Articles By: Rupanuga das (HDGACBSP 1966)

Srila Prabhupada’s Free Press

Srila Prabhupada’s Free Press
May 27, 2010 — JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, USA — An intelligent person who wants to learn what Srila Prabhupada has to say in his Bhagavad-gita As It Is will immediately note the sub-heading, “Enlarged and Revised”, which appears in the 1983 version. That phrase, “enlarged and revised”,...
May 27th, 2010 | Articles | Read More

Prabhupada Direct

Prabhupada Direct
Mar 21, FLORIDA, USA — The primary test of a devotee’s speech or behavior is whether he/she is being a transparent medium for Srila Prabhupada, i.e., exactly in the disciplic succession. But, buyer beware! It is said that one must know something about gold before purchasing it in the marketplace....
May 21st, 2010 | Articles | Read More

Original or Revised Bhagavad-gita — It’s Your Call

Original or Revised Bhagavad-gita — It’s Your Call
Feb 19, FLORIDA, USA (SUN) — Part I One way to consider whether the revisions published in the 1983 version of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is were necessary is to make a side-by-side comparison of those revisions with the first edition text as published by Macmillan Co. in 1972. It was that text...
February 19th, 2010 | Changes | Read More

Where Angels Fear to Tread

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

A Scientific Method for Evaluating Editorial Changes to Srila Prabhupada’s Books

A Scientific Method for Evaluating Editorial Changes to Srila Prabhupada’s Books
“Our editing is to correct grammatical and spelling errors only, without interpolation of style or philosophy.”  (Letter to Rupanuga, 2/17/70)  Previous evaluations of the editorial changes focused on descriptions of the changes and references to pre-publication drafts rather than...
September 25th, 2008 | Changes | Read More