English Transcription of Video
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Unveiled-ISKCONs-Debate-on-VDG.pdf
Traducción al español del video
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Revelado-Detras-de-los-debates-de-ISKCON-sobre-las-Vaishnavi-Diksa-Gurus.pdf
Русский перевод видео
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/РАСКРЫТО.pdf
History in Bullet Points
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/History-in-Bullets.pdf
GBC
GBC Minutes for all years https://gbc.iskcon.org/gbc-resolutions/
GBC Minutes pertaining to Vaishnavis from 2000 to 2023: https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/VDG-Resolutions.pdf
Papers Presented by the Delegation of Vaishnavis to the GBC meetings
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Delegation-of-Vaishnavis-to-the-GBC-2000.pdf
2005
SAC: Female Diksa Guru Paper
https://gbc.iskcon.org/female-diksa-guru/#:~:text=Female%20Diksa%2Dgurus%20in%20ISKCON,Dasa%2C%20Purnacandra%20Dasa%2C%20Devamrta%20Dasa
2013
SAC’s (Sastric Advisory Committee)
Answers to the GBC Executive Committee’s questions regarding Vaishnavi diksa gurus in ISKCON
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/FDG_SAC_paper_final_2013.pdf
2014
Tirupati Research Papers
Vaishnavi Diksha Guru: http://vdg.iskconinfo.com/
Diksha Shiksha Balance: http://dsb.iskconinfo.com/
Report on the three-day Tirupati meeting
https://gbc.iskcon.org/gbc-completes-three-day-special-session-on-vaishnavi-diksa-gurus/
2019
GBC (again) Approves Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus
https://iskconnews.org/gbc-approves-vaishnavi-diksa-gurus-in-iskcon/
The Vaishnavi Ministry Responds to the Vote to Allow Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus
https://iskconnews.org/iskcon-international-vaishnavi-ministrys-statement-on-vaishnavi-dikhsa-gurus/
2020
Gopal Krishna, Bhakti Caru, Jayapataka Support Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus
13 June 2020, to support the vote and calm the India leaders who threaten to secede from ISKCON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yXOU3clZ0s
ISKCON News Story about this video
https://iskconnews.org/senior-gbc-gurus-support-vaishnavi-diksa-gurus-in-new-video/
Sivarama Swami’s first video on Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus
October 2020
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Jj4-8or_tA
The Emergence of Women’s Voices in ISKCON: A Collection of Letters, Articles, Papers, and Conference Reports from 1988 to 2020
An anthology of more than 30 writers, pioneers of ISKCON, who relate the history of the experience of Vaishnavis from the beginning
https://vaishnaviministry.org/the-emergence-of-womens-voices/
2021
GBC Amends and Affirms Law Allowing Vaisnavis To Initiate
https://iskconnews.org/gbc-amends-and-affirms-law-allowing-vaisnavis-to-initiate/
2022
ISKCON News Article about Narayani Prabhu Accepting Disciples
https://iskconnews.org/narayani-devi-dasi-initiates-her-first-diksa-disciple/
SABHAs Review of the Vaishnavi Diksa Guru topic
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Results_of_SABHA_Review_GBC_and_IB_Dialogue_on_VDG-2022.pdf
The Establishment of SABHA
https://gbc.iskcon.org/gbc_res/The_SABHA_document_ratified_by_GBC_on_3_Feb__2018.pdf
GBC Pauses Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus, Again
https://iskconnews.org/gbc-pauses-vaishnavi-diksa-gurus-again/
History of the discussion, votes, and pauses with links to documents
https://iskconnews.org/gbc-pauses-vaishnavi-diksa-gurus-again/
2023
Prabhupada’s Daughters Speak out on Vaishnavi Diksa Guru
This is an open letter to the present and future ISKCON devotees signed by 56 Vaishnavi disciples of Srila Prabhupada
https://iskconnews.org/prabhupadas-daughters-speak-out-on-vdg/.
2026
Sivarama Swami’s “On Vaiṣnavi Diksa-gurus – Part 2”
Released 9 January 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XHY16bhh6o
There’s a link to his first video in the description Oct 2020
Hridayananda Maharaja’s “Compelling reasons for ISKCON to approve Vaiṣṇavī dīkṣā gurus”
Released on 14 January 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJL71lAeuRA
IMPORTANT DOCUMENTS
Guru, The Principle, Not the Body by Madana Mohana dasa
A detailed response to anti-VDG points
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Guru_-The-Principle-Not-the-Body-—-by-Madana-mohana-Dasa-2020-.pdf
The Suniti Pramana and Set Theory by Madana Mohana dasa
Disproves by means of formal logic the notion that Srila Prabhupada’s purport on SB 4.12.32 forbade Vaisnavis to initiate
https://docs.google.com/document/d/12fn12VNGLIgSrasbVc6lEDc-g5964R9lSSrNhCsZWJw/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.daz5gcaesufs
Srila Prabhupada on the use of the Address “Prabhu” by Visakha dasi
On the Use of Prabhu in ISKCON by Sudharma and Pranada dasis
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/On-the-Use-of-Prabhu.pdf
Vaishnavi Diksa Gurus in Gaudiya Vaishnava lineages
https://www.pranadacomtois.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Vaishnavi-Diksa-Gurus-in-Gaudiya-Vaishnava-lineages.pdf
Sivarama Swami’s class on not using Prabhu for Vaishnavis (2013)
https://iskcondesiretree.com/profiles/blogs/calling-women-prabhu-transcribed-lecture-of-h-h-sivarama)