≻ Improving on the Finished Works of the Master
It is well known that Leonardo da Vinci worked on elaborate sketches and studies in the creation of his many inventions and works of art. Mona Lisa was no exception. But it would be preposterous to now take down the great masterpiece which hangs in the Louvre and strip it or otherwise paint over it so that it incorporates the piecemeal studies that preceded its completion on the pretext of making it “closer to Leonardo da Vinci”. More ≻ Jayadvaita's Smoke and Mirrors
The real world is quite different from Jayadvaita's imaginary world. Even though the Swami constantly says, "It's not true!" Srila Prabhupada and Hayagriva did work together for almost three months in 1967 editing Bhagavad-gita As It Is. More ≻ Krishna is a real person - Not a cartoon!
Re the Little Krishna animation series... I was present back in 1967, ’68 and ’69. Prabhupada was very disturbed when Rayarama das, head of the BTG publication, put a cartoon-like depiction of Krishna on the chariot on the cover of BTG. Prabhupada was emphatic, saying, “We cannot show Krishna in such a whimsical way.” More ≻ Tact, Foresight, & Insight
We can see why [Prabhupada] did not make Jayadwaita a Trustee: we end up with needless changes, or as Jayadwaita himself says "insignificant" changes. More ≻ BBTI Spends Vast Sums to Hide Court Documents
The latest news is that the Los Angeles Trial Court on July 30th, 2010 issued a minute Order stating that all files related to the case not in the court file are not under the court seal anyway, so those can be freely accessed. There will be a hearing on August 31st to find which documents need to remain under seal. The GBC/BBTI/ISKCON LA combo needs to come up with arguments why they need to keep certain documents hidden from public view and for what reasons. More ≻ What happened to the BBT
I owe it to Srila Prabhupada and to the devotees, to yourself, as having been appointed by Srila Prabhupada to act as trustee for life, to clarify what happened with the BBT. More ≻ Books are the Basis
We ourselves are not qualified scholars and unable to translate the Vedic literatures. It is obvious, therefore, that our contribution to our spiritual master or to the effort and mission of Lord Chaitanya is to publish what has been given to us by our spiritual master and to make a worldwide scheme for advertising, promoting and selling these books to the public. More ≻ Chaste to the Original
I also believe that to retain the true potency of the Hare Krishna Movement, we all need to be reading and distributing the same Bhagavad-gita, and offer obeisances to the same spiritual master, just as we all chant the same Mahamantra and worship the same Supreme Personality of Godhead. More ≻ Srimad-Bhagavatam — Sum and Substance of Vedic Literature
It is stated that Srimad-Bhagavatam is not only a superior literature but is the ripened fruit of all Vedic literatures. More ≻ BBTI vs ISKCON, Inc., California Court of Appeals Decision
California Court of Appeals hands down decision in BBTI v ISKCON, Inc, regarding motion to unseal the court record for BBTI & ISKCON vs Hans Kary, the BBTI lawsuit that was settled in 1998. More ≻ Do you mean what you say (subject to editing)?
Dear Jayadvaita Maharaja, In response to your "The Reluctantly Given License", posted up on the Sampradaya Sun December 25th, 2009, I’d like to point out a couple of anomalies. More ≻ 2009 BBT Art Seminar - Registration
The seminar offers devotee artists an opportunity to expand their skills and receive the specific training Srila Prabhupada gave to his BBT artists. More ≻ Prabhupada Book Distribution Marathon
Lots of people got cases of Srila Prabhupada's books to distribute
over the past week But I have realized a full case of books may be
too much for some to distribute. More≻ BBT Statement on Annotating Srila Prabhupada's Books The ISKCON Governing Body Commission has recommended to the BBT trustees that we insert endnotes or appendices into Srila Prabhupada's books to explain statements Srila Prabhupada makes in Srimad-Bhagavatam ... More ≻ Back to Godhead and the Creed of the United States Marines The Back to Godhead magazine needs to be revived. Its all important position as "Primary Weapon" in the arsenal of the samkirtan man or woman - simply cannot be overlooked - any more than a US Marine can overlook the importance of his rifle! More≻ The Authority of Srila Prabhupada and the Dictation of Lord Krishna At its core – this case – like all other aspects of ISKCON post 1977 – stems from the principle issue: WHOSE MISSION IS IT? WHO IS ACTUALLY the ACTUAL ABSOLUTE AUTHORITY UNDER THE BANNER OF ISKCON? More≻ Broken Trust: BBTI vs BBT The rule of Law was circumvented in any way possible to essentially STEAL THE COPYRIGHTS of Srila Prabhupada – ILLEGALLY CLAIM LEGAL CONVERSION OF THE ASSETS of the ORIGINAL TRUST – and NOW TODAY pass the BBTI off as THE ACTUAL BBT. More≻ Real money does exist At some point the fact that paper money is not money has to surface, and we see it happening now. More≻ BBT Legal Case Ends - Joint Announcement The agreement reaffirms the validity of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust formed by Srila Prabhupada on May 29, 1972. This was a legal California trust into which Srila Prabhupada conveyed the copyrights to his books. All sides agree that this trust is still legal and alive, and that it is the true owner of Srila Prabhupada's copyrights, as Srila Prabhupada desired. More
