This ten minute film is in support of qualified women devotees in ISKCON (the International Society for Krishna Consciousness) taking the service of diksha (initiating) gurus.
This video was presented at the ISKCON Communications Conference In Europe, May of 2024. Visakha Dasi spent 50+ years studying Srila Prabhupada's teachings and legacy, and practicing Bhakti yoga. She is an award winning author, photographer and the president of Bhaktivedanta Manor in the UK.
In this thoughtful conversation, Narayani Devi shares her personal journey and speaks candidly about the current Female Dīkṣā Guru (FDG) controversy. She offers her perspective on the theological, institutional, and practical dimensions of this important discussion within ISKCON, addressing guru-tattva, śāstric considerations, and her experience serving as a dīkṣā-guru.
By Krishna's mercy, I made this recording on March 24, 2010 when we walked back to the Krishna-Balaram Mandir at night from a house program in Madhuvan Colony. Aindra Prabhu is stressing that the actual qualification and advancement of a guru is important, and not the gender of the body in which a soul might take birth.
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