Browsing the "Guru in ISKCON" Category

Does Initiation Make The Maha-Mantra Work?

July 16th, 2024 | by Gadadhara das

One does not have to undergo initiation. One simply has to vibrate the holy name with his lips. Thus even a man in the lowest class candala] can be delivered

Correcting ISKCON’s Guru System

May 22nd, 2024 | 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

Very Difficult times for new Bhaktas…

April 18th, 2024 | 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

Conditioned Souls Writing Vaisnava Literature?

April 16th, 2024 | by

There is no need for my disciples to read any books besides my books--in fact such reading may be detrimental to their advancement in Krishna Consciousness

Srila Prabhupada: The Prominent Link

April 5th, 2024 | 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

The Future of ISKCON is in Prabhupada’s Disciple’s Hands

April 2nd, 2024 | 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

What is Initiation?

March 12th, 2024 | by

It seems a simple question since so many devotees are initiated. But I have asked a few devotees and they seem not to understand what is initiation is.

Serving Srila Prabhupada Across the Generations

March 10th, 2024 | by Gauridas Pandit dasa

We cannot limit Prabhupada by describing him as guru for one generation of followers. Prabhupada is jagat-guru, the spiritual master of the entire world.

Prabhupada’s Order to Become a Diksa Guru

March 8th, 2024 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Prabhupada told us when he was ordered by his spiritual master to preach in the West. This was not a special personal order. It was general, open order

Your Business is to Bring Your Followers to Me–Prabhupada

February 23rd, 2024 | by

They may worship you if they like you. But your business is to bring them to me. If your preaching does not bring them to this point then it is useless

The Final Order–A Very Misleading Paper

November 23rd, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Krishna Kant misrepresents Prabhupada on one point. He has attempts to prove Prabhupada did not intend any of his disciples to become initiating gurus, ever

ISKCON: From the Absolute Truth to Insanity…

November 9th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

ISKCON guru tattva is that anyone can become guru provided they have aspiring disciples and none of the GBC object. There are no qualifications at all.

Saints and Psychopaths

October 19th, 2023 | by

Psychopaths pretending to be saints present a problem for all spiritual traditions. There are many more psychopaths pretending to be saints than real saints

Gurukrpa speaks on ISKCON History

October 17th, 2023 | by gurukripa-dasa

Tamal Krsna Swami, made this list of 11 names himself and Srila Prabhupada signed the letter. But they were only priests to act on behalf of Prabhupada

Gurudrohi, Offences and Rectifying Them

September 30th, 2023 | by

To the devotee his guru is all and all, more important than God. There is no God without guru, no Krishna without HDG AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

I am confussed by the state of affairs, today, when leading godbrothers are trying to replace the position of my only beloved spiritural master? Are we so quickly enlinghtened, that we can replace a great acharaya. It's Mayas illusion

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The “Living Guru” Concept

September 22nd, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

I agree that there are so many bogus guru's out there. I am looking for a guru as well, but I still think that there must be a living guru to approach.

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ISKCON Gurus at Maypur Festival in the 1990s

“Not all ISKCON Gurus are Bad?” — from the comments

August 6th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

"Not all gurus in ISKCON are the same. This lumping everyone into the same category is not honest. ISKCON bashing has become a trend unfortunately.”

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Srila Prabhupada Our Jagad Diksa Guru: Living Still–In Sound

June 19th, 2023 | by

The spiritual master lives forever by his instruction and the disciple lives with him. I have always served my Guru so I am now never separated from him