Hare Krsna Please accept my humble obeisances All glories to Sri Guru and Gauranga, all glories to Srila Prabhupada On this very special 125th Birth Anniversary of our dear Srila Prabhupada each and every devotee trying their level best to highlight Srila Prabhupada’s unique contribution and pastimes to the peopleContinue Reading

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This video explains how the ISKCON GBC’s Shatric Advisory Council gave too narrow a definition for the evidence cited in support of the overarching principle for their system of hermeneutics. Verses like acaryavan puruso vedah and yasya deve parabhaktir, etc., actually apply as equally to Srila Prabhupada’s successors as they do to Srila Prabhupada himself. Hence, the SAC’s overarching principle has the fault of avyapti (definition is too narrow), which is explained in the video.Continue Reading

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The SAC’s mistake is just like quoting the Vedic injunction that the stool of an animal is impure and then using inference to say that because a cow is an animal, its stool is also impure. Shastra is quoted, but the conclusion itself is still based on inference, not shastra. This is a mistake, however, because there is also a Vedic injunction that says that the stool of a cow is pure. The SAC made the same kind of mistake when they created their overarching principle.Continue Reading

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Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura, in his commentary on this verse, gives the following scriptural information about the symbolic markings on the lotus feet of Kṛṣṇa: “In the following verses the Skanda Purāṇa states the particular places on His feet where Kṛṣṇa carries the mark of the flag and also other marks, andContinue Reading

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SB 7.11.28: A chaste woman should not be greedy, but satisfied in all circumstances. She must be very expert in handling household affairs and should be fully conversant with religious principles. She should speak pleasingly and truthfully and should be very careful and always clean and pure. Thus a chaste woman should engageContinue Reading

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The Syllabus copy of Cambridge attached below in pdf and ISKCON relevant sections are given below. 4.2 New Religious Movements Content • Two new movements within Hinduism, including origins, practices and key teachings of these new movements: – International society for Krishna consciousness (ISKCON) Practices of ISKCON including: – bhaktiContinue Reading

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