The Case Against Changing Prabhupada’s Books Part III

While planning to print the unabridged version of the Bhagavad-gita, Srila Prabhupada often referred to it as the revised and enlarged edition. When the BBT published its unauthorized adulterated Gita years later, they would henceforward refer to the 1972 printing as the original edition while calling theirs the revised and enlarged edition. This appears to be a subtle act of deception meant to validate the irreverent practice of changing Srila Prabhupada’s Books… The remainder of this article will focus mainly on ...Read More

Bhagavad-Gita As It Is Original 1972 Edition Free PDF Download

We have just scanned Srila Prabhupada’s original Bhagavad-gita As It Is and the PDF file which includes all the original text, all the original color plates and the full Bhagavad Gita in PDF format ready for you to read on your computer, iPad or tablet is available for free download. To download Bhagavad-gita As It Is please click on the book cover image on the left. It is essential that we preserve the original books and teachings of Srila Prabhupada for the ...Read More

Original Sri Caitanya-caritamrta PDF Downloads

Please find the links below to all 17 Volumes of Srila Prabhupada’s original Sri Caitanya-caritamrta EXACTLY as it was published by Srila Prabhupada in 1974. Srila Prabhupada stressed so much to Radhavallabha Prabhu, the production manager at the BBT when Sri Caitanya-caritamrta was first printed, that once this book was printed they could not change anything. Of course Prabhupada did not want changes made to any of his books but he very strongly forbade the BBT from making any changes at ...Read More

Srimad-Bhagavatam Original Edition PDF Download

Once it was possible to find copies of original editions of Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatams in second-hand book stores and on internet book websites but now the original editions of Srimad-Bhagavatam have become very difficult to find anywhere. So there is an urgent need to preserve these valuable books for future generations. We see the BBT making thousands of unauthorized changes to so many of Srila Prabhupada’s books in this way completely destroying the authority of the books. Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam has ...Read More

It Has Always Been Clear to Me that Prabhuapda’s Books Should Never be Changed…

It has always been clear for me that Prabhupada’s books should never be changed, specially once they were edited and accepted by their author, who used them himself to lecture while present. That is why I am keeping the original version of Bhagavad Gita (1975 MacMillan) and not reading from other editions. The message is so clear when you read Srila Prabhupada’s original but when I try to read from the most recent version in some cases the verses, although ...Read More

Arsha Prayoga – Part One

For those who saw the Hare Krishna movement spread from city to city and from country to country, it was clear that the original version of Srila Prabhupada’s books was full of spiritual potency and did not require to be changed in any way for his words to act upon the hearts of the conditioned souls. The question as to whether the writings of the acarya may or may not be revised by his disciples after his disappearance is answered by ...Read More

Original Teachings of Lord Caitanya PDF Download

  Prahlada-Nrsimha Prabhu and Mother Ahaituki Bhakti d.d. have produced, for the first time, a digital version of Srila Prabhupada’s original 1968 Teachings of Lord Caitanya. It is a very wonderful service to preserve this book and you can download the complete book from this page.   Click to Download the Teachings-of-Lord-Chaitanya-original-1968 Related PostsTeachings of Queen Kunti Free PDF DownloadQueen Kunti, a tragic and heroic figure, emerges from an explosive era of the history of ancient India. She was a central figure in a ...Read More

Prabhupada Reading His Own Books [original pre-1977 edition]

Entering Srila Prabhupada’s quarters was always an enlightening experience. Sometimes Srila Prabhupada sat and read His books. Whenever He read it seemed as if someone else had written His books because He didn’t read with the mind of an author who might be looking for editing mistakes or grammatical errors. He read them with the relish of a pure devotee reading the pastimes of the Supreme Lord to whom He was completely attached. One day in Los Angeles I went into ...Read More

BBT Admits Books Changed To Fit GBC Philosophy

The BBT could not allow Srila Prabhupada to teach that Jagannatha Dasa Babaji actually *initiated* Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, for that would indirectly sanction Srila Prabhupada *initiating* for many generations to come simply via his transcendental knowledge, with the ‘formal initiation’ administered via the Ritvik system that he set up. We highlighted previously in newsletter No. 20, how Bhakti Caru Swami’s Bengali translation of the Srimad Bhagavatam had omitted a very key verse from Srila Prabhupada’s original version. The omitted verse in ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada’s books Should Not be changed!

