Change — The Western Disease
Prabhupada — September 21, 2009 at 5:36 amDon’t do this. Keep the old system strong, and if necessary repair it. Don’t change from this to that. That is your American disease. This is very serious that you always want to change everything. (Letter to Bhakta dasa, Nov 24, 1974)
There is no change. Therefore sastra means it is for all the time, not that sastra was meant in the past for something else, and now something else. That is not the...
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Prabhupada
Prabhupada on Editing Bhaktsiddhanta — Don’t
Kīrtanānanda: Why don’t you write some purports to that? (Srila Bhaktsiddhanta´s Sri Brahma Samhita)
Prabhupāda:...
Dec 1, 2007 12:22
Changes
108 ISKCON Bhagavad Gita Changes
It’s well known among ISKCON devotees that the new “Revised and Enlarged” version of Srila Prabhupada’s...
Mar 8, 1999 22:56
Testimonials
“Do Not Change My Words” — Prabhupada
Srila Prabhupada used to like to sit in his garden in Vrindavan especially in the mornings. He liked to hear his books read...
Jan 30, 1998 8:37
Manuscript
Closer to Manuscript? Not really…
The “defense” Jayadavaita Swami uses in justifying his changes to Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It...
Aug 31, 2009 4:05
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Change — The Western Disease
Don’t do this. Keep the old system strong, and if necessary repair it. Don’t change from this to that. That is your American disease. This is very serious that you always want to change everything. (Letter to Bhakta dasa, Nov 24, 1974)
There is no change. Therefore sastra means it is for...
September 21st, 2009 | Prabhupada | Read More
Bhagavad Gita Changes — Complete List
For the first time a complete computerized comparison of Srila Prabhuapda’s original 1972 Macmillan Bhagavad-gita As It Is and the current ISKCON “Revised and enlarged” edition is available. It is amazing, and surprising to see all the changes so clearly pointed out.
This is a side-by-side...
September 20th, 2009 | Changes | Read More
Srila Prabhupada on Editing His Books
[this is a "work in progress" I will add more quotes soon - Madhudvisa dasa]
The Principle is No Change:
“One should accept the instructions of the Supreme Personality of Godhead by bowing down at the lotus feet of the Lord. This means that anything spoken by the Personality of Godhead should be...
September 17th, 2009 | Featured 2, Prabhupada | Read More
History of the Bhagavad Gita Changes
Not all of Srila Prabhupada’s disciples share Jayadvaita’s and the formal GBC decisions to make so many changes to Srila Prabhupada’s books. We see a very real and holy sacredness in the books that Srila Prabhupada personally gave approval of and used in lectures for years.
I am not...
September 6th, 2009 | Testimonials | Read More
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Manuscript
Published for the first time. The manuscript of Bhagavad-gita As It Is.
This is the “original manuscript” referred to by Jayadvaita Swami which he uses to justify the BBT changes to Srila Prabhuapda’s Gita.
As I have noted elsewhere ISKCON’s New Gita Closer to the Manuscript? Not...
September 3rd, 2009 | Manuscript | Read More
Closer to Manuscript? Not really…
The “defense” Jayadavaita Swami uses in justifying his changes to Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is is “I have made it closer to the original manuscript…” This is not a good defense.
Just imagine if I write a book and find an editor I trust and and give him...
August 31st, 2009 | Manuscript | Read More
Where Angels Fear to Tread
The editors of the 1983 revised Gita did not believe that they actually interpolated philosophy or style.* Their idea was to improve both translations and purports by transposing and clarifying portions of old manuscripts, etc. existing prior to the one finally submitted to Macmillan in 1972....
February 15th, 2009 | Articles | Read More
Prabhupada on Editing Bhaktsiddhanta — Don’t
Kīrtanānanda: Why don’t you write some purports to that? (Srila Bhaktsiddhanta´s Sri Brahma Samhita)
Prabhupāda: Huh?
Kīrtanānanda: To Bhaktisiddhānta’s Brahma-samhitā. It would be nice if you would write some purports to it.
Prabhupāda: Purports?
Kīrtanānanda: Yes. Some of us...
December 1st, 2007 | Prabhupada | Read More
Restoring Confidence in the BBT
The attached .pdf file contains [Restoring Confidence in the BBT.pdf] a PowerPoint presentation which Madhudvisa dasa presented to the BBT trustees at their Vrindavan meeting during Kartik in 2007.
The meeting was chared by Brahma Muhurta Prabhu and Jayadvaita Swami and all other important BBT trustees...
October 15th, 2007 | Questions | Read More
Jayadvaita – Change “Hare Krishna” to “hare krishna”…
Dear jayadvaita swami,
Hare Krsna—or should I write “hare krsna”? I just received your letter recommending more changes. You write:
“Strong reasons can be advanced, however, for leaving aside our present standard in favor of extending “down style’ to all pronouns....
March 8th, 2006 | Articles | Read More
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Change — The Western Disease
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Bhagavad Gita Changes — Complete List
September 20, 2009 05:09
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Srila Prabhupada on Editing His Books
September 17, 2009 07:09
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History of the Bhagavad Gita Changes
September 6, 2009 10:09
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Bhagavad-gita As It Is Manuscript
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