Jayadvaita's Unauthorized Bootleg gita

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I don't know if I should get involved in this issue but, as in the case of

many devotees, I feel that most of the changes implemented in Srila

Prabhupada's books we unnecesary an done without sensibility. I have read

the explanations presented by Jayadvaita Swami to support these changes but

they are the explanations expected from the person who made those changes.

I would rather hear from the GBC and the Trustees a detailed analysis of

how the changes came about and the forces behind them at the time.

 

We know that the period of the reediting coincides with some of the most

somber days in the history of ISKCON after Srila Prabhupada departed. Many

"acaryas," BBT Trustees, etc, thought of themselves as divine gods with the

right to do things as they understood them even if this contradicted Srila

Prabhupada's most elementary instructions. Well, those are the days of

misdirection that brought the changes in Srila Prabhupada's books. The same

days of misdirection that modified the original BBT Trust, challenged

successfully in recent months.

 

For the BBT the whole thing came down crashing in the summer of 1986 when

two of its strongest trustees abandoned ISKCON (Ramesvara and Bhagavan),

then three more were asked to resign in March of 1987, and a surviving one

(Harikesa) had a lot of surprises in store for us. It is obvious that

Jayadvaita Swami did the reediting of the books with the blessings of the

BBT Trustees of those days. Maybe some of them even gave pointers and

directions on how to do things better than Srila Prabhupada--because that

was the mentality those days. The reediting of the books has such feeling

and that is why many devotees question the changes. The GBC has recently

acknowledged serious deviations in the implementation of the parampara

within our Founder-Acarya's ISKCON, so they should also look again into

this matter with utmost sensibility and figure out how to rectify it.

 

Your servant

Radha Krsna dasa

Mexico City

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On 27 Mar 1999, Radha-Krishna das wrote:

 

> I don't know if I should get involved in this issue but, as in the case of

> many devotees, I feel that most of the changes implemented in Srila

> Prabhupada's books were unnecesary and done without sensibility. I have read

 

> the explanations presented by Jayadvaita Swami to support these changes but

> they are the explanations expected from the person who made those changes.

 

 

Thanks Radha-Krsna Prabhu for your comments on the issue. And it seems you

were able to say it with much less *attitude* than me!

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On 29 Mar 1999, Vijay Pai wrote:

 

> On 27 Mar 1999, Janesvara Dasa wrote:

> > If Srila Prabhupada were here (bodily), would they make edits/changes

>

 

> the answer, whatever it may

> be, is of no consequence. A question with no consequential answer

> possible is an irrelevant question, just like a question about the

> number of teeth on a crow.

 

 

Most of us know the answer. My fault is asking a rhetorical question. They

would not publish changes without Srila Prabhupada's approval because they are

not certain he would approve them even though they think the changes are

necessary. They all have experience of Srila Prabhupada disapproving of

changes which were very minor compared to the changes made after his

disappearance.

 

It would seem dangerous to one's spiritual life to take the chance that one is

making changes to their spiritual masters books without approval.

 

 

Did Srila Prabhupada ever make changes to his spiritual master's books or ANY

other parampara guru's books AND put the changed books in the original authors

name?

 

 

 

> PS: Now for a question with a possibly relevant answer, perhaps you

> could explain why you have sent the COM discussions in this thread to

> the ritviks? I know that the answer is obvious to some of us, but

> I'd still like to hear the answer.

 

 

If you are witch-hunting, have fun. If the answer to the above question is as

you speculate will it mean I will get kicked-out of ISKCON? Sorry, I left

voluntarily a long, long time ago so I didn't have to associate with people

with such attitudes.

 

I have not had the opportunity to read The Final Order. I really do not know

much about the contents. But I do know that many of my Godbrothers consider

themselves members of a reform movement. I am definitely in agreement that

there are reforms needed in ISKCON. Also, some of the reform members are

favorable to stopping changes to Srila Prabhupada's books and therefore I

consider them an ally in this regard. If there are other common agreements I

welcome those. I probably won't agree with everything they say but then I

disagree with tons of stuff that ISKCON leaders say, too.