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Reactions to the Ban
Devotees all over the world have expressed their concerns about the way that ISKCON GBC banned the book, "Women: Masters or Mothers?" In this section, we plan to publish the reactions that we receive from devotees on this particular issue. -
A Society Made of Brahmanas
I am currently listening to your lecture "Some Concerns About ISKCON." I also heard a lecture recently from my spritual master HH Tamal Krishna Goswami. He said, "originally, Srila Prabhupada wanted ISKCON to consist solely of brahmacaris and sannyasis, but then Jadurani came, what was Srila Prabhupada to do? He couldn't reject her." -
Why the Lecture Was Taken Off from the Website
I am wanting to ask His Holiness Bhaki Vikasa Swami who and why was the "Some concerns about ISKCON" banned from being presented on his website? I hope that this is part of an agreement to resolve the issues presented in the lecture. Please let everyone know that the lecture can be heard at oneiskcon.com. I have no plans to remove it. -
Giriraj Swami lecture — don’t compromise when preaching
I shall tell you one story from Madras. It is not a good one, because I am using myself as an example, which is not very becoming, but ultimately what happened was all Prabhupada’s mercy. I was the first devotee from ISKCON to go to Madras, in 1971. In Madras there are many Shaivas and […] -
Publicly Airing ISKCON Internal Issues
Any intelligent newcomer to ISKCON will surely want to check what he is getting into. On the internet can be found innumerable articles treating internal matters within ISKCON, mostly presented in a manner that would turn off any newcomer, or at least awaken in him a strong sense of doubt. Almost all these articles are […] -
“Harmonizing our Preaching Efforts”
I am duty-bound to respect the authority of the GBC, but nevertheless I feel that this ban and the manner of imposing it have been very unfair. Therefore, to present another side of the story – a side that the promulgators of this ban have consistently been unwilling to hear – -
The transcendental situation
The next question concerns the dealings of a transcendentally situated person. The materially situated person is affected by so-called honor and dishonor offered to the body, but the transcendentally situated person is not affected by such false honor and dishonor. He performs his duty in Krsna consciousness and does not mind whether a man honors […]