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Our mission is to protect Srila Prabhupada's books from change and expand Krsna-consciousness by book and prasadam distribution 


BOOK CHANGE INTERVIEW WITH H.G. GARUDA PRABHU

Prabhupāda: Oh. The definition of religion is just like law. Law can be given by the government. You cannot make law. If you make at home some law, nobody will touch it. It is not obligatory. But if government says "Keep to the right," it is obligatory. This is law. So religion, you cannot manufacture religion. Religion means the word of God. And if yearly or quarterly you change the words, that is not religion. That is not religion. That is mental concoction. Therefore we are presenting Bhagavad-gītā as it is. No change. Others, they are interpreting in their own way. That is not Bhagavad-gītā.That is something else. [to devotee:] Keep it there. He will take. In the words of God there is no question of changing. You cannot change. As soon as you make a change, immediately it is material; it has nothing to do with spiritual world. The same example = the law of government is one, and if you make change, that is not law. Government says "Keep to the right," you have to keep to the right. You cannot make "Keep to the left," no. That is nowadays happening = which edition of Christianity? There are so many. Therefore it is the purport of Christianity is lost. That is lost. You have, what that verse I wanted? 
Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique Aug. 5, 1976
Location: New Māyāpur
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Vyasapuja offering stopped in Mayapura because the speaker was glorifying SP original books

Beautiful offering by Prabhupada disciple H.G. Jitavrata prabhu se from 36 minutes. 
All glories to Jitavrata prabhu. We need more heroes like this who have the courage to stand up and fight for Srila Prabhupada legacy. Read offering HERE

 More and more devotees recognise the mistake of changing SP's books

WHY AM I LOOKING INTO THE BBT EDITING PROCESS?
By Garuda das phD:

March 20, 2018
Garuda Das, PhD....
Why I’m Doing This
Beginning in the spring of 2017, I was asked to examine and evaluate the quality and validity of the editing of Prabhupada’s books, beginning with and especially the editing of Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. The question can be put simply as follows: Is the BBT's 1983 “Second Edition” of Prabhupāda’s Bhagavad-gītā As It Is (“BBT83”) a fully acceptable publication of Prabhupāda’s original Macmillan published Bhagavad-gītā As It Is (“MAC72”) from devotional, ethical, scholarly, and theological viewpoints? The larger question is as follows: What exactly are the criteria for doing any editing of Prabhupāda’s books posthumously? And is such editing being executed according to the clear instructions that Prabhupāda gave us?   READ MORE

Latest article by Garuda prabhu

Commentary on "A Note About the Second Edition"
BY: GARUDA DAS, PhD 
May 16, 2018 — USA (SUN) — 

INTRODUCTION: In 1972, Śrīla Prabhupāda published his translation of and commentary on Bhagavad Gītā with Collier Macmillan (MAC72), and many millions of copies were distributed and sold. After Śrīla Prabhupāda departed from this world, the BBT, for their reasons, published a revised version, second edition of his work in 1983 (BBT83). Appearing on page 766 in the BBT83 edition, signed "—The Publishers" (or appearing on page 866 or on page 868 in later BBT83 editions, without the bolded signature, "the Publishers"), is a singular page, entitled "A Note About the Second Edition." While the Publishers attempt to justify their later revised edition of Śrīla Prabhupāda's Bhagavad Gītā in this note, my comments here will attempt to show how, ironically, their words in this note unintentionally reveal inadequacies and flaws in their justifications. Read more





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EXAMPLES OF SRILA PRABHUPADA NOT CHANGING 
By Prahlada-Nrsimha Dasa

In this article we hope to bring to light how Srila Prabhupada, the Acharya and Jagat Guru, has personally instructed the proper etiquette to all his followers in how to deal with seeming mistakes, or errors in the writings of an uttama-adhikari and Acharya.
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RAMESVARA
INTERVIEW 
ON THE BOOKCHANGE

The following is an excerpt from a long interview of Ramesvara prabhu made for Srila Prabhupada lilamrta. If you read the whole interview, you will find it full of nectar pastimes of Srila Prabhupada, but the interview, unfortunately, never made it to the lilamrta. Could it be because, there are passages like the ones underneath, that conflict with the interests of some influential people in ISKCON? 
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ARSA-PRAYOGA

