ISKCON on a Mission Drift: Further Thoughts

ISKCON on a Mission Drift: Further Thoughts

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During Srila Prabhupada’s physical presence with us, not only did he not appoint women to leadership positions like Temple Presidents, BBT Trustees, Property Trustees, Regional Secretaries, GBCs, and at the end Ritviks whom he expected to become regular Gurus after his physical departure, but he also quoted from sastra against such leadership appointments and reiterated again and again the subordinate and dependent role and position of women within society.

Is the SAC’s 2005 paper in line with guru, sādhu and śāstra?

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In 2005, at the request of the GBC, the Śāstric Advisory Council wrote a paper titled “Female Diksa-gurus in ISKCON.” Since then, its conclusions were the basis of several GBC resolutions. However, the SAC paper has unsubstantiated false claims, nullification of Prabhupāda’s instructions, speculation, and manufactured religious injunctions.