Bhaktivedanta Book Trust

Prabhupada Book Distribution Marathon Lots of people got cases of Srila Prabhupada's books to distribute over the past week But I have realized a full case of books may be too much for some to distribute. More

BBT Statement on Annotating Srila Prabhupada's Books The ISKCON Governing Body Commission has recommended to the BBT trustees that we insert endnotes or appendices into Srila Prabhupada's books to explain statements Srila Prabhupada makes in Srimad-Bhagavatam ... More

Back to Godhead and the Creed of the United States Marines The Back to Godhead magazine needs to be revived. Its all important position as "Primary Weapon" in the arsenal of the samkirtan man or woman - simply cannot be overlooked - any more than a US Marine can overlook the importance of his rifle! More

The Authority of Srila Prabhupada and the Dictation of Lord Krishna At its core – this case – like all other aspects of ISKCON post 1977 – stems from the principle issue: WHOSE MISSION IS IT? WHO IS ACTUALLY the ACTUAL ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY UNDER THE BANNER OF ISKCON? More

Broken Trust: BBTI vs BBT The rule of Law was circumvented in any way possible to essentially STEAL THE COPYRIGHTS of Srila Prabhupada – ILLEGALLY CLAIM LEGAL CONVERSION OF THE ASSETS of the ORIGINAL TRUST – and NOW TODAY pass the BBTI off as THE ACTUAL BBT. More

Real money does exist At some point the fact that paper money is not money has to surface, and we see it happening now. More

BBT Legal Case Ends - Joint Announcement The agreement reaffirms the validity of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust formed by Srila Prabhupada on May 29, 1972. This was a legal California trust into which Srila Prabhupada conveyed the copyrights to his books. All sides agree that this trust is still legal and alive, and that it is the true owner of Srila Prabhupada's copyrights, as Srila Prabhupada desired. More

An open letter to the Members of the Governing Body Commission To start with Hansadutta did NOT file this lawsuit against the BBT-Int'l Inc. The BBT-Int'l Inc sued Hansadutta in Los Angeles Superior Court, and as part of his defense Hansadutta filed a "cross complaint" in his role as a lifelong trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust ("BBT") to protect the interests of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who placed his entire literary legacy in the BBT and wanted this trust to hold and administer his copyrights. More

Bhagavan Alleged to Take Side in BBT/BBTI Lawsuit The GBC resolutions this year clearly demonstrate the GBC's opinion that BBT International should be the owner of the copyrights. If Srila Prabhupada's money is being wasted in litigation, the reason is that Hansadutta et al. have hatched this diabolical scheme to take over the BBT copyrights and money, and to take the BBT outside of ISKCON. More

A Statement to All the Devotees To all the devotees and especially those involved on either side of the BBT/Hansadutta/BBT-I conflict, or officially speaking, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. ("BBT-I, Inc") and ISKCON of California, Inc. versus Hans Kary (Hansadutta) lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, California... More

Just What is Jayadvaita's Point? I went to Srila Prabhupada and suggested we reprint his original Bhagavatams for the pleasure of his devotees who liked the old Indian version. Before finishing my proposal, Srila Prabhupada admonished me, saying, "No, whatever Hayagriva has done is perfect, I have full faith in him as the editor of my books." More

Transformation Under Lockup Dear Srila Prabhupada: Thank you for bringing fortune in the unlikely place like prison. More

Got Books? Mostly the market literatures which attract men of the crow's categories are literatures containing refused remnants of sensuous topics. They are generally known as mundane talks in relation with the gross body and subtle mind. More

"My books will live forever" Early one morning in the late part of 1974, at Bhaktivedanta Manor, I was called to Srila Prabhupada's room. Prabhupada was sitting on his bed, I was sitting on the floor. He asked me if I would accept his appointing me to act as a BBT trustee. More

Hearing from the Realized Soul Yes, it will help to read Bhagavad-gita but to have to hear from the realized person. Without the help of guru, if you read independently, you may be misguided. More

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A Guarantee Nobody Can Beat If they simply appreciate "It is very nice," then in the next life, human life is guaranteed. In a very nice family. Simply if he appreciates... More

Day 2 GBC Meeting in Mayapur approves continued editing The following news tidbit comes to you from reports of the on-going GBC meetings at the Mayapur Festival 2007... More

GBC asked how they feel about book distribution The figures speak for themselves. Not good. One third of ISKCON's temples are distributing books. So what are the rest doing? We'd like to see a more detailed report, with temple sankirtan scores around the globe... More

Srila Prabhupada's Arrangement Stands Your statement "Well, let's see what Srila Prabhupada arranges" is just fictitious imagination. What Srila Prabhupada arranged STANDS. Nothing anyone can do or say can change this. Hansadutta is the Trustee for Srila Prabhupada. NO IFS ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT. Do you think Srila Prabhupada is going to "Pop out of a Pillar" and show us the Light and the Way - with Big Neon Lights "Hans is my Man"? More

Mistake After Mistake Prabhupada told us, very clearly and on a number of occasions, that one does not get justice in the courts. Hansadutta Prabhu wrote me a number of letters over the years confirming the same point, out of his personal experience fighting in the courts that there is no justice. More

Reconstituted Milk - Not Authentic But why does the BBT require to be "re-constituted"? What exactly do you mean by this? Do you mean change the trustees? Or do you mean perhaps something more than this? More

The Solution is to Print Books My feeling, and my suggestions to Hansadutta Prabhu also from the very beginning, was not to spend huge amounts of money in the courts but instead to spend the money on printing Prabhupada's original books. If you fight in the courts it should be to fight to justify printing the books that you have printed. But the BBT will not take you to court for this because they can not win. More

