An email exchange between Krishna Kirti Das and Hridayananda dasa Goswami, 5-7 September 2026, on whether Srila Prabhupada is infallible when he cites shastra, and what follows for Manu-samhita and the question of female diksha gurus.Continue Reading
The ISKCON India Scholars Board responds to GBC Chairman Madhu-sevita Das’s 2026 Janmashtami warning about internal divisions, arguing the real issue behind them is the female diksha-guru debate and the authority of Manu-samhita in Srila Prabhupada’s teachings.Continue Reading
There once was a stree who gave diksha But wouldn’t give men any shiksha. With shyness she said To the third man she wed, “I’d burn in an agni pariksha.”Continue Reading
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada Kalakantha Prabhu (and probably some others) have been circulating a paper titled “Suniti’s Ineligibility in ISKCON”, dated 11 January, which is saved and edited by someone named Anuttama.IC as per the document properties. Their paper explainsContinue Reading
Below is the executive summary of our paper, which is a short, initial response to Sriman Madana Mohana Prabhu’s paper “Guru: The Principle, Not the Body” (2020), which is a response to our book Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada-Pancaratra (2019). Click here for our full paper. Your servants, Krishna-kirti Dasa (BVKS)Continue Reading
The first video of this series gives a first-hand account of some of the reasons for the decline of preaching in North America.Continue Reading