Jayadvaita's gita is authorized

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On 29 Mar 1999, Virender Dayal wrote:

 

> On 27 Mar 1999, Janesvara Dasa wrote:

>

> > Talk about the mental platform...whew! I don't care about the meaning of

the

> > changes. Changes weren't necessary - that's the aparadha if there is any.

>

> I'll try once more...

>

> That's not the question. The question for you is whether Krsna accepted his

> service.

 

 

I cannot speak for Krsna, but I would say that He would probably accept such

service provided it is done without pretention. To make edits/changes to

someone elses books without their personal permission AND put the new book in

the original authors name is just plain wrong.

 

If the editors want to write their own versions of the books and put them in

their own name I have no objection as I have stated several times previously.

 

 

> > They are his books and we do not have the

> > right to change them without his approval. It's simple respect and honor.

>

> This is speculation. I suppose you have some "July 8th" letter that states

> that "No more changes in my books" or witnessed such a statement standing 3

> feet away from him and this overrides all other evidence.

 

You should avail yourself of the conversations found in the Vedabase regarding

Srila Prabhupada's disapproval of changes to his books. Many of the changes he

disapproved of were very minor compared to the changes made after he left.

 

 

 

> But you fail to understand that in some cases Srila Prabhupada ACCEPTED

> changes that people proposed and in some cases he REJECTED them. So you do

> not know which case this situation belongs to.

 

 

I have NO doubt, in fact I KNOW, Srila Prabhupada accepted changes made by

people. The HUGE difference is that he was present to approve them or reject

them. Reject some he did and that fact alone means the people proposed changes

which they thought were fully acceptable but in fact were NOT acceptable to

the pure devotee. Have they become equal in judgment to the pure devotee now

and therefore not need to have his approval?

 

 

> So my point stands- unless you can show that Krsna would

> not accept the revised Gita, you are speculating and risking Vaisnava

aparadha

> with your criticism.

 

 

I am fairly certain that Krsna would accept the revised gita as a service

performed by Jayadvaita Prabhu because it is a whole lot better than so many

other gita translations done by non-devotees and others. I would never suggest

taking devotional service away from someone. But it should be in Jayadvaita's

name NOT A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's name because we do not know if he would

approve the changes.