Legitimacy of the Quest at Question Answer me this one question—don't skip this question—"Do you accept Hansadutta Das AKA HANS KARY as the legitimate TRUSTEE - in the eyes of His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada - of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust - and in no way inimical to the beneficiary of the Trust, the International Society for Krsna Consciousness? Your answer is keenly important. I do not want legalese. It is first and foremost a spiritual question. More

Courting the BBT Prabhus, the BBT is authorized, the BBT trustee is authorized. Will you also now, like ISKCON, attempt to bypass the trustee and take it over? More

Lonely Warrior There is no one that I have met (aside from Nimai Pandit prabhu, and Mr. Chittur) who understand the trust issues of the BBT as clearly and closely as they do. The only difference is that we have taken years (and in my case) decades to understand the BBT's relevance to the continued printing of SP's books... More

ISKCON Long Island the Beneficiary Only ISKCON, Inc. as the exclusive beneficiary of BBT can step in. The first step is to ask for accounts and reports. That we did. Next step is to request CA Superior court to order the trustees to show accounts and reports to the officers of ISKCON, Inc. That is what we need to do now. More

BBT Doesn't Have to Prove Anything Prove to me - that the BBT has to "attack" the claims of the BBTI. I say that the BBTI MUST ATTACK THE CLAIM OF THE SRILA PRABHUPADA AND THE BBT. PROVE ME WRONG. More

In Support of Legal Action IF HOT AIR IS YOUR ONLY WORK PRODUCT AND DONATION TO SP'S BBT, THEN WHY BOTHER COMMENTING ON A FORUM THAT IS SWORN TO REVIVE THE ENTIRE BBT? More

BBTI is Already Broken The BBT must be fully endorsed and by hook or crook print up every book of Srila Prabhupada. No expense should be spared. Money will come. Visvakarma Prabhu has assured me that even 1 Trillion Dollars is NOTHING FOR KRSNA. I fully believe that. Fully. Let the BBTI spend money on attorneys - if they think it will help them. But rest assured, the men who hit the streets will not subsidize another boondoggle. More

Facing Srila Prabhupada If we consider everything from the perspective of having to enter Srila Prabhupada's room and explain our actions, what should be done appears a little clearer. More

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Barking Up the Tree While the Fox is in the Snare Raising $100,000 to pay lawyers would only be necessary IF THE MEN WHO STAND TO GO TO PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY CLAIMING TO HOLD TITLE TO THE STOLEN ASSENTS (THE COPYRIGHTS OF HDG) ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO CHALLENGE THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF SRILA PRABHUPADA'S BOOKS. MY own opinion, for what it is worth, is raise 1 million and then simply print all the books, and tell the Felons to find another gig!! More

Bulldozed Like the Kazakhstan Government who is now not only destroying the "private property" of the Kazak devotees and then going to oblige them to foot the bill for the costs incurred in the demolition - THE BBTI and ISKCON - obliged the BBT and its supporters to pay for the DEMOLITION of the SRILA PRABHUPADA'S TRUST and HIS TRUSTEE!! More

The Power of Prabhupada's Books About a week later I overheard a conversation between my mother and grandmother. Granny was saying that this was not some ordinary book. She said that what Prabhupada was saying about Jesus Christ and that Krishna was God. I was very surprised. She said that we should listen to what Prabhupada said and chant Hare Krishna because that was the religion for this age. There was a lot of talk about how Christianity was no more and no one was following the bible, but what Prabhupada said was pure and perfect. More

Angel with No Hair 'He was wonderful -- bright-faced, without hair, but with a pony-tail on the back of his head and a sign on his forehead. He was baptizing everybody!' More

New! Reprint of Srila Prabhupada's Original Bhagwatam now available The wonderful news is that a limited edition of exact replicas of those original Bhagavatam volumes Srila Prabhuapda carried with him from India to the United States in 1965 is now available. The book is presented in exactly the same way as Srila Prabhupada himself personally printed it. As hard-bound, cloth covered 6" x 9" volumes with the beautiful original color dust jacket Srila Prabhupada designed and had an artist paint for him. More

Krishna Books The books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada) are the most important contribution of this Krishna consciousness movement. More

Biographical Sketch of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada The Hare Krishna movement has been recently brought to the Western world by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the Hare Krishna movement. More

The Bhaktivedanta Purports It stands to reason that his books, in his absence, are now the two-way channel, transparent medium to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. Although apparently only a binding of paper and ink, we say they are spiritual. So how are they spiritual? More

Hansadutta das "The temples may fail, the devotees may fail, but my books will live forever."--London, September 1974 More

Reviews by Scholars Academicians and dignitaries worldwide appreciate the work of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada More

Leading Indian Scholars Leading Indian scholars review the works of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada More

Distinguished Western Scholars Leading Western scholars review the works of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada More

North America Standing Orders Partial list of institutions in North America (Canada and U.S.A.) that have placed standing orders More

Northern Europe Standing Orders Partial list of institutions in Northern Europe that have placed standing orders More

India Standing Orders Partial List of Institutions in India that have placed standing orders More

Back to the Beginning This leaves me no alternative than to rescind the settlement agreement and withdraw my resignation pursuant to which you were appointed trustees of the trust and I must reassert my position as trustee of the trust. More

The Spirit of Bhagavad-gita As It Is Of course there are many commentaries in English on the Bhagavad-gita, and one may question the necessity for another one. More

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His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada

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The Bhaktivedantas Inside Nam Hatta - BBT/