Controversy

Kirtan: Are there rules?
BY: RASANANDA DAS - 26.6 2016 Excerpted from the section "Notes on The Conduct of Rathayatra" of the (contemplated) second edition of the author's The Rath Construction Book. The references are all from Vedabase 2015. "How any spiritual activity should be done is...Read more...
Destroying the Authority of Bhagavad-gita
BY: BHAKTA TORBEN - 23.6 2016 Destroying the Authority of Bhagavad-gita As It Is and Srila Prabhupada Bhaktivedanta Book Trust "By anything spoken by God or His son or His representative, that cannot be changed. It is not that Christ said two thousand years ago, "Thou...Read more...
The Book Ban: What's At Stake
BY: H.H. BHAKTI VIKASA SWAMI - 17.6 2016 The very title (“Harmonizing Our Preaching Efforts”) sets the tenor of the resolution (http://www.dandavats.com/?p=28016) by its striking euphemism. Harmonize means “to bring into consonance or accord,” but there was no attempt...Read more...
Editing out Srila Prabhupada from ISKCON
BY: MAHAVIDYA DAS (ACBSP) - 13.6 2016 Nope... I must confess... I haven't read H.H. Bhakti Vikas Swami's controversial book from cover to cover.  But...  if, as Bhakti Vikas Swami says...  his book is a compilation of quotes from the books of His Divine Grace A.C....Read more...
On the Women: Masters or Mothers Ban
BY: GADADHARA DASA - 13.6 2016 Seeing the information about the medieval, barbarian act of banning H.H. Bhakti Vikas Maharaja's Women: Masters or Mothers book, my proverbial cup of patience overflowed and I feel the urge to write something from my insignificant...Read more...
Indradyumna Swami's contact with children
By editor - 5.6 2016 Indradyumna Swami's Physical Contact with Children A video, which has been posted various places on the Internet, shows Indradyumna Swami in close physical contact with children. The video producer has narrated and captioned the film, which viewers may find...Read more...
Falling Off the Cliff with Krishna West
BY: JAYA MADHAVA DAS (ACBSP) - 28.4 2016 Falling Off the Cliff with Krishna West and the GBC Body Did the GBC Body just throw HDG Srila Prabhupada's instructions and standards for Krsna Consciousness under the bus again? Well, it's no surprise the GBC Body has again given...Read more...
Sacinandana Swami & Ramesh Baba
By editor - 26.4 2016 The following open letter to Sacinandana Swami was published on author Hanuman das's Facebook page: This letter was sent to sacinandana.swami@pamho.net:: Date: Sun, 24 Apr 2016 09:17:08 +0000 Subject: open letter - Ramesh baba in Croatia -...Read more...
Saving Lambs from Slaughter
BY: MAHAVIDYA DAS (ACBSP) It has been some years since the departure of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the latest Sampradaya-Acharya and Founder-Acarya of His society, ISKCON.  I am under no illusion that there are many newcomers who read about the various goings...Read more...
A Slow Return to Krsna's Vedic Standards
BY: SVATANTRA DASA - 6.4 2016 Over the last 25 years there has been a steady rise in secular values (feminism and egalitarianism) in ISKCON. Many things have been sanctioned by the iGBC that are directly in opposition to Krsna's Vedic culture as taught by Guru, Sadhu and Sastra (female TPs...Read more...
Refuting the Video Presentation, 'Bhu Mandala
BY: RAJASEKHARA DASA BRAHMACHARI - 3.4 2016 Refuting the Video Presentation, 'Bhu Mandala, Versus the Bhu Gola' 'FOOLS RUSH IN WHERE WISE MEN FEAR TO TREAD' This presentation entitled "Bhu Mandala Versus the Bhu Gola" by Achintya Govinda das, attempts to...Read more...
CAN SHE BECOME A GURU?
By editor - 1.4 2016 This is a response to the video "She can become guru" for all those who want to know the arguments from both sides.    Read more...
Appreciation for Women: Masters or Mothers?
