The NEW PrabhupadaBooks.com for Srila Prabhupada’s Appearance Day!
We have been working on a new version of PrabhupadaBooks.com and we are announcing it today, on Srila Prabhupada’s appearance day.
There are many improvements including:
- All Prabhupada books are now verified original first editions. The previous version had pre-1977 books, but not necessary original editions.
- Newly discovered Prabhupada audio and letters are included.
- Working audio links on every page with audio transcripts (classes, lectures, conversations, morning walks, etc)
- Includes Back to Godhead magazines 1944-1977 with full PDFs of every issue.
- Bookmarking feature so you can save unlimited bookmarks and go back to them whenever you want
- Extensive highlighting system that you can highlight text in different colors and then find all the highlights you have made by color.
- Much improved mobile site that now has a left drawer [table of contents] you can drag in anytime and right drawer [search]
- So many other improvements and surely many new bugs as well…
So I would very much appreciate it if you go to:
PrabhupadaBooks.com
and use the site and post comments on this article with your experiences and let me know the bugs you have discovered so I can fix them and also let me know your suggestions for improvements to the site.
Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!
Your servant
Madhudvisa dasa
About the Author
Madhudvisa dasa My first contact with a Hare Krishna was a most merciful Mataji in Oxford Street, London who sold me a "Higher Taste" cook book in 1984 while I was on holidays there. I started seriously reading Srila Prabhupada's books in Australia 1985 and by 1986 Srila Prabhupada had convinced me "Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead" and "we should surrender to Krishna." I joined the Hare Krishnas in Perth, Western Australia in 1986. Since then I have been chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and preaching as much as I can. That's my life and full-time occupation now really. I like it more than anything I've ever experienced before. Srila Prabhupada's books are so amazing... Even after reading them all many times they're still fresh and new. They are truly transcendental! That's it really. Now I'm just hankering to once again see the world chant Hare Krishna, dance and feast and float away in the ecstasy of Lord Caitanya's Sankirtana movement as it did in Srila Prabhupada's physical presence. Let the whole world drown in the ecstatic flood of love of Krishna!
Hare Krishna Prabhu, please accept my humble obeisances. Jaya Srila Prabhupada.
I was doing some research, and I was reading prabhupadabooks.com . In the 2nd Chapter of CC Adi Lila, below the Sanskrit, transliteration, translation and purport of each verse, it is written (adi lila chapter.verse-1957) . For example, below Adi 2.8 it is written: [Adi 2.8 -1957]. Prabhu, why is it written 1957? Is that when Prabhupada began translating CC, or is it a typo for 1975 . Please clarify my doubt.
Also Prabhu, seeing the present degraded condition of society, I realised how Srila Prabhupada has saved me from the greatest dangers. I am very grateful to Him,and I would always like to follow His instructions always. Prabhu,How can I experience the same kind of joy as chanting Hare Krishna or serving the deities at every moment 24×7.
Also Prabhu, does Journey of Self Discovery (first printed in 1990) contain the as it is,unadulterated instructions of Prabhupada. I have read this book which my friend gifted me,and I thoroughly enjoyed it , but I’m curious to know whether it is original.
Hare Krishna,
Bhadrish
When quoting from PrabhupadaBooks.com best to provide the links so I know exactly what you are referring to. As far as Caitanya-caritamrta the printed version is in the “Books” section at the top. There is also a “Handwritten Caitanya-caritamrta”, that is probably what you are referring to, in Books, Essays and Articles (pre-1969) > Essays and Articles. I also read Journey of Self-Discovery and don’t see any problems with it. It is written in the same mood as Science of Self-Realization, based on Srila Prabhupada’s articles from Back to Godhead Magazine. I think it is OK. But it;s not original. It was compiled in the 1980s. But as far as I can tell, at least the version I read many many years ago, it is fine.
if you simply sleep selling your horses without any anxiety, than that is not very good, you are not replying to anything anymore, but still let me point out some errors,
https://asitis.com/13/8-12.html
text is cut by line, so if you can see than kindly correct it. for that is an big offense on my part if i remain silent,
and same thing is here on this page as well,
https://prabhupadabooks.com/bg/13/8-12
on the word seventh,
hope you will see it in few months or someday and correct it for certain.
thanks for all the work you have done, and for all your services, but now i wonder all iskcon sites are in jeopardy or potential risk of being harmed and loss because governments are determined to cut down this movement, be it indian government or american govenrment.
Hari Hari bol
Hare Krishna Prabhu, I am very, very grateful to you for pointing out these bugs and beg forgiveness for my delay in fixing and replying to you about it. Actually I an not selling horses or sleeping either, but have been extremely busy with other service. You are definitely correct to point out the problems on https://asitis.com/13/8-12.html and https://prabhupadabooks.com/bg/13/8-12 This was a bug which I have fixed now, so if you notice anything else at all please let me know and I will fix it also.
Hare Krishna Prabhu,
there is one big error after update on entire site, and that is related to android version..
that whenever i open Prabhupadabooks.com on android version from android phone at that time if i click on Srimad Bhagavatam 8th or any canto same goes of course with all books than it will not open but ask me which chapter i want to open, than again in chapter it ask which verse, so after update it has almost impossible to read books online on site.. if you kindly respond or either tell me why is that? or it would be best if it can be undo.. or else i have to put site on desktop mod on my android chrome and than it shows all cantos normally and when clicked on specific chapter than it shows normal like before..
i wonder it has almost made impossible for me to read books online and those who are not so persistent may go away being discouraged or not be able to understand.. so if you can see to that and fix it than it will be great book to read online version of Prabhupadabooks.com.
forgive me if i have been rude.. as im an idiot and also English is not my first language.. but im trying..
Hari Hari
Hare Krishna Prabhu
Thank you very much for your feedback.
