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The Case Against Changing Prabhupada’s Books Part III

August 26th, 2023 | by

This documents Srila Prabhupada's resistance to changes in his Bhagavad-gita once it had been published. It also shows how his editors was often incorrect

New Prabhupada Book Changes Website

August 9th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

BookChanges.com is now updated and modernized with a completely new look and a new mobile version. Please visit it and read all the articles

“Not all ISKCON Gurus are Bad?” — from the comments

August 6th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

"Not all gurus in ISKCON are the same. This lumping everyone into the same category is not honest. ISKCON bashing has become a trend unfortunately.”

The ISKCON Krishna Consciousness Handbook (1970) PDF Download

July 20th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

ISKCON aims at producing men of sublime character. This is possible only by plain living and high thinking based on devotional service to the Supreme Lord

Guru: Everyone is lying to you…

July 19th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

The "Guru Issue". Everyone wants to be a guru. It is such a nice thing to have all those disciples worshiping you and giving you all their money

Srila Prabhupada’s Direction of Management

June 30th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

At any time I may be out of the scene, therefore I think it is necessary to give instruction to my disciples how they shall manage the whole ISKCON by a

Seeing the Prime Cause — And Avoiding a “Party Split”

June 27th, 2023 | by

Prabhupada warned about the dangers of a party spirit. He said it could ruin everything. At the time who could have imagined ISKCON splitting into factions

Srila Prabhupada on his Godbrothers

June 23rd, 2023 | by

Although my godbrothers knew that Prabhupada liked me very much, because I am grhastha, I was known as paca-grhastha. Paca-grhastha mens a rotten grhastha

Srila Prabhupada Our Jagad Diksa Guru: Living Still–In Sound

June 19th, 2023 | by

The spiritual master lives forever by his instruction and the disciple lives with him. I have always served my Guru so I am now never separated from him

What Happened to the Hare Krishna’s?

June 1st, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

Many remember the Hare Krishna's colorful chanting, festivals and book distribution from the 70s. Read this and find out why the Hare Krishna's disappeared

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

May 23rd, 2023 | by

It has always been clear for me that Prabhupada's books should never be changed, specially once they were accepted by the author, who read them himself

The Hare Krishna Explosion!

May 13th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

"The Hare Krishna Explosion" by Hayagriva dasa stands supreme above all the other books describing this amazing achievement of Srila Prabhupada

Srila Prabhupada Speaks about his Gaudiya Math Godbrothers

May 4th, 2023 | by

I understand someone getting bewildered about our relationship with Prabhupada's godbrothers before his letters were published, but there is no excuse now

Help! I told the ISKCON Temple President about Prabhupada!!

March 26th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

My sister out of ignorance told everything about PRABHUPADA to the temple president. Now they're not allowing her to enter the temple.

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

March 9th, 2023 | by

Prabhupada read his own books with the relish of a pure devotee reading the pastimes of the Lord as if someone else had written them

Some of ISKCON’s Blind Spots

March 4th, 2023 | by Madhudvisa dasa

It is not our business to change, simply to receive the knowledge from Prabhupada and distribute it, without adding or subtracting, to the people we meet

Yamaraja–The Lord of Death–One of Krishna’s GBC’s

February 20th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

Yamaraja is a GBC, but he made a little mistake. He was punished to become a sudra. The GBC's should be very, careful to administer the business of

BBT Admits Books Changed To Fit GBC Philosophy

January 22nd, 2023 | by

The BBT could not allow Prabhupada to teach Jagannatha Dasa Babaji initiated Bhaktivinoda Thakura, for that would sanction his initiations for generations

Prabhupada’s Godbrothers AVOID THEM! [Gaudiya Matha]

January 19th, 2023 | by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

My Godbrothers have no life for preaching work. All are satisfied with a place for residence in the name of a temple, they engage disciples to get foodstuff by transcendental devices and eat and sleep. They have no idea or brain how to broacast the cult of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu

Book Changes

Srila Prabhupada’s books Should Not be changed!

January 9th, 2023 | by

Post-disappearance editorial revisions by conditioned souls to the sacred memorialized realizations of an exalted Acarya are crude, insulting and offensive