INSIDE NAMHATTA
News, Developments, Issues important to disciples of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
Changes to the Books
≻ 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
≻ End of Jayadvaita Swami's Tenure as BBT Editor in Chief Jayadvaita Swami has written: "To my knowledge, Srila Prabhupada never asked us to re-edit the book. As you know, and as we kept in mind while doing the work, Srila Prabhupada staunchly opposed needless changes. More
≻ Disobedient and Incompetent Editors Must Resign They have not improved Srila Prabhupada's books, but rather created a situation whereby two or more versions of Srila Prabhupada's books are now on the market. Thus the validity of Srila Prabhupada's books, as his personal creations, is commonly in dispute. 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
≻ 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
≻ 5000 Changes and Counting In a meeting at Honolulu temple some years back, Jayadvaita Maharaja actually stated, "Oh, those (original) books were horrible!" Those "horrible" original books, filled with Srila Prabhupada's divine mercy, made thousands of devotees in the '70s. More books were distributed then than now. 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
≻ 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
≻ The Shadow Maya analogously represented by the Fiat Money System "Why do we discuss mundane topics like finance, politics etc.? What is the value in discussing these things?" Good question. The answer is because everything in this world is a perverted reflection of the Krishna consciousness state. ISHOPANISHAD states we should understand the absolute truth and simultaneously understand the shadow of MAYA side by side. More
≻ History of Changes to Srila Prabhupada's Gita This was Prabhupada's Gita, and yet, here a GBC treated it like poison, like it was a deviant political statement to give class for 'that' (banned?) Gita. More
≻ The Attack on Srila Prabhupada's Books Thoughtful devotees should not accept these changed books, understanding that this is an attack on the authority of Prabhupada's books. More
≻ ISKCON Leaders Bring Shame to Vaishnavism What Adi Shankaracharya never did and all other Shankracharyas never did in his lineage, present ISKCON leaders are doing now, i.e., changing the original work of an Acharya. More
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≻ 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
≻ End of Jayadvaita Swami's Tenure as BBT Editor in Chief Jayadvaita Swami has written: "To my knowledge, Srila Prabhupada never asked us to re-edit the book. As you know, and as we kept in mind while doing the work, Srila Prabhupada staunchly opposed needless changes. More
≻ Disobedient and Incompetent Editors Must Resign They have not improved Srila Prabhupada's books, but rather created a situation whereby two or more versions of Srila Prabhupada's books are now on the market. Thus the validity of Srila Prabhupada's books, as his personal creations, is commonly in dispute. 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
≻ 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
≻ 5000 Changes and Counting In a meeting at Honolulu temple some years back, Jayadvaita Maharaja actually stated, "Oh, those (original) books were horrible!" Those "horrible" original books, filled with Srila Prabhupada's divine mercy, made thousands of devotees in the '70s. More books were distributed then than now. 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
≻ 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
≻ The Shadow Maya analogously represented by the Fiat Money System "Why do we discuss mundane topics like finance, politics etc.? What is the value in discussing these things?" Good question. The answer is because everything in this world is a perverted reflection of the Krishna consciousness state. ISHOPANISHAD states we should understand the absolute truth and simultaneously understand the shadow of MAYA side by side. More
≻ History of Changes to Srila Prabhupada's Gita This was Prabhupada's Gita, and yet, here a GBC treated it like poison, like it was a deviant political statement to give class for 'that' (banned?) Gita. More
≻ The Attack on Srila Prabhupada's Books Thoughtful devotees should not accept these changed books, understanding that this is an attack on the authority of Prabhupada's books. More
≻ ISKCON Leaders Bring Shame to Vaishnavism What Adi Shankaracharya never did and all other Shankracharyas never did in his lineage, present ISKCON leaders are doing now, i.e., changing the original work of an Acharya. More
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≻ Question Mark Over the Revised Books One is a book that Srila Prabhupada might have approved of or he also may not have approved of. There is a large question mark hovering over this one, and we will never know the answer. But we are 100% sure that [the original edition] is authorized. More
