Senior GBC/Gurus Support Vaishnavi Diksa-Gurus in New Video
In a video released on June 13, 2020 featuring Gopal Krishna Goswami, Bhakti Charu Swami, and Jayapataka Swami, these three initiating gurus and senior members of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) explain why they support the GBC resolution empowering women to...What’s a Woman to Do? Part Two by Visakha dasi
Why We May Misunderstand Srila Prabhupada’s Teachings Regarding...What’s A Woman to Do? Part One by Visakha dasi
Part One “Reflections on Womens’ Services in Srila Prabhupada’s Hare Krishna...Guru: The Principle, Not the Body
by Madana Mohana dasa This is a well-documented, thorough response to “Vaiṣṇava-dīkṣā according to Nārada-Pañcarātra: Can a Female Devotee be a dīkṣā-guru?” The author is a scholar. This is worth reading as it shows the improper logic and use of references (that have...
Women Saints in Gaudiya Vaishnavism
by Jagadananda Das There are few traditional societies in which women have played a dominant historical role. In this respect, Gaudiya Vaishnavism is no different. The egalitarianism of bhakti movements, which stress the universality of devotion and deny any...
