A History that Could Have Been Avoided

(response to Akruranath’s article Hansadutta Distorts History) Sometime in 1990, we published a Chinese Gita in Singapore when BBT refused to sell us books. In 1992, BBTI launched a copyright infringement suit against Bhima in Singapore. From the outset, Bhima responded, First show proof that you own the copyrights.   ...Read More

Adi-Vani.org VOICES Letter Writing Campaign Begins

On the auspicious Appearance Day of Lord Sri Nityananda, an Internet write in campaign –VOICES! — has been launched requesting followers of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada to express their support for NO CHANGE! to Srila Prabhupada’s adi-vani.   ...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.   ...Read More

A Time for Substance, not Fluff

By sidestepping the pivotal issue of the lack of authority to make post-disappearance changes to the books of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the spiritual myopia which has severely eclipsed the presentation of Srila Prabhupada’s vani for many years has only become all the more evident.   ...Read More

Krishna Books Inc. Now Actually Printing Books!

The tentative publishing schedule this year alone (2001) provides for at least one paperback per quarter and the printing of a hard and soft cover 1000 page, 48 color print, 6×9, 1972 McMillan edition of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Volume One of Krishna Book may also be printed this calendar year, or early next year. Easy Journey to Other Planets was printed in the first quarter, and Krishna, The Reservoir   ...Read More