Original versus edited books
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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
Room Conversation with Professor Francois Chenique Aug. 5, 1976
Location: New Māyāpur
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
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
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
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
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
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
BBT VS BBTi
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Windows to the spiritual world removed from
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Changes to
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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-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
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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
Prabhupada Srimad-Bhagavatam lecture 1.13.15 in Geneva on June 4, 1974
Jayadvaita Swami is disturbed that we are chanting "Jay Prabhupada!"
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You Must Fight!
"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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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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Ramesvara prabhu explains how Srila Prabhupada
responded to changing the pictures in his books
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I did not write these books, Krsna wrote these books
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