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≻ An open letter to the Members of the Governing Body Commission To start with Hansadutta did NOT file this lawsuit against the BBT-Int'l Inc. The BBT-Int'l Inc sued Hansadutta in Los Angeles Superior Court, and as part of his defense Hansadutta filed a "cross complaint" in his role as a lifelong trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust ("BBT") to protect the interests of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada who placed his entire literary legacy in the BBT and wanted this trust to hold and administer his copyrights. More≻ Bhagavan Alleged to Take Side in BBT/BBTI Lawsuit The GBC resolutions this year clearly demonstrate the GBC's opinion that BBT International should be the owner of the copyrights. If Srila Prabhupada's money is being wasted in litigation, the reason is that Hansadutta et al. have hatched this diabolical scheme to take over the BBT copyrights and money, and to take the BBT outside of ISKCON. More≻ A Statement to All the Devotees To all the devotees and especially those involved on either side of the BBT/Hansadutta/BBT-I conflict, or officially speaking, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International, Inc. ("BBT-I, Inc") and ISKCON of California, Inc. versus Hans Kary (Hansadutta) lawsuit filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, California... More≻ Just What is Jayadvaita's Point? I went to Srila Prabhupada and suggested we reprint his original Bhagavatams for the pleasure of his devotees who liked the old Indian version. Before finishing my proposal, Srila Prabhupada admonished me, saying, "No, whatever Hayagriva has done is perfect, I have full faith in him as the editor of my books." More≻ Transformation Under Lockup Dear Srila Prabhupada: Thank you for bringing fortune in the unlikely place like prison. More≻ Got Books? Mostly the market literatures which attract men of the crow's categories are literatures containing refused remnants of sensuous topics. They are generally known as mundane talks in relation with the gross body and subtle mind. More≻ "My books will live forever" Early one morning in the late part of 1974, at Bhaktivedanta Manor, I was called to Srila Prabhupada's room. Prabhupada was sitting on his bed, I was sitting on the floor. He asked me if I would accept his appointing me to act as a BBT trustee. More≻ Hearing from the
Realized Soul Yes, it will help to read Bhagavad-gita but to have
to hear
from the realized person. Without the help of guru, if you read
independently, you may be misguided. More ≻ A
Guarantee Nobody Can Beat If they simply
appreciate "It is very nice," then in the next life, human life is
guaranteed. In a very nice family. Simply if he appreciates... More
≻ Day 2 GBC
Meeting in Mayapur approves continued editing The following news
tidbit comes to you from reports of the on-going GBC meetings at the
Mayapur Festival 2007... More
≻ GBC asked how they feel
about book distribution The figures speak for
themselves. Not good. One third of ISKCON's temples are distributing
books. So what are the rest doing? We'd like to see a more detailed
report, with temple sankirtan scores around the globe... More≻ Srila
Prabhupada's Arrangement Stands
Your
statement "Well, let's see what Srila Prabhupada arranges" is just
fictitious imagination. What Srila Prabhupada arranged STANDS. Nothing
anyone can do or say can change this. Hansadutta is the Trustee for
Srila Prabhupada. NO IFS ANDS OR BUTS ABOUT IT. Do you think Srila
Prabhupada is going to "Pop out of a Pillar" and show us the Light and
the Way - with Big Neon Lights "Hans is my Man"? More
≻ Mistake After
Mistake
Prabhupada
told us, very clearly and on a number of occasions, that one does not
get justice in the courts. Hansadutta Prabhu wrote me a number of
letters over the years confirming the same point, out of his personal
experience fighting in the courts that there is no justice. More
≻ Reconstituted
Milk - Not Authentic
But
why does the BBT require to be "re-constituted"? What exactly do you
mean by this? Do you mean change the trustees? Or do you mean perhaps
something more than this? More≻ The Solution is to
Print Books
My
feeling, and my suggestions to Hansadutta Prabhu also from the very
beginning, was not to spend huge amounts of money in the courts but
instead to spend the money on printing Prabhupada's original books. If
you fight in the courts it should be to fight to justify printing the
books that you have printed. But the BBT will not take you to court for
this because they can not win. More
≻ Legitimacy of the
Quest at Question
Answer
me this one question—don't skip this question—"Do you accept Hansadutta
Das AKA HANS KARY as the legitimate TRUSTEE - in the eyes of His Divine
Grace Srila Prabhupada - of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust - and in no
way inimical to the beneficiary of the Trust, the International Society
for Krsna Consciousness? Your answer is keenly important. I do not want
legalese. It is first and foremost a spiritual question. More≻ Courting the BBT
Prabhus,
the BBT is authorized, the BBT trustee is authorized. Will you also
now, like ISKCON, attempt to bypass the trustee and take it over?
