Female Diksa-gurus in ISKCON

by the Sastric Advisory Council (SAC) (This paper was published on gbc.iskcon.org) Members participating in the authorship of this paper: Suhotra Svami,  Gopiparanadhana Dasa, Drutakarma Dasa, Purnacandra Dasa,  Devamrta Dasa Introduction On the 17th of September...

Toward Krsna Together

by  Visakha dasi Presented at the Third Annual Women’s Ministry Conference in New Vrindaban, October 1999 Our Krsna Conscious Heritage of Affection From the beginning of the creation of the universe, our heritage in Krsna consciousness is a bond of loving affection...

What’s a Woman to Do?

by Visakha dasi “These women are not ordinary women. They are preachers. They are preachers. They are Vaishnava. By their association, one becomes a Vaishnava.” (Srila Prabhupada, morning walk, March 27, 1974) Srila Prabhupada, India’s greatest emissary to the Western...

Femininity Honored

by Visakha dasi sristi-sthiti-pralaya-sadhana-saktir eka chayeva yasya bhuvanani bibharti durga icchanurupam api yasya ca cestate sa govindam adi-purusam tam aham bhajami   “The external potency, maya, who is of the nature of the shadow of the cit [spiritual] potency,...