Archive for the ‘Changes’ Category

Jayadvaita Can Not Understand — So He Changes It…

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...
July 10th, 2010 | Changes | 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

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

108 ISKCON Bhagavad Gita Changes

108 ISKCON Bhagavad Gita Changes
It’s well known among ISKCON devotees that the new “Revised and Enlarged” version of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is is very different from Srila Prabhupada’s original book. Jayadvaita Swami says in a note in the new revised & enlarged version (1983 printing): “…the...
March 8th, 1999 | Changes, Featured 2 | Read More

Examples of ISKCON’s Bhagavad Gita Changes

Examples of ISKCON’s Bhagavad Gita Changes
Bhagavad-gita As It Is Changes “Too much editing is not required. If Satsvarupa has already edited it, there is no need of further editing.” (Letter from Srila Prabhupada to Rayarama 21-Dec-67, on Bhagavad Gita editing) “Consequently, Srila Vyasadeva is ...
May 30th, 2000 | Changes, Featured 2 | Read More

ISKCON Perfect Questions Perfect Answers Book Changes

ISKCON Perfect Questions Perfect Answers Book Changes
ISKCON published a new version of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s book, Perfect Questions, Perfect Answers in 1993. It is a transcript of a conversation which took place in Mayapur, West Bengal, in 1972 with a Peace-Corps worker, Bob Cohen. The original edition was more or...
August 29th, 1999 | Changes | Read More

Bhagavad Gita Changes — Complete List

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

Caitanya-caritamrta Changes — Full List

Caitanya-caritamrta Changes — Full List
A complete comparison of the 1975 original edition of Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Caitanya-caritamrta with the new ISKCON/BBT revised edition highlighting all the changes. All changes are highlighted in the following pages. This comparison is based on the original & revised versions as they are...
August 29th, 2005 | Changes | Read More

BBT Krsna Book Changes Analysis

BBT Krsna Book Changes Analysis
These are the results and conclusions of an in-depth examination on the modifications in the revised book “Krishna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead”, also known as “Krishna-book”. Due to the expensive kind of the examination, only four chapters have been analyzed, viz. the...
February 17th, 1999 | Changes | Read More