Regarding Female Diksha Gurus – Part 2: Damodar Das responds to Pancharatna Das ACBSP (Mayapur)
Read also: Regarding Female Diksha Gurus: Damodar Das responds to Pancharatna Das ACBSP (Mayapur) Respected Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances, Sri Sri Guru Gaurangau Jayatah. vancha kalpatarubhyasca krpa-sindubhya eva ca patitanam pavenebhyo vaisnavebhyo namo namah. Sorry for any offenses, but this is sastra discussion and we need to make thingsContinue Reading
The #TradWives movement shows why ISKCON shouldn’t worry about change
“A woman’s real business is to look after household affairs, keep everything neat and clean, and if there is sufficient milk supply available, she should always be engaged in churning butter, making yogurt, curd, so many nice varieties, simply from milk. The woman should be cleaning, sewing, like that.” (Continue Reading
Gay Marriage: What Guru, Sadhu and Shastra have to say?
This is an attempt to gather in one place all scholarly articles that have been written in ISKCON on the subject of gay marriage and whether or not it should be allowed on the basis of guru, sadhu and shastra. If you think any important article is missing from ourContinue Reading
Regarding Female Diksha Gurus: Damodar Das responds to Pancharatna Das ACBSP (Mayapur)
Letter by Basu Ghosh Prabhu: Dear Pancharatna Prabhu, Namonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Received your message, and it appears herein below. Before I composed a response to your response to my response to your comments on what Abhiram Prabhu wrote, Damodar Prabhu, a Gujarati brahmachari who is following the discussion, wroteContinue Reading
42nd Anniversary Abhishek Darshan of ISKCON Juhu Temple
Glorification of the ISKCON Juhu Temple on its 42nd Anniversary ( 15th Jan 2020 ) by senior disciples of Srila Prabhupada.Continue Reading
The Decline of Preaching in North America – Part 2
In this video, the link between the decline of preaching in North America and the decline of the brahmachari ashram is discussed. ISKCON in America and India are compared and contrasted with regard to their respective brahmachari cultures. Watch the full video below or click here to access it onContinue Reading
Be a Tattva-Vādī, not a Veda-Vādī
tathaiva rājann uru-gārhamedha- vitāna-vidyoru-vijṛmbhiteṣu na veda-vādeṣu hi tattva-vādaḥ prāyeṇa śuddho nu cakāsti sādhuḥ Here two words are significant — veda-vāda and tattva-vāda. According to Bhagavad-gītā, those who are simply attached to the Vedas and who do not understand the purpose of the Vedas or the Vedānta-sūtra are called veda-vāda-ratāḥ. yām imāṁ puṣpitāṁ vācaṁ pravadanty avipaścitaḥ veda-vāda-ratāḥ pārtha nānyad astīti vādinaḥ kāmātmānaḥ svarga-parā janma-karma-phala-pradāmContinue Reading
SABHA to recommend Gay Culture be integrated into ISKCON
Now the latest topic of the SABHA [Spiritual Advisors Bhagavata Assembly] is integrating LGBT. Lesbians homosexuals bisexuals and transgender people into ISKCON. The SABHA are discussing and will work on a proposal to the GBC at a later stage. Of course not many will maintain celibacy and will need toContinue Reading
Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī is Referred in Srimad Bhagavatam
Today when I read this verse I recalled an old memory of mine. I was in an evening class of Bhagavad Gita, during the question-answer session one person asked the speaker “Is Radharani’s name is not mentioned in Srimad Bhagavatam?” by hearing this I was stuck for a moment howContinue Reading
North American GBC strongly opposes the call of ISKCON India to rescind the resolution on Female Diksha Gurus
Resolution from the annual meeting of the NA GBC&TP, January 11, 2020 We, the ISKCON North American GBC Members and Temple Presidents, profoundly thank the international GBC body for its resolution allowing qualified Vaishnavis to give initiation under the GBC specified circumstances. This resolution is in line with Srila Prabhupada’s teachings andContinue Reading