Changes to the Books

Question Mark Over the Revised Books One is a book that Srila Prabhupada might have approved of or he also may not have approved of. There is a large question mark hovering over this one, and we will never know the answer. But we are 100% sure that [the original edition] is authorized. More

Where Angels Fear to Tread There is no evidence indicating that [Srila Prabhupada] ordered extensive revisions for the next printing. As the current chief editor wrote; "To my knowledge, Srila Prabhupada never asked us to re-edit the book." ( letter to Amogha Lila, July, 1986) More

Return to the Hare Krishna Movement As you know, I left the society of devotees in 1978, shortly after your departure because of profound philosophical confusion, and because I still had some material desires. But I promised you, I promised myself, that I would return when I was 50 to again take up this great mission of yours. I have since returned into the society of devotees, to fulfill the promise I made, and am writing to inform you of the changes I have witnessed since my return to this once glorious Hare Krishna Movement. More

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

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

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

In Response to Dharini Dasi: Capitalization Changes 1. These are Srila Prabhupada's books; 2. Srila Prabhupada stipulated that He wanted pronouns relating to Krsna to be CAPITALIZED in HIS books! (written in the English language). That should finish whatever "discussion," and in essense, there should not be any discussion since Srila Prabhupada, the author, Himself stipulated what He wanted. More

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Publishing Rules for Dummies One should not overlook the fact that whatever went to print with Srila Prabhupada's clear stamp of approval, was "BLESSED" by Him which means "BLESSED" by Lord Krishna. Whatever mistakes are present, the "mistaken" version is BLESSED, and there is no reason to believe that the changed version is equally as blessed... More

Srila Prabhupada Did Not Make Mistakes We challenge you to show us the blank cheque from Prabhupada. Never mind all your reasons and explanations. It doesn't matter why you are changing the books: you have given so many justifications, including even "restoring" the books to the original words dictated by Srila Prabhupada, but it's not about WHY. What we need to see is Srila Prabhupada's authorization, plain and simple. Srila Prabhupada's instruction to you can be the only legitimate, satisfactory justification. More

BBT Misleads Devotees with Changed Books I am inspired to submit a short statement about the new CC's [Chaitanya- charitamritas] just as an alert to devotees who want to buy or distribute them. I recently purchased the new 9 vol. compact set of CC's from BBT. I received them yesterday and am unhappily returning them. More

Arsha-Prayoga - Part IV To justify their actions, the BBT editors created the illusion that Srila Prabhupada's books were defective and in need of extensive editing even though they knew His Divine Grace had never authorized anyone to revise his books after his disappearance. More

Arsha-Prayoga - The Case Against Changing Prabhupada's Books They are therefore responsible for propagating a most offensive mentality throughout ISKCON that has diminished the stature of the founder acarya and undermined his authority within the institution he himself founded. More

It can Purify the Whole Human Society A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society. My Guru Maharaja, when he was selecting articles to be published in The Harmonist ... More

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Revisions to Srila Prabhupada's Books Documented Jayadvaita Swami's revisions are slipped quietly, seamlessly and insidiously into Srila Prabhupada's books so that unaware and unsuspecting readers will believe these are the words of Srila Prabhupada. The result is poison. 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

Arsha-Prayoga - Part II We challenge the BBT managers and their editors to produce a single letter from any recognized scholar agreeing with them that Srila Prabhupada's original books were full of mistakes and had to be revised for his message to be properly understood. More

Arsha-Prayoga - Resistance to Change As will be seen from the letters and conversations cited in this article, Srila Prabhupada would finally insist on an "absolutely no change" policy based on the principle of arsha prayoga. More

Srila Prabhupada On Changes to His Books Excerpts from Conversations with Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, and Chaitanya-charitamrita More

Grammatical Mistakes "These are descriptions of Lord Krishna by a pure devotee," replied Nimai. "If anyone finds any mistake, then he is a sinful offender..." More

Query Re the Books Whoever picks up Srila Prabhupada's books, expecting that whatever is printed on the page is what Srila Prabhupada said can no longer be certain of that. ISKCON-BBTI are printing and distributing these books as if they are the same thing, as good as, or even "new and improved" and in this way defrauding the devotees and the public. More

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Changes to the Books