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Increasing the Number of Diksa-gurus – 2021

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on February 17, 2022 at 7:35pm

702.02: Diksa-gurus [Title] – Increasing the Number of Diksa-gurus – 2021

[Meeting] – Online AGM (passed on July 29, 2021) [Category] – Statement

Whereas connection via diksa to the parampara is essential for anyone aspiring to advance in Krishna consciousness.

Whereas ISKCON needs a sufficient number of initiated devotees to perform many essential services, which can only be performed by properly initiated devotees

Whereas ISKCON still has a similar number of diksa-gurus as at the end of the

Senior GBC / Gurus Support Vaishnavi Diksa-Gurus in New Video

Posted by ISKCON Desire Tree on June 14, 2020 at 11:29am

In a video released today featuring Gopal Krishna Goswami, Bhakti Charu Swami, and Jayapataka Swami, these three initiating gurus and senior members of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) explain why they support the GBC resolution empowering women to serve as initiating spiritual masters in ISKCON.

Watch the video here:

The resolution included under “701.6: ISKCON spiritual masters,” and entitled “Vaisnavi Diksa-gurus — 2019” was passed by the GBC at the Midterm General Meeting in Oct

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