≻ Where Angels Fear to Tread There is no evidence indicating that [Srila Prabhupada] ordered extensive revisions for the next printing. As the current chief editor wrote; "To my knowledge, Srila Prabhupada never asked us to re-edit the book." ( letter to Amogha Lila, July, 1986) More
≻ Return to the Hare Krishna Movement As you know, I left the society of devotees in 1978, shortly after your departure because of profound philosophical confusion, and because I still had some material desires. But I promised you, I promised myself, that I would return when I was 50 to again take up this great mission of yours. I have since returned into the society of devotees, to fulfill the promise I made, and am writing to inform you of the changes I have witnessed since my return to this once glorious Hare Krishna Movement. 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
≻ 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
≻ 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
≻ In Response to Dharini Dasi: Capitalization Changes 1. These are Srila Prabhupada's books; 2. Srila Prabhupada stipulated that He wanted pronouns relating to Krsna to be CAPITALIZED in HIS books! (written in the English language). That should finish whatever "discussion," and in essense, there should not be any discussion since Srila Prabhupada, the author, Himself stipulated what He wanted. More
≻ Publishing Rules for Dummies One should not overlook the fact that whatever went to print with Srila Prabhupada's clear stamp of approval, was "BLESSED" by Him which means "BLESSED" by Lord Krishna. Whatever mistakes are present, the "mistaken" version is BLESSED, and there is no reason to believe that the changed version is equally as blessed... More
≻ Srila Prabhupada Did Not Make Mistakes We challenge you to show us the blank cheque from Prabhupada. Never mind all your reasons and explanations. It doesn't matter why you are changing the books: you have given so many justifications, including even "restoring" the books to the original words dictated by Srila Prabhupada, but it's not about WHY. What we need to see is Srila Prabhupada's authorization, plain and simple. Srila Prabhupada's instruction to you can be the only legitimate, satisfactory justification. More
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≻ Where Angels Fear to Tread There is no evidence indicating that [Srila Prabhupada] ordered extensive revisions for the next printing. As the current chief editor wrote; "To my knowledge, Srila Prabhupada never asked us to re-edit the book." ( letter to Amogha Lila, July, 1986) More
≻ Return to the Hare Krishna Movement As you know, I left the society of devotees in 1978, shortly after your departure because of profound philosophical confusion, and because I still had some material desires. But I promised you, I promised myself, that I would return when I was 50 to again take up this great mission of yours. I have since returned into the society of devotees, to fulfill the promise I made, and am writing to inform you of the changes I have witnessed since my return to this once glorious Hare Krishna Movement. 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
≻ 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
≻ 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
≻ In Response to Dharini Dasi: Capitalization Changes 1. These are Srila Prabhupada's books; 2. Srila Prabhupada stipulated that He wanted pronouns relating to Krsna to be CAPITALIZED in HIS books! (written in the English language). That should finish whatever "discussion," and in essense, there should not be any discussion since Srila Prabhupada, the author, Himself stipulated what He wanted. More
≻ Publishing Rules for Dummies One should not overlook the fact that whatever went to print with Srila Prabhupada's clear stamp of approval, was "BLESSED" by Him which means "BLESSED" by Lord Krishna. Whatever mistakes are present, the "mistaken" version is BLESSED, and there is no reason to believe that the changed version is equally as blessed... More
≻ Srila Prabhupada Did Not Make Mistakes We challenge you to show us the blank cheque from Prabhupada. Never mind all your reasons and explanations. It doesn't matter why you are changing the books: you have given so many justifications, including even "restoring" the books to the original words dictated by Srila Prabhupada, but it's not about WHY. What we need to see is Srila Prabhupada's authorization, plain and simple. Srila Prabhupada's instruction to you can be the only legitimate, satisfactory justification. More
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≻ BBT Misleads Devotees with Changed Books I am
inspired to submit a short statement about the new CC's [Chaitanya-
charitamritas] just as an alert to devotees who want to buy or