The Vedic principle of  Arsa - prayoga dictates, that you cannot find faults in or alter a spiritual masters text post-samadhi. You accept it - as it is - out of respect.
"If one is too big, there is no mistake. Arsapreyaya means there may be discrepancies but it is all right. Just like Shakespeare..
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WHEN NIMAI PANDIT (CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU) WAS REQUESTED TO EDIT HIS GURUS BOOK

Ishvara Puri also met Gadadhar Pandit and was pleased when he saw the depth of his renunciation. He started to affectionately give him lessons from Sri-Krsna-lilamrta, a book of his own composition. Nimai would also come daily to Gopinath Acharya's..
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SRILA PRABHUPADA: "RASCAL EDITORS"
Conversation between Srila Prabhupada and some of his disciples about editing

Prabhupada: Where are others?
Tamala Krsna: Shall I get other people? Satadhanya Maharaja? (long pause)
Prabhupada: That... Find this verse, munayah sadhu prsto 'ham... [SB 1.2.5].
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Ridiculously many Changes to
Bhagavad-gita

77% or 541 verses were changed out of 700 total.


In 21 verses (3%), only the spelling, punctuation or capitalization was changed, and the words were left intact.  In 520 verses (74%), words were removed, rearranged, or inserted.  In Chapter 17,  93% of the verses were changed.  See the table below for the number changed in each chapter.
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THE REAL ISSUES UNDERLYING THE BOOK EDITING
By Govinda Dasi:
There will always be those who favor the posthumously edited edition, and there will always be those who favor the earlier edition that was read by Srila Prabhupada in classes, and in his lectures all over the world.  Therefore, many people will present this perspective or that perspective, saying such things as.. 

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SRILA PRABHUPADA QUOTES:
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If one is too big, there is no mistake. Arsha prayoga means there may be discrepancies but it is all right. Just like Shakespeare, sometimes there are odd usages of language, but he is accepted as authority. I have explained all these things in my preface to First Canto.” (Letter to Mandali Bhadra dated 1-20-72 ).
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EXAMPLES OF HOW BBTI's EDITING CHANGES THE MEANING:

CC mad 19.157 original edition: "If one thinks that there are many pseudo devotees or nondevotees in the Krsna Consciousness Society, one can keep direct company with the spiritual master, and if there is any doubt, one should consult the spiritual master."

CC mad 19.157 edited edition: "Even if one thinks that there are many pseudo devotees or nondevotees in the Krsna Consciousness Society, still one should stick to the Society... 
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JAYADVAITA SWAMI CONTRADICTS HIMSELF.
 AND CHANGING IN SRILA PRABHUPADA'S SANSKRIT

1982:
“Comparing each verse in the book with the text of the manuscript, I made only those changes that to me seemed worthwhile. I tried to be conservative and not make needless changes.” (Jayadvaita Swami, letter to senior devotees, October 25, 1982)

1986:
“As you know, and as we kept in mind while doing the work, Srila Prabhupada staunchly opposed needless changes.” (Jayadvaita Swami, Letter to Amogha Lila, 1986)
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WHY IS BBTi HIDING THE NAME OF THE EDITORS.

TAKING CREDIT WHERE CREDIT’S DUE
(BY RUPANUGA DAS, ACBSP)

The revised and enlarged edition of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is (BGAII), as published by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) 1983, disregards the academic community’s protocols or standards governing the revised editions of the books. According to the guidelines now widely accepted and practiced by publishers and academicians, the names of editors and co-authors of such newly revised editions are to be included along with dates. 
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SRILA PRABHUPADA QUOTES


Prabhupada: "There is a verse in Srimad-Bhagavatam that a book or poetry in which the Holy Name of Krishna is depicted, such language is revolutionary in the matter of purifying the material atmosphere. Even though such literature is presented in broken language or grammatical inconsistency or rhetorical irregularity, still, those who are saintly persons adore such literature. They hear such literature, and chant it and adore it, simply because the Supreme Lord is being glorified in this literature. In other words, we are not meant for presenting any literary masterpieces,
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THE DEFINITIVE ENGLISH EDITION OF BHAGAVAD-GITA.
BBTI removes Professor Dimmock from Bhagavad-gita

