao of Mysore from Madhva sampradaya.
A detailed philosophical discourse is given on the topic ‘if a female can become the Diksha Guru’ by Pandit Sesagiri Rao of Mysore belongs to Madhva sampradaya. He produced the Madhava Sampradaya sidhantik points and core philosophical reasons to understand why a female can’t become the Diksha Guru. He explains the philopshyContinue Reading
THE MANU SAMHITA
Written by HH Bhakti Raghava Swami: There are over 300 references in the VedaBase when one enters MANU SAMHITA, all attesting to it’s being authorized. Here is one of them: “As we learn from the history of the Mahabharata, or “Greater India”, the wives and daughters of the ruling class,Continue Reading
SPIRITUAL RELATIONSHIPS WORK BOTH WAYS
I just listened to one podcast of this devotee Nama Rasa Prabhu, he invited some ladies to discuss women in ISKCON, the poster said “Not this body”. It was an interesting discussion for me, for I am also a mataji. It was very thought-provoking. Why do we ever get hurtContinue Reading
The Kali-Yuga
The Himalayas stood serene and immovable. The world below them basked in glory. “It won’t be like this much longer,” Lomasa Rsi warned them. “It’s coming soon, the KaliYuga. The Celestials will disappear from our vision. In the KaliYuga, the splendour of the earth will shrivel up. Virtue will beContinue Reading