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

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

Krsna Book [1970 edition, 2 Volume Set]

Original 1970 edition by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada In two beautiful hard-cover volumes with 132 color plates. 7″ x 10″ size. This book is a collection of beautiful stories and illustrations. The stories develop from Krishna’s birth to His childhood and youth. Krishna plays with His boyfriends in the forest while looking after the cows and calves and incidentally He kills so many demons… Please click on the link below to open the linked website: Krsna Book [1970 edition, ...Read More

Srila Prabhupada’s 1969 Sri Isopanisad Back in Print

When the BBT editors made extensive unauthorized changes to Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Isopanisad in 1977 Prabhupada, when he learnt of the changes, was very upset and directly ordered the BBT to return the next printing of Sri Isopanisad to the original way it was published without any unauthorized changes. Now, twenty-six years later, the BBT have reprinted Prabhupada’s original Sri Isopanisad. It is very good news. You can order Srila Prabhupada’s original Sri Isopanisad at www.krishna.tv Yasoda-nandana: In the Gurukula ...Read More

Cases of Srila Prabhupada’s Original Bhagavad-gita–Please help distribute them…

I am encouraged that he is taking interest in selling our Bhagavad-gita As It Is. You may all try to distribute this book as far as possible and it will be a great service to our movement. If any sincere person reads this book I think that he will be impressed by the solid footing on which our Krishna Consciousness is based. All of the nonsense Bhagavad-gitas that deny Krishna are Hare Krishna! Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories ...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

Original Krsna Book Back In Print!!

Krsna Book. Full of activities of the Lord, in two huge 10 x 7 volumes of four hundred pages each with 132 full-color plates! So simply if you read and hear the activities you get liberation, simply by reading. You have got a tendency for reading book or hearing about somebody, if you transfer that tendency to hearing about Krsna, you get liberation. It is so nice thing. Please click on the link below to open the linked website: Original Krsna Book ...Read More

Price Reduction on Cases of Srila Prabhupada’s ORIGINAL Bhagavad-gita PLEASE HELP DISTRIBUTE THEM!

I am encouraged that he is taking interest in selling our Bhagavad-gita As It Is. You may all try to distribute this book as far as possible and it will be a great service to our movement. If any sincere person reads this book I think that he will be impressed by the solid footing on which our Krishna Consciousness is based. All of the nonsense Bhagavad-gitas that deny Krishna are Please click on the link below to open the linked ...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

Petition to Release all the Prabhuapa Audio Recordings NOW!!

Click Here to Sign Petition Please accept my humble obeisances, all glories to Srila Prabhupada! The Bhaktivedanta Archives have had 33+ years now. If the Archives release the audio as is NOW that will not stop them to continue to work the same way they are now in archiving, editing, labeling, etc it just means that the Audio will be available instead of locked up. And that is better for many reasons one is that if God forbid the Archives had a ...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

Comparison of Srila Prabhupada’s Original Sri Caitanya-caritamrta with Revised Edition

Here you will find a complete comparison detailing all the changes that have been made to Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, The information has not yet been analyzed so please let us know what you find out from studying these pages. Please click on the link below to open the linked website: Comparison of Srila Prabhupada’s Original Sri Caitanya-caritamrta with Revised Edition Related PostsBBT Misleads Devotees with Changed Books I am inspired to submit a short statement about the new CC’s just as an ...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

Conditioned Souls Writing Vaisnava Literature?

There is no need by any of my disciples to read any books besides my books–in fact, such reading may be detrimental to their advancement in Krishna Consciousness. The following is a practical analysis of Srimad-Bhagavatam (11.2.45) purport composed by a conditioned soul Hridayananda das “goswami”. “Srila Visvanatha Chakravarti Thakura also points out in his commentary, atra pasyed iti darsana-yogyataiva vivaksita, na tu tatha darsanasya sarva-kalikata. “in this verse the word pasyet, or ” one must see,” does not mean that ...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

Prabhupada’s Complete Original Srimad-Bhagavatam Set Available!

Srila Prabhupada’s original Bhagavatam set is now available at a very special price! “This Bhagavata Purana is as brilliant as the sun, and it has arisen just after the departure of Lord Krishna to His own abode, accompanied by religion, knowledge, etc. Persons who have lost their vision due to the dense darkness of ignorance in the Age of Kali shall get light from this Purana.” (Srimad-Bhagavatam 1.3.43) Please click on the link below to open the linked website: Prabhupada’s Complete Original ...Read More

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