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Krishna-kirti Das

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…

Krishna-kirti Dasa · 11 Sep 2021 · Letter
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…

Krishna-kirti Dasa · 20 Apr 2021 · Letter
Female Diksa Gurus

Can a liberated soul make false statements?

In the paper The Sunīti Pramāṇa and Set Theory, the authors apply formal logic to Śrīla Prabhupāda’s statement in Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 4.12.32 in order to prove that it does not indicate that women are generally disallowed…

Krishna-kirti Dasa · 7 Mar 2021
Female Diksa Gurus

THE SUNĪTI PRAMĀṆA AND SET THEORY

Background In January 2021, an anonymous author circulated a paper titled Sunīti’s Ineligibility in ISKCON. An analysis of two statements made by Śrīla Prabhupāda (further on referred to as SI for brevity).…

Madana-mohana Dasa · 16 Feb 2021
Female Diksa Gurus

Only Woman, not Mother, is the Prohibited Category

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…

Krishna-kirti Dasa · 21 Jan 2021 · Letter