Question no. 1. There is a hermenuetical disagreement in our ranks over the question of women giving spiritual initiation in…
A woman cannot receive a sacred thread, so how can she give a sacred thread? Lecture by His Grace Basu…
There is a definite “push” for a female diksha guru in ISKCON that is the proverbial “elephant in the room”,…
The GBC of North America has passed a resolution to introduce a Female Diksa Guru program into ISKCON. For some…
The following is a thread of quotes and ideas which ties together several aspects of approaching a guru and taking…
Vaiyasaki Das: Can anyone enlighten this sanga why Jahnava Mata Iswari, Gangamata Goswamini, and Hemalata Thakurani were diska gurus in…
… and many times it is misunderstood that the ceremony is the culmination of the whole process. People think that…