By Sri Brajalila Devi dasi (JPS) - 31.3 2016 I am very grateful for having come across this book,Women: Masters or Mothers? by H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami, but I lament not having come across it earlier, for I would then have avoided many mistakes in my life. I was born and brought up...Read more...
Proposal to Bureau Regarding Mayapura
By Sun Staff - 13.3 2016 In response to the recent unrest in Mayapur dham, the following proposal was made for consideration by the India Bureau, or RGB (Regional Governing Body). In India, Srila Prabhupada set up an independent trust like the BBT called the Bureau, which has legal authority...Read more...
Response to the GBC
By Krishna dasa - 11.3 2016   Response to the GBC UK and GBC NA EC Banning of 'Women: Masters or Mothers?' This book was banned by the GBC UK, GBC NA EC and VEB (Vrindavan Executive Board). We begin our serialized response to the Resolution by NA EC banning Women...Read more...
GBC Statement on the Situation with TOVP
  By Sunanda das - 9.3 2016 From: GBC EC  Dear Friends and Fellow Vaishnavas,  Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We are writing to you as members of the Executive Committee of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission. We'd like to...Read more...
Banning 'Women: Masters or Mothers?'
By Krishna dasa - 7.3 2016 A serialized response. Introduction In January 2016, the GBC North American Executive Committee (NA EC) banned the sale ofWomen: Masters or Mothers? (WMM) by H.H. Bhakti Vikasa Swami. The book in question is largely made up of quotes of Srila...Read more...
Srila Prabhupada on voting
By Madhavananda Das - 5.3 2016 There is a lot of discussion right now, especially in America, about the latest presidential election. In a recent issue of Sri Krishna Kathamrita Bindu we put together a collection of statements from Srila Prabhupada regarding his mood towards voting in...Read more...
Conclusions to Resolve the Female Guru Crisis
By Prabhupadaservant dasa - 2.3 2016 For GBC members and ISKCON devotees: Standing.Executors@pamho.net Whereas prolonged polarisation regarding the female guru crisis is regurgitated year after year, taking up valuable GBC time which could be delegated to more substantial topics. The...Read more...
Official Response to Radha Jivana das
Official TOVP Response to Radha Jivana Prabhu's Recent Communication By Sunanda das - 2.3 2016 Below is a letter from Ambarisa Prabhu to all ISKCON leaders and devotees and TOVP supporters in response to a recent communication from Radha Jivana Prabhu. It assures everyone...Read more...
Sunanda das about Radha Jivan
By Sunanda das - 29.2 2016 I understand your open-hearted and sincere concerns for Radha Jivan, and all the devotees worldwide are indebted to him for his invaluable service and sacrifices for the TOVP. Ambarisa and the TOVP Team are also most appreciative and grateful to him and are...Read more...
Regarding the Recent Turbulence in Mayapur
By Sun staff - 26.2 2016 Following is a letter released by Radhajivana dasa, with a cover note from his associates at the North American TOVP Office: Dear Respected Donors to TOVP, You may or may not have heard that in recent days there has been some controversy in Mayapur regarding the...Read more...
The Mayapur Fracas
By Sun Editors - 22.2 2016 Reports have been bulleting across the Net about the recent disturbance going on in Sridham Mayapur. Much of the information being relayed appears to be tinged with the political leanings of those who are (re)packaging and pushing the content. For that reason, we...Read more...
Horizontal Plane of Bhu-mandala
By Mayesvara dasa - 21.2 2016 Srimad Bhagavatam and the Horizontal Plane of Bhu-mandala The following is a response to an article by Rajaseklhara dasa posted to Sampradaya Sun on February 17, 2016 regarding the flat-Earth concept of Srimad Bhagavatam and the Temple of Vedic Planetarium....Read more...
Sale of ISKCON's Brooklyn Temple
By Jayadvaita Swami - 18.2 2016 System Failure: Trustee Unreliability in the Sale of ISKCON's Brooklyn Temple FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 17, 2016 Contact: Jayadvaita Swami, jaswami+rgbrooklyn@gmail.com System Failure: Trustee unreliability in the sale of ISKCON's...Read more...
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