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≻ BBT Doesn't Have to
Prove Anything
Prove
to me - that the BBT has to "attack" the claims of the BBTI. I say that
the BBTI MUST ATTACK THE CLAIM OF THE SRILA PRABHUPADA AND THE BBT.
PROVE ME WRONG. More
≻ In Support of Legal
Action
IF HOT
AIR IS YOUR ONLY WORK PRODUCT AND DONATION TO SP'S BBT, THEN WHY BOTHER
COMMENTING ON A FORUM THAT IS SWORN TO REVIVE THE ENTIRE BBT? More≻ BBTI is Already
Broken
The
BBT must be fully endorsed and by hook or crook print up every book of
Srila Prabhupada. No expense should be spared. Money will come.
Visvakarma Prabhu has assured me that even 1 Trillion Dollars is
NOTHING FOR KRSNA. I fully believe that. Fully. Let the BBTI spend
money on attorneys - if they think it will help them. But rest assured,
the men who hit the streets will not subsidize another boondoggle.
More≻ Facing Srila Prabhupada
If we
consider everything from the perspective of having to enter Srila
Prabhupada's room and explain our actions, what should be done appears
a little clearer. More ≻ Barking Up the Tree
While the Fox is in the Snare Raising
$100,000 to pay lawyers would only be necessary IF THE MEN WHO
STAND TO GO TO PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY CLAIMING TO HOLD TITLE TO THE
STOLEN ASSENTS (THE COPYRIGHTS OF HDG) ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO
CHALLENGE THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF SRILA PRABHUPADA'S BOOKS. MY
own opinion, for what it is worth, is raise 1 million and then simply
print all the books, and tell the Felons to find another gig!! More
≻ Bulldozed
Like
the Kazakhstan Government who is now not only destroying the "private
property" of the Kazak devotees and then going to oblige them to foot
the bill for the costs incurred in the demolition - THE BBTI and ISKCON
- obliged the BBT and its supporters to pay for the DEMOLITION of the
SRILA PRABHUPADA'S TRUST and HIS TRUSTEE!! More
≻ The Power of
Prabhupada's Books
About
a week later I overheard a conversation between my mother and
grandmother. Granny was saying that this was not some ordinary book.
She said that what Prabhupada was saying about Jesus Christ and that
Krishna was God. I was very surprised. She said that we should listen
to what Prabhupada said and chant Hare Krishna because that was the
religion for this age. There was a lot of talk about how Christianity
was no more and no one was following the bible, but what Prabhupada
said was pure and perfect. More ≻ Angel with No Hair
'He
was wonderful – bright-faced, without hair, but with a pony-tail on
the back of his head and a sign on his forehead. He was baptizing
everybody!' More≻ New!
Reprint of Srila Prabhupada's Original Bhagwatam now available
The
wonderful news is that a limited edition of exact replicas of those
original Bhagavatam volumes Srila Prabhuapda carried with him from
India to the United States in 1965 is now available.
The book is presented in exactly the same way as Srila Prabhupada
himself personally printed it. As hard-bound, cloth covered 6" x 9"
volumes with the beautiful original color dust jacket Srila Prabhupada
designed and had an artist paint for him. More
≫ Krishna Books
The
books of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (Srila Prabhupada)
are the most important contribution of this Krishna consciousness
movement. More≫ Biographical
Sketch of His Divine
Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The
Hare
Krishna movement has been recently brought to the Western world by His
Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of
the Hare Krishna movement. More
≻ The
Bhaktivedanta Purports
It
stands to reason that his books, in his absence, are now the two-way
channel, transparent medium to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. Although
apparently only a binding of paper and ink, we say they are spiritual.
So how are they spiritual? More
≫ Hansadutta
das
"The
temples may fail, the devotees may fail, but my books will live
forever."--London, September 1974 More≻ Reviews
by Scholars
Academicians
and dignitaries worldwide appreciate the work of His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada More
≻ Leading
Indian Scholars
Leading
Indian scholars review the works of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada More
≻ Distinguished
Western Scholars
Leading
Western scholars review the works of His Divine Grace A.C.
Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada More
≻ North
America Standing Orders
Partial
list of institutions in North America (Canada and U.S.A.) that have
placed standing orders More
≻ Northern
Europe Standing Orders
Partial
list of institutions in Northern Europe that have placed standing orders
More
≻ India
Standing Orders
Partial
List of Institutions in India that have placed standing orders More
≻ Back to
the Beginning
This
leaves me no alternative than to rescind the settlement agreement and
withdraw my resignation pursuant to which you were appointed trustees
of the trust and I must reassert my position as trustee of the trust.
More
≻ The Spirit of
Bhagavad-gita As It Is
Of course there are many commentaries in English on the Bhagavad-gita, and
one may question the necessity for another one. More
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