News and views on culture, philosophy and siddhanta of ISKCON Vaishnavas
Abstract In Kṛṣṇa’s Vedic civilization, upanayana — the investiture with the sacred thread and brahma-gāyatrī — is exclusively conferred upon qualified men, with women and śūdras being excluded. In the early days,…
Brief Introduction of Basu Ghosh Das, He is the Vice Chairman of the ISKCON India Governing Council (Bureau), and has been serving in ISKCON India since 1974. He is also Regional Secretary for…
Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, ISKCON GBC members, Members of ISKCON India Governing Bureau, ISKCON India leaders International and Indian CPO officers, ISKCON Minister of Education, MEB and Co-Directors of ISKCON Mayapur, respected ISKCON leaders, and ISKCON…
February 2021 Dear Swamiji, Yatibhyonamaha. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! Here is a link to a lecture -- it can be heard fully at this link -- that Srila Prabhupada gave at Los Angeles…
What is initiation? How this applies to the subject of female Diksha gurus [FDGs] ISKCON Founder-Acharya Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada explained it in his purport to CC Madhya 15.108: [the following…
Further talks with Maharaj on the subject of female diksha gurus. For the previous article, please go to the following link:
This is a refutation to Maharaja's comment on Facebook, the comment of Maharaja can be seen below. Basu Ghosh Das: Prabhupada: In the history of India there is no woman leader. Throughout…
To stop all the confusion around the definition of vaisnavis acting as gurus, may I present to you an excerpt from Sri Caitanya Caritamrita which puts an end to all these confusions…
HG Keshavanda Das on Varnasrama, October 1, 2020 ENGLISH SUMMARY (paraphrased) Hare Krishna. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. There is a lot of criticism and sometimes rejection of Varnasrama in our modern society.…
This is a refutation video to one of the points of a book on Women Diksa-Gurus by Kaunteya Prabhu who says that sacred thread was not a fixed part of being a…
