Initiations or Dīkṣā Within ISKCON: Who can be a guru?
https://youtu.be/pyoeSVVITZg Presenter: Śrīdhara Śrīnivasa Dāsa
Too Many Red Flags: Problems with the SAC’s Brahma-gāyatrī paper and their system of hermeneutics
https://youtu.be/WfrLRNO2y-k
The Law of Disciplic Succession, Part 1
IISB members Basu Ghosh Das (ACBSP) and Krishna Kirti Das (Convenor, IISB) discuss Srila Prabhupada's Law of Disciplic Succession. https://youtu.be/YmAMMf9bkWo
How can Srila Prabhupada be the center when “the shastra is the center for all”?
Srila Prabhupada says in his purport to Sri Caitanya-caritamrita Madhya-lila 20.352 that among the sources of knowledge of dharma given by one's guru, other saintly persons, and shastra, "the shastra is the center for all." Yet it is seen in many sampradayas that the acharya is still very much central to the practice and faith of the devotees. So, if the actual center is the shastra, then what does it mean to a community to keep the acharya in the center? This video discusses and answers this question.
Ṛtvikvād kī Maut (The Death of Ritvikism)
Dr. Arjuna Sakhā (BCS), in reply to Vrindavan Chandra's video (dated 24/03/2022), presents conclusive evidence that Ritvikism (ऋत्विकवाद) is against the teachings of Srila Prabhupada, previous acharyas, and shastra. (The…