On mobile version there are 2 ways of accessing the books, there is the way you are describing but there is also a “Table of Contents” on the left. You can just drag in from the left to open it or you can click on the ‘hamburger’ on the left of the menu bar at the top, there you can navigate to any book, canto, chapter, etc, and open it. At the bottom of each verse there are next and previous arrows, so when you finish one verse you just click on the next button and it loads the next verse. So please try out the table of contents by dragging it in from the left or clicking on the leftmost button on the top menu bar.
It is a bit different than before. But it seems to work this way so please try and let me know what you think.
Hare Krishna Prabhu Ji I had one question, so while I was reading Bg 7.25, in the purport, I noticed the last line has a strikethrough:
“avyaya, inexhaustible. His eternal form is bliss and knowledge, and His energies are all inexhaustible.”
I wonder why it’s in red and has a strikethrough.
Your servant,
Parth Suthar
Hare Krishna Prabhu
Thank you very much for letting me know Prabhu. This strike-through was a bug introduced during the processing that I have now fixed. Please check, there are still some layout issues I am working on but strikethrough has gone.
Hare Krishna! Thank you prabhu now it’s all good! I just wanted to let you know of another “bug” I noticed. So when I open a folder let’s say “Books”, and I click on any of the sub-folders, it brings me to some random folder which I had opened very long time ago. Like, when I first open prabhupadabooks.com and go to “Music Purports & Dictation” and after some time I go to the Bhagavad-gītā As It Is, and select a folder, it teleports me back to Music Purports & Dictation even if I already closed it earlier. I am not sure if this is a genuine bug or not or if I’m not properly closing/opening folders…
Your servant,
Parth Suthar
I think this is also fixed now Prabhu, it was related to saving the open / closed branches of the Table of Contents, which is now disabled. So please try again and if you are still experiencing problems with it let me know and I will fix it.
Wow, now I don’t see any issues at all. Thank you for fixing this! Hare Krishna!
Hare Krishna Prabhu
I have noticed following bugs
1) the starting sanskrit text is broken on
https://prabhupadabooks.com/classes/sb/1/1/2/london/august/16/1971
2)Audio cannot be played for
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/1/srimad-bhagavatam-1
I have fixed the Sanskrit on https://prabhupadabooks.com/classes/sb/1/1/2/london/august/16/1971 and in about 250 other places where it was broken outside the books.
Hare Krishna Prabhu!
All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept my humble obeisances,
I am using a mobile phone android, and I used Chrome and the installed app for reference.
Bug 1
Where: On the main page PrabhupadaBooks.com, scroll till bottom, below the last category/ section
What:: There is a blank category with a button on the right.
Clicking on it leads you to a page without any categories but shows a hyperlink named ‘THE MAHAMANTRA’ on bottom left clicking which reloads the same page which shows Srila Prabhupada’s photo on main page and breif description but no categories.
Bug 2
This bug occurs when you have already opened PB.com before and then if you search PB.com it won’t take you back to the main page, rather it automatically loads the previous section you viewed. Searching PrabhupadaBooks.com only opens the main page if there are no other tabs open of different sections of PB.com
-Open a tab with PrabhupadaBooks.com and visit any section like Books, Bhagavad-gita etc
-Then you can open another tab or search on the same tab PrabhupadaBooks.com
-It will open the tab of your previous section and not the main page even though you typed PB.com
Bug 3
I don’t know if this is a bug, but previously we were able to go to the main page after clicking “PrabhupadaBooks” on the topmost center. It does not work anymore.
4
Clicking on Bhagavad-gita As It Is > Glossary > blank/ no text only ‘Glossary’ written appears.
5.
Minor bug
Go to Books > Srimad Bhagavatam > Canto 1 > Introduction : scroll till the very end, then at bottom the prev/ next topics are a bit misaligned. “SB 1.1: Questions by the Sages” hyperlink which should be on right occupies the centre
6
Previously the poster “If You Love Me, Distribute My Books” was visiible on any page you would visit, including main page, now it is no longer visible anywhere.
I have only checked a little here and there. I will try to see more tomorrow Prabhu
Suggestions:
Marketting/ advertising campaign for PrabhupadaBooks.com would be amazing Prabhu, I feel it can be done on youtube
The goal is to make PrabhupadaBooks.com as widely accessible as possible to everyone, I think Prabhu starting an app on PlayStore / Appstore can be a good idea, but there are already many such apps on the store from isckon but this website is truly unique, and I feel it can become quite popular compared to others.
Prabhu the hinking is how to interest people, especially newer people and youth into reading Prabhupadabooks.com
Online distribution seems difficult unlike physical books distribution where we simply approach the people and its a very ecstatic activity also.
So maybe an option to be able to print from PrabhupadaBooks.com would be nice but I do not know if its allowed legally
All glories to your service Prabhu!
Hare Krishna Prabhu
I have made many improvements on PrabhupadaBooks.com, both mobile and desktop versions, over the past couple of weeks. Not all your points covered yet but getting there. Thank you for the suggestions, please try it again and give more suggestions and I will work on them.
Starting at the same place where you left of is a feature, not a bug. If you were reading something before the idea is next time you open up PrabhupadaBooks.com you will be at the same place and can continue reading.
As far as the distribute books banner at the bottom I know it is painful to remove it but I removed it because now we really don’t have much left to distribute. We still have big Krsna Book, Raja Vidya and Science of Self-Realization, few cases of other titles, but everything else is sold out and out of print. So if you want cases of books get them now at:
https://krishnastore.com/books-wholesale-om-21_37.html
Yes. We need to promote PrabhupadaBooks.com. It is fairly popular already, probably the most popular Prabhupada Books site, but we need to make it more popular and if we improve it more and more that will help I think.
Haribol! This is a great news!