Correcting ISKCON’s Guru System
June 7th, 2022 | by Bhakti Charu Swami
In ISKCON we have to be absolutely clear that Srila Prabhupada is the head of the institution and will continue to be that as long as the institution lasts
June 7th, 2022 | by Bhakti Charu Swami
In ISKCON we have to be absolutely clear that Srila Prabhupada is the head of the institution and will continue to be that as long as the institution lasts
June 6th, 2022 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Spiritual knowledge descends through the disciplic succession from Krishna. The representatives of the disciplic succession can not change anything
May 16th, 2022 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
To become a spiritual master under the order of Caitanya Mahaprabhu is not very difficult. Unless we adulterate, mix in something nonsense in His teachings
May 8th, 2022 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Krishna consciousness is a lifestyle very different from the one we have been trained up to lead in the West. To make the transition training is required
May 2nd, 2022 | by
You are correct when you say that when the Spiritual Master speaks it should be taken that Krishna is speaking. That is a fact. A Spiritual Master must be liberated
April 25th, 2022 | by Dhira Govinda dasa (David B. Wolf, Ph.D.)
The Prominent Link is Dhira Govinda's paper on ISKCON guru tattva. It was a presentation to the GBC in an attempt to harmonize the different camps in
April 22nd, 2022 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
My Guru Maharaja is tenth from Caitanya Mahaprabhu, I am eleventh, you are the twelfth. So distribute this knowledge
July 26th, 2013 | by
The Vaisnava acharya is always situated in his original spiritual nature. He is situated in permanent liberation
August 25th, 2010 | by Madhudvisa dasa
Your acharayadeva is a great disaster because he is presenting a completely different message to the one we get from the real Acharyadeva, Srila Prabhupada
March 7th, 2009 | by
What some 10,000 year philosophers are doing is highly offensive, IMHO. They are just as bogus as the dudes who grabbed vyasasanas as soon as possible
February 22nd, 2009 | by madhu-pandit-dasa
We are waiting to see if theGBC is serious about welcoming our group as faithful Vaishnavas not as deviant devotees being sheltered ‘mercifully’
February 22nd, 2009 | by Gauridas Pandit dasa
We need to stop speculating and start trying to understand what Srila Prabhupada said to do regarding initiations in ISKCON after his physical departure.
June 12th, 2006 | by
Srila Prabhupada instituted a ritvik initiation system in ISKCON as early as 1971 and he intended this to continue after his physical disappearance.
August 14th, 2004 | by
Prabhupada called disciples who perform the initiation ceremonies ritvik representatives of the acharya. Direct quotes with evidence of these instructions
August 14th, 2004 | by
A guru is not imperfect, prone to error, able to fall into the darker side. He is not supposed to be someone about whom we can say, "Well he's human."
August 21st, 2003 | by
Srila Prabhupada with your wonderful pastimes on earth you plunged into the poisonous waters of our American lifestyle, both figuratively and literally
August 13th, 2003 | by
Either view might end up being what occurs but for us to prejudge the future is vain since we are not in charge of Krishna
April 17th, 2003 | by
Amoghalila Prabhu had some conversations with Srila Prabhupada last year. He suggested ISKCON Temple Presidents should take matters into their own hands
February 16th, 2003 | by
His Divine Grace has so far given a list of eleven disciples who will act in that capacity
May 11th, 2002 | by
Hansadutta Prabhu wrote the following paper, Gopimaini in response to reports of an attempt by Narayan Maharaja to win over ISKCON in