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The Case Against Changing Prabhupada’s Books Part III

July 14th, 2025 | 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

The ISKCON Krishna Consciousness Handbook (1970) PDF Download

July 5th, 2025 | 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 4th, 2025 | 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 15th, 2025 | 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 12th, 2025 | 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 8th, 2025 | 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 4th, 2025 | 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?

May 17th, 2025 | 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 8th, 2025 | 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!

April 28th, 2025 | 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

April 19th, 2025 | 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 11th, 2025 | 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]

February 22nd, 2025 | 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

February 17th, 2025 | 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 5th, 2025 | 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 7th, 2025 | 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 4th, 2025 | 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