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Prabhupada: He has mistaken in so many ways. (Sanskrit) Just like our… Not Pradyumna. If somebody has boils all over the body, then where it will be operated? Better kill this body. (laughing) So he has got so many boils, this Hegel and Segel, all, because they are speculators. They have no definite knowledge. Speculators cannot have definite knowledge. Therefore our Professor Dimmock has said, “Here is definite definition of Gītā.” What is that? Just see. Then it is so. He has appreciated it. You cannot see, of the…
Devotee: They only put two lines of what he said in there. He says this…
Prabhupāda: Yes. That is his word.
Devotee: Oh.
Prabhupada: Read it all.
Devotee: “Definitive English edition of Bhagavad-gītā. By bringing us a new and living interpretation of the text already known to many, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda has increased our own understanding manyfold.”
Prabhupada: That is a definite, not vague, speculative. That is the difference between my translation and others. Therefore I have given the name “As It Is.” So we will be no spoke or speculation. As soon as you speculate, you are rejected. Therefore others are seeing some danger that “This Bhaktivedanta’s…, this Bhagavad-gita As It Is accepted, then where we are?”   READ MORE


Jayadvaita Swami has authorised KBI in a mood of cooperation

Ravindra Svarupa (accidentally) criticises
the changing of Srimad Bhagavatam

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Recently BBT International (BBTI) and Jayadvaita Swami have been making public announcements about the importance of devotees buying books from the BBT exclusively. In this way they are indirectly saying that devotees should not buy books from Krishna Books Inc. (KBI) who distributes Srila Prabhupada’s original, pre-1978, books. To substantiate their claim they refer to a letter from Srila Prabhupada saying that all centers should buy from the BBT.
There are several problems with the statements of BBTI and Jayadvaita Swami.
First of all BBT and BBT International (BBTI) are not identical. To make such a claim, or to try to give that impression, is to deceive the devotees. BBT International and Jayadvaita Swami have been actively engaging in this act of deception from the inception of BBTI, and most devotees in ISKCON have accepted their claims blindly. But there is a difference between BBT and BBTI.  Read more


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​​In a lecture (date unknown) on Srimad Bhagavatam (1.1.1), Ravindra Svarupa Prabhu compares Srila Prabhupada's 1962 purport with the edited purport. The edited version is full of mistakes in his opinion. His lack of diplomacy suggests the lecture was given before the book editing became a hot topic. He says: 
"I want you to look at this because again you see where Prabhupada's original is superior to the edited version...." 
"That's lost in editing for some reason....I don't know why they left all that out. I can't figure that out. Because it struck me as weird...." 
"I just want you to notice in the original, that Prabhupada uses the phrase "big brain" or "best brain" all throughout this purport which the editors changed to intelligence, but actually Prabhupada uses it to some purpose here." 
The above comments appear between 5 minutes 50 seconds and 9 minutes 20 seconds of ​the audio. 


Srila Prabhupada said that we should not edit his lectures.
Either we should publish the whole lecture, or none of it.

BBTI don't seem to understand, that Srila Prabhupada didn't want post samadhi editing of his books, and they don't seem to care about his divine grace's instructions not to change his audio lectures either.
See examples here: Changes to SP lectures 

   BBT VS BBTi
BBTi claims, that Srila Prabhupada is not the author of his books but only a hired scribe.

Srila Prabhupada established the BBT in May 5th 1972 to secure that his books be printet and distributed widely around the world. In 1988 eleven years after Srila Prabhupada left us, BBTI was started, and the BBT  was left as an emty shell as far as publishing and distribution is conserned. Please notice the small difference in the name (”international” or an ”I” added.) There is however a gulf of difference judicial and practically. BBTI is not bound by, and do not follow all, the rules Srila Prabhupada made for his BBT.

