Archive for Category: "BBT"
Please Explain, Jayadvaita Swami, Dravida Prabhu & Company
Dear Jayadvaita Swami, Dravida Prabhu & Company, please explain why you have done the following: (1) Why is it in the revised edition of the Bhagavad-gita, you and company have completely removed the foreword by Professor Edward Dimock that was printed in the original Macmillan version of the Bhagavad-gita As It Is which Srila Prabhupada [...]
Jayadvaita Can Not Understand — So He Changes It…
In a paper called “The Revision of Bhagavad-gita As It Is: Answers to a Courteous Inquiry” regarding Bhagavad-Gita 2.1, Jayadvaita Swami says: “Have you ever had to explain the last sentence of this purport? ‘This realization is made possible by working with the fruitive being situated in the fixed conception of the self.’ It’s just [...]
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 opposed to correction of a limited [...]
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 and members were present. The presentation was well received [...]
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. The editors of Chicago “urge a spare, down style” in the field of religion, [...]
Jayadvaita Swami attacks Madhudvisa dasa
The following is a description of Jayadvaita Swami demanding a private meeting with me at the in March of 2004 at the annual ISKCON Mayapur Festival at Sridharma Mayapur, West Bengal, India, and what happened, “behind closed doors…” In 2004 I attended the Mayapur Festival for the first time in many years in 2004 as [...]
An Open Letter to the BBT on ISKCON Book Changes
Subject: An Open Letter to the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Date: Sun, 08 Mar 1998 12:17:23 GMT Dear BBT Trustees, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! “This movement is being supported just by literature. So in this way we can flood the whole world with Krsna consciousness and then there’ll be a [...]
Is ISKCON Editing or Changing Prabhupada’s Books?
“Too much editing is not required. If Satsvarupa has already edited it, there is no need of further editing.” (Srila Prabhupada’s Letter to Rayarama 21-Dec-67) “To my knowledge, Srila Prabhupada never asked us to re-edit the book.” (Jayadvaita Swami) Some Statistics: 496 out 625 Purports have been changed; 483 out 653 Translations have been changed. [...]
Letters to the BBT on Book Changes
Letters to and from the BBT – Part 1 (Bhaktivedanta Archives) Date: 4.4.1997 From: H. N. To: Dulal Chandra (Bhaktivedanta Archives) Subject: What kind of VedaBase is THIS?!? Dear Dulal Chandra, My name is H. N. and my address is… I’ve ordered the Bhaktivedanta Vedabase in December 1996 and happily received it a few [...]
Who Authorized ISKCON’s Bhagavad Gita Changes?
Subject: Gita revisions Sunday, April 14. 1996 9.05 p.m. Pacific Standard Time[usa] Dvadasi Dear Dravida dasa Please accept my humble obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada. “… A pure devotee always engages in the service of the Lord, taking shelter of His lotus feet, and therefore he has a direct connection with the saffron-mercy particles [...]