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no changes post samadhi.Srila Prabhupada comments on his Mac 1972 Bhagavad Gita As It Is
"Why you are, I mean to say, killing others and yourself by interpreting Bhagavad-gītā?" Srila Prabhupada...."So if you read Bhagavad-gītā as it is, that is mad-āśrayaḥ. But if you interpret Bhagavad-gītā according to your rascal imagination, that is not Bhagavad-gītā. READ MORE |
If you change.. that is not religionPrabhupāda: 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.
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Your instruction are uselessSrila Prabhupada: The question is the Old Testament, you say that there was the word "murder." Why you have changed? You accept Old Testament or reject? Satsvarupa: Accept the statement should be "murder." Prabhupada: But why it is "kill"? Pañcadravida: Wrong translation. Prabhupada: Wrong translation. Pañcadravida: Yes. Prabhupada: :They are fools, all set of fools. Useless. See one thing and write one thing. Then you are not perfect.
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Srila Prabhupāda: The question is the Old Testament, you say that there was the word "murder." Why you have changed? You accept Old Testament or reject? Satsvarūpa: Accept the statement should be "murder." Prabhupāda: But why it is "kill"? Pañcadraviḍa: Wrong translation. Prabhupāda: Wrong translation. Pañcadraviḍa: Yes. Prabhupāda: :They are fools, all set of fools. Useless. See one thing and write one thing. Then you are not perfect. Bhrama pramāda. You commit mistake. Therefore your instruction is useless, useless. Because you commit mistake, therefore your instruction is useless. And that actually they are doing. As it is suitable, they are changing the words of Bible. They are useless. Things which are changeable, that cannot be accepted as scripture. Scriptural injunction means you cannot change. Just like we accept the Vedic scripture but don't change it. That example I have given many times. Because Lord Buddha wanted to change Vedic literature, therefore he is rejected. Although Lord Buddha is so... We worship him as incarnation of..., but he was rejected. You cannot change. Immediately you are rejected Morning Walk -- April 22, 1974, Hyderabad
Latest GBC change. It's now five regulative principles
New GBC resolution: You have to wow to follow the GBC and all other authorities when you get initiated. A question could be: What if the GBC/authorities are wrong (like the book changes), should we still follow, or break our wow?
See the video from: 1.02:40
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. Read more |
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? Read more |
ARSA-PRAYOGA
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WHEN NIMAI PANDIT (CAITANYA MAHAPRABHU) WAS REQUESTED TO EDIT HIS GURUS BOOK
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SRILA PRABHUPADA: "RASCAL EDITORS"
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Ridiculously many changes to
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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.. Read more |
SRILA PRABHUPADA QUOTES:
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 ). . Read more |
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... READ MORE |
JAYADVAITA SWAMI CONTRADICTS HIMSELF.
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THE DEFINITIVE ENGLISH EDITION OF BHAGAVAD-GITA.
BBTI removes Professor Dimmock from Bhagavad-gita
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
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
Our GBC and BBTI members are at last taking action against the change disease.
But it is still to be seen if it is a big scam
(Posted by Ramesvara prabhu) . Hare Krsna. Pamho. AGTSP!
At last- some real hope to shut down future and some past posthumous editing!
Dialogue on Editing Srila Prabhupada’s Books
At ISKCON Washington, DC
September 20-22, 2019
Participants: Brahma Muhurta Dasa, Dravida Dasa, Garuda Dasa, Kalachandji Dasa, Naresvara Dasa, Nrsimhananda Dasa, Radhika Ramana Dasa, Urmila Devi Dasi
Facilitators: Brahma Tirtha Dasa, Vraja Vihari Dasa
Srila Prabhupada wrote to Malati Devi Dasi on January 7, 1974:
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At last- some real hope to shut down future and some past posthumous editing!
Dialogue on Editing Srila Prabhupada’s Books
At ISKCON Washington, DC
September 20-22, 2019
Participants: Brahma Muhurta Dasa, Dravida Dasa, Garuda Dasa, Kalachandji Dasa, Naresvara Dasa, Nrsimhananda Dasa, Radhika Ramana Dasa, Urmila Devi Dasi
Facilitators: Brahma Tirtha Dasa, Vraja Vihari Dasa
Srila Prabhupada wrote to Malati Devi Dasi on January 7, 1974:
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Jayadvaita Swami has authorised KBI in a mood of cooperation |
Ravindra Svarupa (accidentally) criticises
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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 |
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
See examples here: Changes to SP lectures
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HIS LIPS WERE TREMBLING IN ANGER
" . . . and Prabhupada was screaming at Mahadev and Abardhanandan(?) Swami, because they had taken a Stockholm lecture and adjusted it, because Mahadav thought it would be more easily received by the English students at the university, but, and he was screaming at them, "how dare he change his lecture and put it in writing like that. So he was very upset. And then, I think somebody was describing, his lips were trembling, he was so, you know, he was really angry." Parvati dasi (Video:Minutes 10:56 - 11:27) |
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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
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
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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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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What really happened to the
BBT court-case
What happened to the BBT Posted on March 29, 2013 Author: Hansadutta das Originally posted by Hansadutta das on August 1, 2010
.... BBTI is not the same as Prabhupada’s BBT. BBTI (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.) is a California corporation (non-profit) that was registered in 1988, in a deliberate attempt to bypass the legal trust.
