
Modifications
in the Writings of the Vaishnava acaryas
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listing doesn't claim to be complete!
Last update: 3/8/2001
Bhaktivedanta
Swami Prabhupada
Bhagavad-gita
Modification:
revision
Reviser/publisher:
Jayadvaita/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977; reprints
Modifications
verified by: examination
Examination Comment Original
Caitanya-caritamrita
Modification:
unknown/book has been re-edited ("1% modified")
Reviser/publisher:
Dravida/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977
(not available)
Modifications
verified by: statement from Dravida and ISKCON-members
Krishna,
The Supreme Personality of Godhead
Modification:
revision
Reviser/publisher
1: Jayadvaita/(ISKCON-)BBT
Reviser/publisher 2: Dravida/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977
Modifications
verified by: examination
Examination Comment Original
Journey
of Self-Discovery
Modification:
text from the revised Bhagavad-gita has been inserted into
lecture/conversation
Reviser/publisher:
unknown/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977
(not available)
Modifications
verified by: statement
from devotee (comparison)
Nectar of
Devotion
Modification:
unknown
Reviser/publisher:
unknown/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977
(not available)
Modifications
verified by: statement from Dravida
Perfect
Questions, Perfect Answers
Modification:
deletions
Reviser/publisher:
unknown/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977
Modifications
verified by: examination
Sri
Isopanisad
Modification:
unknown
Reviser/publisher:
Dravida/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977, reprints
Modifications
verified by: statement from Dravida
Srimad Bhagavatam
Modification:
unknown
Reviser/publisher:
unknown/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977
Modifications
verified by: statements from devotees
Teachings of Lord
Caitanya
Modification:
revision
Reviser/publisher:
Jayadvaita/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
BBT printings until 1977, reprints
Modifications
verified by: examination
Examples
Lectures
from Srila Prabhupada (digital; CD & tape)
Modification:
digital edition (deletions of sentences, pauses, noises)
Reviser/publisher:
unknown/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
unabridged, analog tape recordings (not available)
Modifications
verified by: statement from devotee (comparison)
Lectures from Srila Prabhupada
(analog tape)
Modification:
abridged to fit on a 30 minutes tape
Reviser/publisher:
unknown/(ISKCON-)BBT
Original:
unabridged, analog tape recordings (not available)
Modifications
verified by: statements
from devotees
Vedabase
Modification:
includes the revised books, some conversations and documents
are missing
Reviser/publisher:
various/(ISKCON-)BBT
Modifications
verified by: statements
from devotees
Bhaktisiddhanta
Sarasvati Prabhupada
Assuming
Responsibility of Being Guru
Modification:
deletions and insertions
Reviser/publisher:
unknown
Original:
unknown
Modifications
verified by: two different versions
Examples Documents
Brahma-samhita
Modification:
re-edited and/or revised
Reviser/publisher
1: unknown/unknown
(prob. Gaudiya-math, Tirtha Maharaja)
Reviser/publisher
2: unknown/Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
Original:
original printings of the Gaudiya-math until 1936 (not
available)
Modifications
verified by: statement from BBT-editor Dravida; statements of various devotees
Putana
Modification:
deletions, modifications and insertions
Reviser/publisher:
unknown
Original:
The Harmonist, Vol.
XXIX, No. 7, 1932 (not available)
Modifications
verified by: two different versions
Examples Documents
Understanding
the Writings of Bhaktivinoda Thakura
Modification:
deletions, modifications and insertions
Reviser/publisher:
unknown
Original:
The Harmonist, December 1931, vol. XXIX No.6 (not available)
Modifications
verified by: two different versions
Examples Documents
Bhaktivinoda
Thakura
The
Bhagavata
Modification:
insertions, modifications, deletions
Reviser/publisher:
unknown
Original:
unknown (not available)
Modifications
verified by: three different versions
Examples
To love
god
Modification:
insertions, modifications, deletions
Reviser/publisher:
unknown
Original:
unknown (not available)
Modifications
verified by: four different versions
Examples Documents
Writings
from devotees
Quotes
from Srila Prabhupada
Arsha
Prayoga - Resistance To Change
The
Principle of Arsha
Prayoga
BBT Admits Books Changed To Fit GBC Philosophy
Kamsa's
policy
How
they revised Srila Prabhupada's books
If the books have been
"revised", how can we say that they are Srila
Prabhupada's legacy? It is quite bizarre to change the books of a departed
author, especially the editions he had approved before his demise, and
pretend they are still his creations, isn't it?
(Pragosh dasa)
So you guys (at the BBTI)
really want me to read and distribute your revised
books instead of the very books Srila Prabhupada himself used, read, quoted,
authorized and in general didn't want to be modified in any way, not even
the pictures? You are mad.
(Unknown devotee)
Please help to stop the modification
business! Don't sell, buy or support revised/modified books. Support
the publisher of the original editions and PROTEST against
the modifications! Silence means consent! Thank you!
Please act to protect the
words of Srila Prabhupada! Srila Prabhupada's books are his legacy to us!
Lose this and we lose
everything!
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