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disciples and followers of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Prabhupada.
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.
On looking at the first volume, after reading the Forward, there was a
small footnote saying that this printing is revised from the original
edition. I am interested in the original edition. There was no mention
in the ads that I've seen that these are the revised editions. Also,
out of honesty, I think the BBT should note on the title page that
these are revised editions. Nowhere on the front or back of the title
page is this noted. Any published book has this information prominently
displayed on the title or verso page -- not hidden in a footnote at the
end of the Forward. How many people are going to see this? What's also
disturbing is that it says on the title page "with the original Bengali
text, roman transliteration, English equivalents, translations and
elaborate purports." This is misleading, text has been changed by the
editor's admission on page xviii in a note. My request is that at least
in the ads for the CC's, it should be mentioned that this is the
revised edition. Interestingly enough, there is nowhere that I know of
where you can find the changes that were made to the CC like you can
with the revised BG.
I'm not here to debate about revising Prabhupada's words, though you
can probably guess what I think. I'm just asking the BBT to be up front
about what they're doing so devotees have a choice. I've also sent a
note to the BBT and krsna.com to re-consider the ads and revised
edition note. Thank you.
