female diksa guru

Not AI: In 2023, Bhakti Vikasa Swami Said ISKCON Was Heading for a Split

A Facebook reel asks whether a clip of Bhakti Vikasa Swami and Basu Ghosh Das on female diksa gurus was…

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Did Srila Prabhupada Already Settle Female Diksa Gurus? Damodara Dasa and Rohini-tanaya Dasa Argue It Out

Image: Akincana Gocara (AI-generated), from a photo of Srila Prabhupada published by Sri Mayapur Dhama FACEBOOK — A debate over…

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ISKCON Guru Asita Krishna Swami Vows to Fight the Approval of Female Diksa Gurus: “Whatever Fight You Have to Make, We Will Make It”

In a phone video recorded at ISKCON’s Bhaktivedanta Ashram in Govardhan, the ashram’s temple president, an ISKCON initiating guru, says…

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Don’t Imitate Jahnava Devi: IISB Answers the Strongest Argument for Female Diksa Gurus

In a 90-second video, the author of the ISKCON India Scholars Board’s recent paper on female diksa-gurus in Gaudiya history…

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The Female Diksa Guru Resolution’s Scriptural Basis Rests on an Error: Dhruva Was Never Given Vedic Initiation

A three-minute video from the ISKCON India Scholars Board argues that the Sastric Advisory Council’s 2005 paper on female diksa-gurus,…

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GBC Orders Every ISKCON Guru to Stop Initiating Until Gaura Purnima 2027

The Governing Body Commission has resolved that no ISKCON guru may give first, second or sannyasa initiation from 1 December…

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GBC Quietly Rolls Out AI-Translated ISKCON Law, VDG Ruling Included, as Its Leaders Meet to Rethink the Guru’s Role

Without a public announcement, the Governing Body Commission has rebuilt its website, gathered every resolution since 1975 into one searchable…

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ISKCON Gurus Urge the GBC Not to Force a Decision on Female Diksa Gurus

WADA, India — As the GBC devoted the second and third days of its 2026 Midterm General Meeting at Govardhan…

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“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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Exclusive: Inside the GBC’s Private VDG Committee Chat – 712 Messages on Female Diksha Gurus, Published in Full

For five weeks this summer, the representatives the GBC gathered to settle whether women may serve as initiating gurus in…

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