Japa for Women in the Temple

The following letter was presented to the devotees in Philadelphia and a majority vote allowed women to chant in the temple room after ten years being prohibited. News of this change in Philadelphia spread quickly in ISKCON, which fueled a growing “unrest” about...

The Anomaly of the Single Mother in ISKCON

by Bimala dasi I originally presented this paper to the leaders at the North American GBC meetings in 1996 in Alachua. I am feeling very optimistic today, because in reviewing it for today’s presentation, I had to cross out many of my skeptical comments because I can...