Introduction to the 2000 GBC Meetings
by Visakha dasi and Sudharma dasi Presented to the GBC in Mayapur 2000 The status of women in ISKCON has long been a contentious issue. Is ISKCON’s attitude to women a reflection of Vaisnava values or is it perversion of them? Are ISKCON members following Srila...ISKCON’s Social History from a Woman’s Perspective
by Sitala dasi Presented to the GBC in Mayapur 2000 Many of you may be wondering what this women’s presentation is all about. So, before setting the scene, I would like to assure you what this presentation is not about. . It is not about promoting...Prabhupada’s Ladies and Soul Concern
by Visakha devi dasi Presented to the GBC in Mayapur 2000 Srila Prabhupada left us with clear directives for women: in every stage of her life a woman must be protected, either by her father, her husband or her grown son. A woman is dependent and chaste; she is an...Are We Feminists or Prabhupadanugas?
by Pranada devi dasi Dhanistha Prabhu wrote to the GBC in the 70s about the women’s parties. She never received a response. Saudamani Prabhu and I wrote you in 1988, asking that women be allowed again to give Bhagavatam classes. We never received a response. In 1990 I...