Post-disappearance editorial revisions by conditioned sould to the sacred, memorialized realizations of an exalted Acarya are nothing less than crude, insulting and offensive. Yet, this is precisely what has taken place for two decades and continues to take place by those who, ironically, have a special spiritual duty to preserve Srila Prabhupada’s literary legacy at all cost. Hare Krishna Govinda devi. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. Yes, I certainly share your deep concern over the ongoing editorial changes being made to Srila ...Read More

New Website: www.BookChanges.com

We are so fortunate to have the actual books that Srila Prabhuapda personally read daily and gave all of his classes from. These original books of Srila Prabhuapda are a great treasurehouse and will be treasured by generations to come for at least the next 10,000 years. Personally I came to Krishna consciousness by reading Srila Prabhuapda’s books and they had an amazing effect on my life. I feel a great debt to Srila Prabhuapda and want others to have the ...Read More

Where Angels Fear to Tread

The editors of the 1983 revised Gita did not believe that they actually interpolated philosophy or style.* Their idea was to improve both translations and purports by transposing and clarifying portions of old manuscripts, etc. existing prior to the one finally submitted to Macmillan in 1972. Truly, many of the grammatical, spelling, format and historical inaccuracies corrected in the revision would have been approved by Srila Prabhupada himself had he been ...Read More

BBT Misleads Devotees with Changed Books

I am inspired to submit a short statement about the new CC’s just as an alert to devotees who want to buy or distribute them. I recently purchased the new 9 vol. compact set of CC’s ($99) from BBT. I received them yesterday and am unhappily returning them. On looking at the first volume, after reading the Forward, there was a small footnote saying that this printing is revised from the original edition. I am interested in the original ...Read More

BBT Reprint Changed Caitanya-caritamrta — Without Knowing What has been Changed!

Although it was decided by the BBT to reprint Srila Prabhupada’s original Caitanya-caritamrta Jayadvaita Swami and Dravida, the devotees who changed the books, have managed to convince the BBT trustees to reverse their decision and print their changed edition instead. However the BBT has no idea at all what changes have been made in the books!!! So many bad decisions have been made in ISKCON and the BBT simply because devotees are afraid to think. They feel they have to surrender ...Read More

Vote With Your Laxmi

The original versions of Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavad Gita and Krsna Book are now available in their untainted form (pre-1977 printing). We should all vote with our pocketbooks, and apply economic pressure to the BBT and ISKCON to encourage them to print and use only the original unedited books. Dear devotees: Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. An effective way to protest something you don’t like is to apply economic pressure to the offending entity. Many activist groups have used ...Read More

Just What is Jayadvaita’s Point?

I was one BBT trustee along with Srila Prabhupada and Bali Mardan when I went to Srila Prabhupada and suggested we reprint his Original Bhagavatams for the pleasure of his devotees who liked the old Indian version… Before finishing my proposal, Srila Prabhupada admonished me saying, no–whatever Hayagriva has done is perfect, I have full faith in him as the editor of my books. This was quite some time after the publication of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad Gita. He went on ...Read More

Leave Prabhupada’s Books Alone!

Let us all work together to restore Srila Prabhupada’s books to their pristine and uncontaminated glory. Then let us distribute those books again and preach the pure devotional service of the Lord to the innocent masses yearning to be free of the shackles of maya. Let us enter the arena of the material world proclaiming the Glories of the Lord with the absolute conviction that we can only benefit everyone we My Dear Godbrothers and Godsisters: Please accept my most humble obeisances! ...Read More

Book Changes: A Dangerous Precedent

There is no precedent in our sampradaya for posthumous, unapproved changes to an acarya’s books. If a devotee needs to clarify a previous acarya’s work for the understanding of his contemporaries, he writes a separate tika and appends it to the original work, leaving the previous acaryas’ commentaries unchanged. This is the accepted practice in the Gaudiya-sampradaya. Hare Krsna! I have been a devotee since 1967, and joined ISKCON in Miami in 1971. In 1974 I served as a proofreader for Srila ...Read More

ARSHA PRAYOGA PART II

We challenge the BBT managers and their editors to produce a single letter from any recognized scholar agreeing with them that Srila Prabhupada’s original books were full of mistakes and had to be revised for his message to be properly understood. Srila Prabhupada’s desire was to see his books translated into all of the major languages of the world. By 1970, numerous centers had opened in countries outside of the United States and translation work had begun in Germany, France, Canada, ...Read More

ISKCON Is Changing Srila Prabhupada’s Books. Hare Krishna!

ISKCON are changing Srila Prabhupada’s books. But what need is there to change Srila Prabhupada’s books? The Hare Krishna movement is built on Srila Prabhupada’s original books. Please click on the link below to open the linked website: ISKCON Is Changing Srila Prabhupada’s Books. Hare Krishna! Related PostsPrabhupada’s Books in German LanguageIncludes Original Bhagavad-gita and sections of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta in PDF format for download.Please click on the link below to open the linked website:Prabhupada’s Books…ISKCON’s Changes to Srila Prabhupada’s Perfect Questions Perfect Answers ...Read More