Immediately thereafter, ISKCON GBC voted to assign the copyrights from BBT to BBTI. However, they had no legal authority to do so, because Prabhupada gave express instructions in the trust document that ISKCON was to have no jurisdiction over the trust.
But that’s not all… for years Ramesvara operated a shell as if it were the actual BBT – used ISKCON of America and later another ISKCON registered in California for which he applied to the local authorities for the dba (“doing business as” otherwise known as a fictitious business name) “Bhaktivedanta Book Trust”. For so many years he and the GBC bypassed Srila Prabhupada’s actual trust and trustees. READ MORE
.... BBTI is not the same as Prabhupada’s BBT. BBTI (Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc.) is a California corporation (non-profit) that was registered in 1988, in a deliberate attempt to bypass the legal trust.
Immediately thereafter, ISKCON GBC voted to assign the copyrights from BBT to BBTI. However, they had no legal authority to do so, because Prabhupada gave express instructions in the trust document that ISKCON was to have no jurisdiction over the trust.
But that’s not all… for years Ramesvara operated a shell as if it were the actual BBT – used ISKCON of America and later another ISKCON registered in California for which he applied to the local authorities for the dba (“doing business as” otherwise known as a fictitious business name) “Bhaktivedanta Book Trust”. For so many years he and the GBC bypassed Srila Prabhupada’s actual trust and trustees. READ MORE
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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-Yuga are 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. Please read the Ramesvara interview for a detailed insight into Srila Prabhupada's furious response, when BBT wanted to change the pictures Srila Prabhupada self instructed the painters to create, or Read more Windows to the spiritual world removed from
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Even the front cover, BBTI have changed so many times. The painting of Krsna and Arjuna standing on the floor, was the one Srila Prabhupada choose for all translations but BBTI stopped following Srila Prabhupada instructions long ago.
“And the covers, if possible, should always be the same for each respective book regardless of what language it may be printed in.” (Letter to Jadurani, Bombay, January 3, 1975) |
Changes to teachings of
Lord Caitanya and
Caitanya Caritamrita
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
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
JAYADVAITA SWAMI ADMITS THERE IS NO AUTHORIZATIONVyapaka Dasa: “Do you have explicit instructions from Srila Prabhupada authorizing you to make post-samadhi changes to his books?”
Jayadvaita Swami: “No.” (Published e-mail correspondence between Jayadvaita Swami og Vyapaka Dasa)
Govinda Dasi: “…Jayadvaita Maharaja has said that Srila Prabhupada did not specifically give him the permission to…”
Jayadvaita Swami: “I never got an explicit word from Srila Prabhupada to do this work at an explicit time.” (Conversation between Govinda Dasi and Jayadvaita Swami about the posthumous changes to Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita, Honolulu on Jan 19, 2003)
“To my knowledge, Srila Prabhupada never asked us to re-edit the book.” (Jayadvaita Swami’s Letter to Amogha Lila 1986)
“Dear Yasodanandana Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
In answer to your questions, I don’t have any original tape recording of any kind of Srila Prabhupada authorizing the editorial changes in the Gita. And despite scouring the GBC resolutions from 1979-83, I found no reference to the Bhagavad-gita whatsover. It seems the assignment of Jayadvaita Swami to perform that task was unpublished–at least I couldn’t find it in the GBC resolutions made widely available.
Hoping this meets you well, I remain
Your servant,
Dravida dasa [Editor for the BBT(I)]” (Letter from Dravida Dasa to Yasodanandana Dasa, Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 09:45:12 -0700)
So both Jayadvaita Swami and Dravida Dasa, who are the leading editors for the BBT International admits there is no instruction from Prabhupada to edit his Bhagavad-gita, As It Is (or any other of his books).
