At its November 2, 2022 meeting, the Governing Body Commission (GBC) of ISKCON resolved to again put a moratorium on women devotees accepting disciples in ISKCON. (The resolution can be found at the end of this article.)
The topic has been debated and discussed in various forums in ISKCON for twenty years and has evoked strong feelings (as well as lengthy papers and lists of oppositional sastric [scriptural] references) on all sides of the issue. In 2014, for example, the GBC held a special 3-day retreat at ISKCON’s temple in the holy city of Tirupati, India to exclusively discuss the matter. (See https://gbc.iskcon.org/gbc-completes-three-day-special-session-on-vaishnavi-diksa-gurus/).
Read more: https://iskconnews.org/gbc-pauses-vaishnavi-diksa-gurus-again/
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