HERE YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF BACKGROUND INFORMATION IN THE FORM OF ARTICLES AND ANALYSIS OF THE BOOKCHANGES
Sri Caitanya-caritamrta, Madhya-lila 5.90:
"A person who knows things as they are and still does not bear witness becomes involved in sinful activities.”
"A person who knows things as they are and still does not bear witness becomes involved in sinful activities.”
UNIVERSITY PROFFESORS AND OTHER AUTHORITIES ABOUT CHANGING POST-SAMADHI
Govinda Dasi has asked the 12 major universities (Harvard, Cambridge, Yale, etc.) about the consequences of the changes made to Srila Prabhupada's books. Here is a summery of the answers: BBTI books are considered substandard and non-authentic because of the haphazard and unprofessional manner in which they have been edited. The editors names, dates of edit, and number of edition MUST be displayed on the cover and/or title page. But this is only the tip of the iceberg.
The copyright laws have been so flagrantly violated by the BBTI, that it is quite likely they will soon no longer even have the copyrights to Srila Prabhupada's books. They will be placed in public domain due to the outrageous violations done by BBTI."
ARTICLE BY RUPANUGA PRABHU.
According to the current Chicago Manual of Style, if 20% of a first edition has been revised, it becomes a second edition -- not just a second printing -- requiring the date and names of the editors. Additionally, to quote from the Modern Language Association's Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing: "The publisher when planning a new edition of the work, may obtain revisions from a third party expert if the author refuses to make them or disagrees about their necessity... the contract... should provide that the original author and the revising author be given separate credits."
it won't be long according to present copyright law, about forty-five years, when the BGAII will be in the "public domain"
Initially, the BBT's 1983 edition included the phrase "revised and enlarged" in place of "complete edition" originally found beneath the title on the face page of the first or 1972 edition. Also the "Note On the 2nd Edition" was previously included in the revised edition, wherein the editors took credit for their work and explained their qualifications and purposes in rendering the revision, although they remained anonymous. But the editing continues, and the above items were edited out in later printings. The later printings also omitted Professor Dimock's Forward, although the same literary reviews as well as Srila Prabhupada's 1971 signature at the end of his Preface are carried over from the original 1972 edition to subsequent 1983 versions. Almost all of the illustrations from that 1st edition have been gradually eliminated or replaced and there are many changes and additions to the original text throughout the book. In other words, there is no doubt the 2nd edition meets the academic criteria for being genuinely designated as a new edition.
A reader of that revised edition might notice that there is no endorsement or acknowledgement by the original author, which is often found in such a scholarly publication. But such a reader would have no way of learning that the author, Srila Prabhupada, had passed away in 1977, since there is no such indication in a section "about the author", or other biographical information. The original first edition reviews from "some of the world's leading scholars" are reprinted in the second edition, explaining the special significance of the book and the outstanding qualifications of the author, as if he were still present and endorsing the revised edition.
The first edition, still in print, clearly states it to be licensed by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and "is a reproduction of the book first published by Collier Books and the Macmillan Company in 1972". This statement meets the standard protocols. Whereas the 1983 edition is now identified merely as a current printing of a "2nd edition", without noting it to be revised (or enlarged), yet still includes the 1972 copyright of the 1st edition. There is no mention of the editors who did the revision or that there ever was one.
it won't be long according to present copyright law, about forty-five years, when the BGAII will be in the "public domain"
Initially, the BBT's 1983 edition included the phrase "revised and enlarged" in place of "complete edition" originally found beneath the title on the face page of the first or 1972 edition. Also the "Note On the 2nd Edition" was previously included in the revised edition, wherein the editors took credit for their work and explained their qualifications and purposes in rendering the revision, although they remained anonymous. But the editing continues, and the above items were edited out in later printings. The later printings also omitted Professor Dimock's Forward, although the same literary reviews as well as Srila Prabhupada's 1971 signature at the end of his Preface are carried over from the original 1972 edition to subsequent 1983 versions. Almost all of the illustrations from that 1st edition have been gradually eliminated or replaced and there are many changes and additions to the original text throughout the book. In other words, there is no doubt the 2nd edition meets the academic criteria for being genuinely designated as a new edition.
A reader of that revised edition might notice that there is no endorsement or acknowledgement by the original author, which is often found in such a scholarly publication. But such a reader would have no way of learning that the author, Srila Prabhupada, had passed away in 1977, since there is no such indication in a section "about the author", or other biographical information. The original first edition reviews from "some of the world's leading scholars" are reprinted in the second edition, explaining the special significance of the book and the outstanding qualifications of the author, as if he were still present and endorsing the revised edition.
The first edition, still in print, clearly states it to be licensed by the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust and "is a reproduction of the book first published by Collier Books and the Macmillan Company in 1972". This statement meets the standard protocols. Whereas the 1983 edition is now identified merely as a current printing of a "2nd edition", without noting it to be revised (or enlarged), yet still includes the 1972 copyright of the 1st edition. There is no mention of the editors who did the revision or that there ever was one.
| CHANGES IN FOREWORD, PICTURES AND TEXT OF BHAGAVAD-GITA, AS IT IS |
| A SCIENTIFIC METHOD FOR EVALUATING EDITORIAL CHANGES TO SRILA PRABHUPDA'S BOOKS |
| PRABHUPADA SAID THE VERSES IN BHAGAVAD-GITA SHOULD REMAIN, AS THE WERE |
| RESTORING CONFIDENCE IN THE BBT |
| SELECTED QUOTES FROM PRABHUPDA ON AND IN RELATION TO EDITING |
| SERIES OF ARTICLES ABOUT ARSHA-PRAYOGA |
| CAN WE TRUST THE BBTI EDITORS? |