Jayadvaita Swami: “No.” (Published e-mail correspondence between Jayadvaita Swami og Vyapaka Dasa)
Govinda Dasi: “…Jayadvaita Maharaja has said that Srila Prabhupada did not specifically give him the permission to…”
Jayadvaita Swami: “I never got an explicit word from Srila Prabhupada to do this work at an explicit time.” (Conversation between Govinda Dasi and Jayadvaita Swami about the posthumous changes to Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita, Honolulu on Jan 19, 2003)
“To my knowledge, Srila Prabhupada never asked us to re-edit the book.” (Jayadvaita Swami’s Letter to Amogha Lila 1986)
“Dear Yasodanandana Prabhu,
Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!
In answer to your questions, I don’t have any original tape recording of any kind of Srila Prabhupada authorizing the editorial changes in the Gita. And despite scouring the GBC resolutions from 1979-83, I found no reference to the Bhagavad-gita whatsover. It seems the assignment of Jayadvaita Swami to perform that task was unpublished–at least I couldn’t find it in the GBC resolutions made widely available.
Hoping this meets you well, I remain
Your servant,
Dravida dasa [Editor for the BBT(I)]” (Letter from Dravida Dasa to Yasodanandana Dasa, Date: Wed, 24 Apr 1996 09:45:12 -0700)
So both Jayadvaita Swami and Dravida Dasa, who are the leading editors for the BBT International admits there is no instruction from Prabhupada to edit his Bhagavad-gita, As It Is (or any other of his books).
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
Prabhupada Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture 1.13.15 in Geneva on June 4, 1974
BBTI MAKES EXTREME CHANGES TO PERFECT QUESTIONS, PERFECT ANSWERS (22 PAGES DELETED
BY MADHUDVISA DASA (ORIGINALLY POSTED ON BOOKCHANGES.COM)
ISKCON published a new version of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s book, Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers in 1993. It is a transcript of a conversation which took place in Mayapur, West Bengal, in 1972 with a Peace-Corps worker, Bob Cohen.
Please read these changes completely as they give a very good insight into the types of things ISKCON and the BBT are deleting from Srila Prabhupada’s books. They have their own agenda and they want to change the philosophy that is presented in Srila Prabhupada’s books and by carefully studying the changes they are making you can gradually understand their demoniac agenda….
The original edition was more or less a transcript of the original conversation. It was edited, of course, to make the English clear and correct and to make it readable. But basically it remained a transcript of the original conversation.
The 1993 version changes all of this. The book is slashed from 99 pages to 77 pages! And the type is not even smaller! So much has been cut out. In one place four complete pages have been deleted!
All the text has been heavily edited and the whole mood of the book has been completely changed. We have not done anything below about the editing, we have just pointed out a few pieces of text (shown in bold) that have been completely deleted from the new edition.
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BY MADHUDVISA DASA (ORIGINALLY POSTED ON BOOKCHANGES.COM)
ISKCON published a new version of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s book, Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers in 1993. It is a transcript of a conversation which took place in Mayapur, West Bengal, in 1972 with a Peace-Corps worker, Bob Cohen.
Please read these changes completely as they give a very good insight into the types of things ISKCON and the BBT are deleting from Srila Prabhupada’s books. They have their own agenda and they want to change the philosophy that is presented in Srila Prabhupada’s books and by carefully studying the changes they are making you can gradually understand their demoniac agenda….
The original edition was more or less a transcript of the original conversation. It was edited, of course, to make the English clear and correct and to make it readable. But basically it remained a transcript of the original conversation.
The 1993 version changes all of this. The book is slashed from 99 pages to 77 pages! And the type is not even smaller! So much has been cut out. In one place four complete pages have been deleted!
All the text has been heavily edited and the whole mood of the book has been completely changed. We have not done anything below about the editing, we have just pointed out a few pieces of text (shown in bold) that have been completely deleted from the new edition.
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PROOF POSITIVE: AN APPEAL TO JAYADVAITA SWAMI FOR CLARIFICATION
by Ajit Krishna Dasa:
BY: THE ASSEMBLED DEVOTEES
Jul 22, 2014 — GLOBAL (SUN) — Let us first offer our obeisances to our Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namahAlso, let us extend our respects to H.H. Jayadvaita Swami. We pray he will understand the concerns expressed in this essay and not construe our presentation as something other than a quest for truth.
In a conversation with Govinda dasi in 2003 (see Appendix A), H.H. Jayadvaita Swami repeatedly denied that Srila Prabhupada saw the galley proofs for his 1972 MacMillan edition of Bhagavad-Gita, indicating there were mistakes Prabhupada would not have allowed, implying this is why the book needed re-editing.
Jayadvaita Swami stated:
“He [Srila Prabhupada] never saw the proofs in 1972.”
“No he did not.”
“Prabhupada didn’t see the galley proofs of the 1972 edition.”
