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Initiations or Diksa - Who can be guru in ISKCON?

Initiations or Dīkṣā Within ISKCON: Who can be a guru?

Posted by By kapiladas September 4, 2024Posted inISKCON, Video1 Comment
https://youtu.be/pyoeSVVITZg Presenter: Śrīdhara Śrīnivasa Dāsa
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SAC rejects IISB Challenge on Legalistic Grounds

Posted by By kapiladas August 8, 2022Posted inArticles, Communications, UncategorizedNo Comments
This is the response of Sastric Advisory Council Chairperson, Urmila Devi Dasi to the ISKCON India Scholars Board challenge to a debate in a shastrartha (this is in response to…
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IISB Challenges the SAC to a Śāstrārtha

Posted by By kapiladas August 7, 2022Posted inArticles, CommunicationsNo Comments
The ISKCON India Scholars Board formally challenges the Sastric Advisory Council to a public sastrartha, refereed and judged by learned scholars agreeable to both sides, with regard to the adhikara of women to become acarya ("diksha-guru").
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  1. Horacio Francisco Arganis Juárez on Initiations or Dīkṣā Within ISKCON: Who can be a guru?November 7, 2025

    Pranams. Jay Srila Prabhupada.Here you are counter scriptural argument : https://youtu.be/1-9YUaZMDMw

  2. ameyatma on Is the July 9 letter Prabhupada’s final order on initiations in ISKCON?October 7, 2025

    October 18th conversation - Everything SP spoke of in regards to JPS and the others performing initiations is what he…

  3. Caitanya Priya das on Is the July 9 letter Prabhupada’s final order on initiations in ISKCON?May 20, 2025

    𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐝 is a present perfect tense used to describe 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭 (despite being…

  4. Harendra on Is the July 9 letter Prabhupada’s final order on initiations in ISKCON?May 20, 2025

    9 July 77 was a temporary order till recovery , read Prabhupada's own words. (18 Oct 1977, Room Conversation: I…

  5. Tattvadarshandasa on Is the July 9 letter Prabhupada’s final order on initiations in ISKCON?May 20, 2025

    Historical Perspective as I recall Originally the GBC, HH Tamal Krsna Goswami instructed HH Giridhari Swami to research what was…



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