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7. But there are so many Vaiṣṇavī gurus in the Gauḍīya sampradāya. What about that? In an interview, Śrīla Prabhupāda’s godbrother B.R. Śrīdhara Mahārāja said that female ācāryas, dīkṣā-gurus, are “very rare.” Mahārāja further added,…
13 Female Gurus in ISKCON’s Guru Parampara mentioned in Bhagavad-gita “As It Is” Hare Krishna. Good News for both sides: Pro-FDG as well as anti-FDG. From the Guru Parampara mentioned in the…
Vaiyasaki Das: Can anyone enlighten this sanga why Jahnava Mata Iswari, Gangamata Goswamini, and Hemalata Thakurani were diska gurus in our Gaudiya Vaishnava parampara and who also had male disciples? Basu Ghosh…
This is a reply to those who are providing the "lineages" as logic for FDG decision. "Lineage" means "caste Goswami". Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Thakur both condemned the caste Goswamis…
FDG Revisited A paper on the FDG/Female Diksa Guru Issue Evidence Ignored by SAC FDG Theory A Review of SAC FDG Paper by Ambika Devi Dasi Introduction According to religious principles,…
