ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC) has assigned a group of senior devotees to formulate the policies of the Sannyasa Ministry, and to recommend to the GBC how those policies should be applied personally in accordance with time, place and circumstance.
THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLES GOVERNING THE RENOUNCED ORDER ARE MEANT TO BRING ONE TO SERVE THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD EXCLUSIVELY
DRESS IS NOT SUFFICIENT TO MAKE A SANNYASI, BUT ACTING UNDER THE DIRECTIONS OF THE LORD IS
SVAMI MEANS MASTER OF THE SENSES. WHEN ONE ACCEPTS SANNYASA HE IS AUTOMATICALLY GIVEN THE TITLE SVAMI OR GOSVAMI
ONE WHO ENJOYS THE SUPERTITLE OF SVAMI OR GOSVAMI MUST BE VERY STRICT IN CONTROLLING HIS SENSES
A GOSVAMI IS ONE WHO CONTROLS THE MIND AND SENSES IN PREPARATION TO BECOMING A PURE DEVOTEE
A GOSVAMI MUST BE WELL ACQUAINTED WITH THE VEDIC LITERATURES LIKE THE PURANAS, THE MAHABHARATA AND THE RAMAYANA
SANNYASIS WHO SEE ALL LIVING ENTITIES EQUALLY, DESIRE TO SEE THE LOTUS FEET OF THE SUPREME PERSONALITY OF GODHEAD. THEY MAKE NO DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN NATIONS OR COMMUNITIES, THEY ARE PEACEFUL AND ARE CALLED PARAMAHAMSAS