Female Diksa Gurus
There once was a stree who gave diksha . . .
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."
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Krishna-kirti Das
Child Protection
Is the scientific basis of the CPO compatible with Krishna Consciousness?
Are the methods of modern psychology and sociology compatible with Krishna consciousness? If you believe in one, can you believe in the other? And in the context of child protection, a field…
Female Diksa Gurus
IISB Challenges the SAC to a Śāstrārtha and Reply
From: Krishna Kirti Das <> Date: Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 9:01 PM Subject: A formal challenge to the SAC for a sastrartha To: Urmila devi dasi/Dr. Edith Best <> Dear Urmila Mata Ji,…
Mission and Cultural Change
ISKCON schisms look like others
The interesting thing is that we are struggling over the same issues that the Christians are in Western society. That suggests there is a single, secular Western influence that is driving the…
Politics and Current Affairs
Laws banning capital punishment a symptom of atheism
Two days ago, the country of Singapore executed two men for drug trafficking. According to the Hindustan Times, "a 32-year-old Malaysian man of Punjabi origin who had been found guilty of bringing…
Female Diksa Gurus
Is Manu-samhita bad for us?
This is from an exchange I had with an ISKCON leader and sannyasi regarding the misunderstandings many devotees seem to have about Manu-samhita. The first message begins with an exchange between Basu…
Position and Legacy
Is the SAC’s definition of their Overarching Principle too narrow?
This video explains how the ISKCON GBC's Shatric Advisory Council gave too narrow a definition for the evidence cited in support of the overarching principle for their system of hermeneutics. Verses like…
Position and Legacy
Is the SAC’s Overarching Principle Supported by Śāstra?
The SAC's mistake is just like quoting the Vedic injunction that the stool of an animal is impure and then using inference to say that because a cow is an animal, its…
Female Diksa Gurus
Biased Survey
When conducting any survey, one of the most important concerns a researcher has is in eliminating bias. Even if the bias is unintentional, if your survey is biased in any way, the…
