In a 90-second video, the author of the ISKCON India Scholars Board’s recent paper on female diksa-gurus in Gaudiya history…
A three-minute video from the ISKCON India Scholars Board argues that the Sastric Advisory Council’s 2005 paper on female diksa-gurus,…
WADA, India — As the GBC devoted the second and third days of its 2026 Midterm General Meeting at Govardhan…
Hours after ISKCON India’s delegation spoke at the GBC’s mid-term meeting on Vaishnavi diksa-gurus, three ISKCON India Scholars Board members…
Is the SAC’s 2005 paper in line with guru, sādhu and śāstra?By Kṛṣṇa Kīrti dāsaḥIn 2005, at the request of…
Will female dīkṣā-gurus lead to female sannyāsa in ISKCON?By Kṛṣṇa-kīrti-dāsaḥDecember 29, 2025In his purport to Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.24.40, Prabhupāda says that…
By Śrīdhara Śrīnivāsa dāsaḥ and Kṛṣṇa Kīrti dāsaḥ - December 30, 2025Posted in To address the challenges of preaching in the West, Śrīla…
Abstract In Kṛṣṇa’s Vedic civilization, upanayana — the investiture with the sacred thread and brahma-gāyatrī — is exclusively conferred upon…
From: Krishna Kirti Das <> Date: Sun, Aug 7, 2022 at 9:01 PM Subject: A formal challenge to the SAC for a…
This is from an exchange I had with an ISKCON leader and sannyasi regarding the misunderstandings many devotees seem to…