“But he didn’t see the galley proofs for the 1972 one…”
“there was no opportunity to like send Prabhupada back and forth, like sending him the second chapter and getting it back and asking questions; it just didn’t happen.”
“I could tell you that some of the verses that some of the BBT staff questioned, Prabhupada would never have approved. I can say with confidence, Prabhupada would never have approved.”
“And the unabridged edition he really didn’t see in its preparation for its, um, pre-publication stages”
The above statements appear to be in stark contradiction to the following letter from Srila Prabhupada to Jayadvaita found in the Bhaktivedanta Vedabase (Prabhupada regularly referred to galley proofs as “blue-prints” – see Appendix B).
SP Letter to Jayadvaita- Los Angeles, May 28, 1972:
“My Dear Jayadvaita, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter dated May 26th, 1972, along with the blue-print copies of Bhagavad-gita As It Is from MacMillan Company. It is very nice. So I shall be looking forward to seeing the entire manuscript and book sometime around first July, 1972.”
After receiving the blue-print copies, Srila Prabhupada states “it is very nice”, gives no indication that he found any mistakes, and expresses anticipation to see the completed book. It would oppose reason to argue that the above letter does not indicate Srila Prabhupada’s approval of the blue-prints/galley proofs. In absence of evidence to the contrary, the May 28th letter proves that not only did Srila Prabhupada see and approve the blue-prints/galley proofs but that Jayadvaita himself sent them to His Divine Grace.
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BY: THE ASSEMBLED DEVOTEES
Jul 22, 2014 — GLOBAL (SUN) — Let us first offer our obeisances to our Spiritual Master, His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai sri-gurave namahAlso, let us extend our respects to H.H. Jayadvaita Swami. We pray he will understand the concerns expressed in this essay and not construe our presentation as something other than a quest for truth.
In a conversation with Govinda dasi in 2003 (see Appendix A), H.H. Jayadvaita Swami repeatedly denied that Srila Prabhupada saw the galley proofs for his 1972 MacMillan edition of Bhagavad-Gita, indicating there were mistakes Prabhupada would not have allowed, implying this is why the book needed re-editing.
Jayadvaita Swami stated:
“He [Srila Prabhupada] never saw the proofs in 1972.”
“No he did not.”
“Prabhupada didn’t see the galley proofs of the 1972 edition.”
“But he didn’t see the galley proofs for the 1972 one…”
“there was no opportunity to like send Prabhupada back and forth, like sending him the second chapter and getting it back and asking questions; it just didn’t happen.”
“I could tell you that some of the verses that some of the BBT staff questioned, Prabhupada would never have approved. I can say with confidence, Prabhupada would never have approved.”
“And the unabridged edition he really didn’t see in its preparation for its, um, pre-publication stages”
The above statements appear to be in stark contradiction to the following letter from Srila Prabhupada to Jayadvaita found in the Bhaktivedanta Vedabase (Prabhupada regularly referred to galley proofs as “blue-prints” – see Appendix B).
SP Letter to Jayadvaita- Los Angeles, May 28, 1972:
“My Dear Jayadvaita, Please accept my blessings. I have received your letter dated May 26th, 1972, along with the blue-print copies of Bhagavad-gita As It Is from MacMillan Company. It is very nice. So I shall be looking forward to seeing the entire manuscript and book sometime around first July, 1972.”
After receiving the blue-print copies, Srila Prabhupada states “it is very nice”, gives no indication that he found any mistakes, and expresses anticipation to see the completed book. It would oppose reason to argue that the above letter does not indicate Srila Prabhupada’s approval of the blue-prints/galley proofs. In absence of evidence to the contrary, the May 28th letter proves that not only did Srila Prabhupada see and approve the blue-prints/galley proofs but that Jayadvaita himself sent them to His Divine Grace.
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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)
"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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Caitanya Candra Dasa and I have long wondered, why Lord Krishna and Prabhupada, allow the leaders of Iskcon, to destroy Prabhupada's Original books, against his will? We have come to a logical positive conclusion: IT IS A WAY FOR KRISHNA AND PRABHUPADA to separate, the sheep from the Wolves in sheep's clothing. Devotees totally reveals themselves, who is trying to save Prabhupada's Original books, and who wants Prabhupada's Original books destroyed and do not allow, the original books, to enter into Prabhupada own temples again. So with the devotee's own actions, Krishna and Prabhupada, very easily, can see which devotees, that deserves to be taken back to Krishna Loka !!!
Written by Krsna Avatara prabhu.
The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality. (Dante)
Written by Krsna Avatara prabhu.
The hottest places in Hell are reserved for those who in time of moral crisis preserve their neutrality. (Dante)
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