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Behavior Backed by Instructions Must Be Followed Is behavior alone sufficient evidence for establishing spiritual principles? In this second installment of the IISB response series, Krishna Kirti Das addresses Hridayananda Maharaja's attempt…
Krishna Kirti Das, Conveyor of the ISKCON India Scholars Board, offers a critical analysis of Hridayananda Das Goswami’s recent rebuttal to Sivarama Swami regarding the controversy of Vaishnavi diksha-gurus. Krishna Kirti posits…
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Report on Survey SoundnessAuthor: Krishna Kirti das, Convenor of the ISKCON India Scholars BoardContact: convenor@iisb.co.in |
Video Transcription (Autogenerated) Disclaimer: This transcription was automatically generated. We welcome your feedback and corrections in the comments section below. Hare Krishna. Uh, welcome to this uh episode of our IISB…
Female Dīkṣā-Gurus: Ensuring the unity of ISKCON on doctrinal mattersBy Śrīdhara Śrīnivāsa dāsaḥAn important goal of the GBC is to ensure that their members maintain unity in diversity. However, diversity should be…
Is the SAC’s 2005 paper in line with guru, sādhu and śāstra?By Kṛṣṇa Kīrti dāsaḥIn 2005, at the request of the GBC, the Śāstric Advisory Council wrote a paper titled “Female Diksa-gurus…
The Question of Female Dīkṣā-Gurus in ISKCONBy Basu Ghoṣa dāsaḥ (ACBSP)How did the concept of FDGs creep into ISKCON after Prabhupāda’s lifetime?Pressure tactics by senior Western female disciples of Śrīla Prabhupāda to…
Is not receiving the Brahma-gāyatrī the higher standard for women?By
Harmonizing Guru Eligibility: The Samanvaya of Āgama and BhaktiBy Rāma Aprameya dāsaḥThe statements of Jāyākhya samhitā and Bhāradvāja Samhitā are unanimous in declaring what to do in normal and in exceptional situations.…
