Sastric Advisory Council

Is the SAC’s definition of their Overarching Principle too narrow?

This video explains how the ISKCON GBC's Shatric Advisory Council gave too narrow a definition for the evidence cited in…

5 years ago

Is the SAC’s Overarching Principle Supported by Śāstra?

The SAC's mistake is just like quoting the Vedic injunction that the stool of an animal is impure and then…

5 years ago

The ICC has taken Cognizance of the New Course on “Hermeneutics”

Whereas, the ICC has taken cognizance of the new course on “Hermeneutics” that the GBC SAC (shastra advisory committee) has…

5 years ago

Biased Survey

When conducting any survey, one of the most important concerns a researcher has is in eliminating bias. Even if the…

6 years ago

Why we wrote Vaisnava-diksa according to Narada Pancaratra?

A devotee named Madan Mohan Dasa of Russia recently published a lenghty critique of a book titled Vaisnava Diksa according…

7 years ago

Questions Answered on the Vaisnava diksa according to Narada Pancaratra

7. But there are so many Vaiṣṇavī gurus in the Gauḍīya sampradāya. What about that? In an interview, Śrīla Prabhupāda’s godbrother…

7 years ago

ISKCON India calls on the GBC body to rescind the resolution on female diksha gurus

Dear Devotees, Vaishnavebhyo namonamah. Jaya Srila Prabhupada! If you would be so kind, I would like to bring to your…

7 years ago

FDG Revisited : A paper on the Female Diksa Guru Issue, by Ambika Devi Dasi

FDG Revisited A paper on the FDG/Female Diksa Guru Issue Evidence Ignored by SAC FDG Theory A Review of SAC…

7 years ago

Learning lessons from recent FDG resolution

The very first supporting argument in the recent GBC resolution concerning female devotees becoming gurus contains the following sentence: "So I…

7 years ago