Comments on: 108 ISKCON Bhagavad Gita Changes

By: jagaddarta das

jagaddarta das — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 14:09:47 +0000

Jayadvaita Swami must be crazy. There is no other explanation to all of this. Madness pure!

By: Priya

Priya — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:39:49 +0000

All glories to Prabhupada- I am quite shocked that the original has been changed. I read the first quarter and now I think I need to get my hands on an original copy. Is the Krishna Book as it was or has that been edited too?

By: shriyash

shriyash — Sat, 15 May 2010 17:24:26 +0000

thanks for the information, i just bought the new and revised edition in the pune iskcon center. It ticks me off that there are so many unauthorized changes made to prabhupadas original work.
I will be on the lookout for the original unedited edition.

By: bhaktajarek

bhaktajarek — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 17:27:11 +0000

I do agree with you dear prabhu, 100% as well!Jay Srila Prabhupada!

By: avnish chauhan

avnish chauhan — Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:32:01 +0000

I agree with Madhudvisa dasa 100%, nothing can insist to any one to do the changes in Prbhupad’s words. infact when he has establised the temples in all over the world and preach the world with the same explanations. then why their is a need to change his word now? when iskcon is already blooming. I become a representative of a scientific world strictly oppose any kind of change in the Prabhupada’s text.

By: bhaktajarek

bhaktajarek — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 04:07:10 +0000

You are right Prabhu, the rascal changes are everywhere. So we can understand that using Srila Prabhupadas Lotus words we can understand that here in the material world “we are condemned”! Unfortunately Maya don’t let us to understand this basic fact, and just start to pray like a mad man for the mercy of the only One, who may help us here. But how to make our stone like heart crying for help? I can’t for so many years! I want to thank all the Great Prabhus who though humble and unrecognized, often misunderstood and bullied, are showing us what is the prise for getting pure mercy, which if not guarded like dearmost treasure, will be taken away from us by the evil people in dress of Vaishnavas.

By: MC Hampshire

MC Hampshire — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:19:38 +0000

I’ve just sat down wih my copy of the Bhagavad Gita and started to annotate the changes. While I think some are of little concern others are very concerning. The main issue I see is that ISKON are seen as the ‘authority’ who’s publications people will read in good faith and accept as accurate.

If changes are made with no record or reference to what and why then we’re risking allowing progressive, minor changes that in a few generations will be leagues away from those Prabhupada gave us.

Therefore I of course commend your good work in highlighting this matter your site. Prabhupada encouraged us to be scientific and intelligent in our study and your site helps us in that.

By: Anonymous_Fool

Anonymous_Fool — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 10:02:57 +0000

Even the ebooks available from krishna.com are tampered – I just checked and found that the first two changes quoted above have even been done in the ebook of Bhagavad Gita As It Is. I wonder if there is an untampered version of the ebook that I can read. Also, at this rate I suspect that the ebooks of Srimad Bhagavatam available from the same website are also tampered.
This is a big problem for those who read Srila Prabhupada’s books more in electronic than paper form. Thank You for pointing this out.

By: His and your servant

His and your servant — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:58:47 +0000

Somehow I’m beginning to feel all this will culminate in tens of thousands of changes and eventually people losing faith in what once was solid ISKCON.
I do not wish to be the prophet of doom for His Divine Grace, Srila Prabhupada, rather, I wish for this movement to never be abandoned by the mess we humans are.
However, I’m beginning to get worried, and unless we (yes, I’m pointing to myself as well), start doing something about this, about taking steps to reunite ISKCON as it was during the times of Srila Prabhupada, it’ll be a disappointing state of affairs.

I’m speaking without authority here, but whatever you do, everyone, remember what was said in the 4th chapter.

paritranaya sadhunam
vinasaya ca duskritam
dharma-samsthapanarthaya
sambhavami yuge yuge

“…
Such miscreants, or duskritam, are described as foolish and the lowest of mankind, even though they may be decorated with mundane education, whereas a person who is one hundred percent engaged in Krishna consciousness is accepted as a sadhu, even though such a person may be neither learned nor well cultured.
…”

I guess what we could pick up from that is, desipte everything, do _not_ forget to chant Krsna’s holy names. Keep on doing it, keep on doing it, and then, anta-kale ca mam eva smaran muktva kalevaram yah prayati sa mad-bhavam yati nasty atra samsayah.

By: Madhudvisa dasa

Madhudvisa dasa — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:56:58 +0000

Dear Harinama Prabhu

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

The obvious answer to this Prabhu is to read the Bhagavad-gita that Srila Prabhupada himself read personally and gave all his classes from and accepted and approved of and did not ask anyone to “Revise and Enlarge” it.

There is no question, Prabhupada’s original books are completely approved and authorized by Srila Prabhupada and completely potent. This is proven because they have made so many devotees of Krishna from people all over the world. If you make thousands of unauthorized changes the book is no longer authorized by Srila Prabhuapda and it may not carry the potency of the original book.

So please read Srila Prabhupada’s original Bhagavad-gita As It Is… You can read online at:

http://www.PrabhupadaBooks.com

and you can purchase at:

http://www.KrishnaStore.com

Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!

Your servant

Madhudvisa dasa