 Many devotees don’t even know, there is such a thing a BBTI, because it seems the BBTI aren’t to out spoken about it. You still see BBT on the books and other publications, and BBTI can be difficult or impossible to find. What’s worse is, that BBTI is largely changing Srila Prabhupadas books, without ever having been given any authorization from Srila Prabhupada. BBT still hold the copy rights to Srila Prabhupada’s original books, even though BBTI tried to infringe them, but quess who own the copy rigths for the changed books - right BBTI. And the funds you might ask are they going to BBT? Are they used as Srila Prabhupada wanted it 50% for constructing temples and 50% printing book?  No! The founds are all funneled to another organisation called 
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Windows to the spiritual world removed from
Srila Prabhupada's books

Changes to
​Caitanya caritamrita

Srila Prabhupada gave a lot of value to the pictures in his books, he called them windows to the spiritual world. Prabhupada, of course, understood that people in Kali-Yoga is not so philosophically inclined, but everybody can understand a picture. As it is said: " a picture is worth a thousand words. These transcendental windows are now being broken and removed. Read more
Two Editions of TLC Compared
The 1968 edition of the Teachings of Lord Caitanya (TLC) was last printed by BBT in 1972. Its content and words are substantially different from the 1974 BBT (USA) edition and subsequent revisions. Over 100 pages of the 1968 first printing and the 1974 edition were compared. Nearly 12,000 words were deleted from one third of the first edition, the equivalent of 24 full pages of text. At this rate, the total number of deleted words for the entire book is estimated at 33,000, the equivalent of 66 full pages of text missing from a book 310 pages long. Read more

BBT Bombay want to burn Srila Prabhupada’s Books!

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Please note that BBT India is trying very hard (at the present moment) to completely destroy Srila Prabhupada’s original Books.
Bombay BBT filed a new copyright infringement lawsuit in India and had KBI’s associate Jitarati Prabhu’s beautiful Srimad Bhagwatam 5,000 boxed sets blocked from delivery to him at the printer’s warehouse. All the BBT trustees are involved in the law suit, untruthfully claiming that there is no legality to the printing. They are holding the already printed books hostage. Who knows for how long? BBT India has further applied to the court that the printed books should be destroyed.. Read more

Srila Prabhupada says that the GBC will become sudras if they are not responsible
Are they responsible when Srila Prabhupada's books to be changed under their leadership?

 Therefore we have created these GBC. So they should be very responsible men. Otherwise, they will be punished. They will be punished to become a śūdra.Although Yamarāja is a GBC, but he made a little mistake. He was punished to become a śūdra. So those who are GBC's, they should be very, very careful to administer the business of ISKCON. Otherwise they will be punished. As the post is very great, similarly, the punishment is also very great. That is the difficulty. You can see from this example, Vidura. He was immediately punished. He did little mistake. Because the ṛṣis, the munis, they will curse.  
Prabhupada Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture 1.13.15 in Geneva on June 4, 1974​
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Jayadvaita Swami is disturbed that we are chanting "Jay Prabhupada!"
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"The God says that 'Here is injustice, so you should fight.' God says that. God never says that 'I am God, Krishna. I am your friend. You sit down idly and I shall do everything.' He never said that. He said that 'You must fight.' That is our duty. Not that God has given us hands and legs and you sit down idly and let God do it. This is not devotion."
(Srila Prabhupada Lecture, October 5, 1975)

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Many people just go with the flow, we have been told for many years, that we should just follow authorities, and that's a good sastric instruction, however sometimes authorities are wrong, as we've seen with the zonal acaryas, children being abused etc. and now the bookchange. When that happens, it is the duty of all followers of Srila Prabhupada to stand up and protect Srila Prabhupada's legacy. Srila Prabhupada states in B.g 4.34 P: " both blind following and absurd inquiries are condemned." 
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VAISESIKA PRABHU DISTRIBUTING ORIGINAL B.G FROM KBI 

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BHAKTI RAGHAVA SWAMI DISTRIBUTES ORIGINAL BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS


Ramesvara prabhu explains how Srila Prabhupada
responded to changing the pictures in his books


The angriest I ever saw Srila Prabhupada
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I did not write these books, Krsna wrote these books


Sankarsana prabhu agrees BBTI went to far

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