distribute them. I recently purchased the new 9 vol. compact set of CC's from BBT. I received them yesterday and am unhappily returning them. More
≻ Arsha-Prayoga - Part IV To justify their actions, the BBT editors created the illusion that Srila Prabhupada's books were defective and in need of extensive editing even though they knew His Divine Grace had never authorized anyone to revise his books after his disappearance. More
≻ Arsha-Prayoga - The Case Against Changing Prabhupada's Books They are therefore responsible for propagating a most offensive mentality throughout ISKCON that has diminished the stature of the founder acarya and undermined his authority within the institution he himself founded. More
≻ It can Purify the Whole Human Society A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society. My Guru Maharaja, when he was selecting articles to be published in The Harmonist ... More
≻ Revisions to Srila Prabhupada's Books Documented Jayadvaita Swami's revisions are slipped quietly, seamlessly and insidiously into Srila Prabhupada's books so that unaware and unsuspecting readers will believe these are the words of Srila Prabhupada. The result is poison. 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
≻ Arsha-Prayoga - Part II We challenge the BBT managers and their editors to produce a single letter from any recognized scholar agreeing with them that Srila Prabhupada's original books were full of mistakes and had to be revised for his message to be properly understood. More
≻ Arsha-Prayoga - Resistance to Change As will be seen from the letters and conversations cited in this article, Srila Prabhupada would finally insist on an "absolutely no change" policy based on the principle of arsha prayoga. More
≻ Srila Prabhupada On Changes to His Books Excerpts from Conversations with Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, and Chaitanya-charitamrita More
≻ Grammatical Mistakes "These are descriptions of Lord Krishna by a pure devotee," replied Nimai. "If anyone finds any mistake, then he is a sinful offender..." More
≻ Query Re the Books Whoever picks up Srila Prabhupada's books, expecting that whatever is printed on the page is what Srila Prabhupada said can no longer be certain of that. ISKCON-BBTI are printing and distributing these books as if they are the same thing, as good as, or even "new and improved" and in this way defrauding the devotees and the public. More
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≻ Arsha-Prayoga - Part IV To justify their actions, the BBT editors created the illusion that Srila Prabhupada's books were defective and in need of extensive editing even though they knew His Divine Grace had never authorized anyone to revise his books after his disappearance. More
≻ Arsha-Prayoga - The Case Against Changing Prabhupada's Books They are therefore responsible for propagating a most offensive mentality throughout ISKCON that has diminished the stature of the founder acarya and undermined his authority within the institution he himself founded. More
≻ It can Purify the Whole Human Society A literature presented to the people, to the public for reading, which are even grammatically incorrect, but because there is glorification of the Lord, it can produce revolution. It can purify the whole human society. My Guru Maharaja, when he was selecting articles to be published in The Harmonist ... More
≻ Revisions to Srila Prabhupada's Books Documented Jayadvaita Swami's revisions are slipped quietly, seamlessly and insidiously into Srila Prabhupada's books so that unaware and unsuspecting readers will believe these are the words of Srila Prabhupada. The result is poison. 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
≻ Arsha-Prayoga - Part II We challenge the BBT managers and their editors to produce a single letter from any recognized scholar agreeing with them that Srila Prabhupada's original books were full of mistakes and had to be revised for his message to be properly understood. More
≻ Arsha-Prayoga - Resistance to Change As will be seen from the letters and conversations cited in this article, Srila Prabhupada would finally insist on an "absolutely no change" policy based on the principle of arsha prayoga. More
≻ Srila Prabhupada On Changes to His Books Excerpts from Conversations with Srila Prabhupada, Lecture, and Chaitanya-charitamrita More
≻ Grammatical Mistakes "These are descriptions of Lord Krishna by a pure devotee," replied Nimai. "If anyone finds any mistake, then he is a sinful offender..." More
≻ Query Re the Books Whoever picks up Srila Prabhupada's books, expecting that whatever is printed on the page is what Srila Prabhupada said can no longer be certain of that. ISKCON-BBTI are printing and distributing these books as if they are the same thing, as good as, or even "new and improved" and in this way defrauding the devotees and the public. More
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