CCC Posted December 19, 2007 Report Share Posted December 19, 2007 Hare Krsna devotees I am looking for books covers of Srila Prabhupada books in hi-res, do you know where can I get them, wich website? thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchandra Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Hare Krsna devotees I am looking for books covers of Srila Prabhupada books in hi-res, do you know where can I get them, wich website? thanks You mean these in better quality? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanatan Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Several years ago I purchased a set of the 3 original SP Bhagavatam volumes, which I had professionally restored. However, the dustjackets were missing, which isn't surprising. The devotee I purchased my set from also had another set of originals...near-perfect with excellent original dustjackets...which he didn't want to part with at any price. To obtain dustjackets, I purchased a set of repro Bhagavatams from Krishna.com's online store for $40...they look totally authentic and fit perfectly on the originals, and the repro books are good shelf copies, very nice within themselves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchandra Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 Several years ago I purchased a set of the 3 original SP Bhagavatam volumes, which I had professionally restored. However, the dustjackets were missing, which isn't surprising. The devotee I purchased my set from also had another set of originals...near-perfect with excellent original dustjackets...which he didn't want to part with at any price. To obtain dustjackets, I purchased a set of repro Bhagavatams from Krishna.com's online store for $40...they look totally authentic and fit perfectly on the originals, and the repro books are good shelf copies, very nice within themselves. At times of falsification of the sampradaya acarya's books this is where we are heading at - what comes next - purchasing the dust jackets by internet auction, travelling around the globe to buy original Srimad-Bhagavatams for ceiling price. At least people gradually find out what the self-styled BBT chief does with all those book changes - creating unnecessary uncertainty for thousands of Vaishnavas. Hard to imagine what kind of karmas are waiting for such misuse of power. I'm presently fighting with decomposing, yellowing paper of the BBT strategy for the past 30 years, print as cheap as possible but selling the books to the temples as expensive as possible. The only book printed nicely was our first Bhagavad-gita - printed on real quality paper without acidity. Papers with a high level of acidity tend to deteriorate quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCC Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 You mean these in better quality? yes or hi-res pictures of Krsna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CCC Posted December 20, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 I'm presently fighting with decomposing, yellowing paper of the BBT strategy for the past 30 years, print as cheap as possible but selling the books to the temples as expensive as possible. The only book printed nicely was our first Bhagavad-gita - printed on real quality paper without acidity. Papers with a high level of acidity tend to deteriorate quickly. This is one of the things that I don't like, the book business. If the books were cheap and no changed I would be glad for buying them in the temple. At this moment I am printing as cheap as possible, but I will give them for a donation, not for profit and also they are not ugly. When I was in England I was looking for the Prabhupada DVD set, I went to London temple (Londonisvara) and they were selling the dvd set for $200 dollars!!. Also I said to a devote can I stay here to do some service? because where I live there is no temple, and This devote replied me: The temple is not an hotel, if you like you can stay in a hotel near here and come to do some service., that broke my heart. well here is one of my homemade covers, tell me if you like it or if I should do some corrections. Hare Krsna! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanatan Posted December 20, 2007 Report Share Posted December 20, 2007 At times of falsification of the sampradaya acarya's books this is where we are heading at - what comes next - purchasing the dust jackets by internet auction, travelling around the globe to buy original Srimad-Bhagavatams for ceiling price. At least people gradually find out what the self-styled BBT chief does with all those book changes - creating unnecessary uncertainty for thousands of Vaishnavas. Hard to imagine what kind of karmas are waiting for such misuse of power. What, exactly, are you trying to say? I'm presently fighting with decomposing, yellowing paper of the BBT strategy for the past 30 years, print as cheap as possible but selling the books to the temples as expensive as possible. The only book printed nicely was our first Bhagavad-gita - printed on real quality paper without acidity. Papers with a high level of acidity tend to deteriorate quickly. Are you referring to the hardbound 1972 Macmillan edition? I have a first edition with dj, and it is in very nice condition. But, my set of mid-70's to early 80's BBT Bhagavatams is still near-new, with none of the deterioration you describe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchandra Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 What, exactly, are you trying to say? Are you referring to the hardbound 1972 Macmillan edition? I have a first edition with dj, and it is in very nice condition. But, my set of mid-70's to early 80's BBT Bhagavatams is still near-new, with none of the deterioration you describe. If at your place the books were printed ok, nice for you, here the books were printed badly. The same happened with Bhagavad-gita and Srimad-Bhagavatam - all were revised: This website contains a comparison of the 1975 original edition of Srila Prabhupada's Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and the new BBT revised edition. http://bookchanges.com/cc/ All changes are highlighted in the following pages. This comparison is based on the original & revised versions as they are presented in the Bhaktivedanta Archives Folio. We have not yet verified if the original and revised Cc's in the folio are exactily the same as the printed books or not. Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Adi-lila Adi 1: The Spiritual Masters Adi 2: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Is the Supreme Personality of Godhead Adi 3: The External Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance Adi 4: The Confidential Reasons for Lord Caitanya's Appearance Adi 5: The Glories of Lord Nityananda Balarama Adi 6: The Glories of Sri Advaita Acarya Adi 7: Lord Caitanya in Five Features Adi 8: The Author Receives the Orders of Krsna and Guru Adi 9: The Tree of Devotional Service Adi 10: The Trunk, Branches and Subbranches of the Caitanya Tree Adi 11: The Expansions of Lord Nityananda Adi 12: The Expansions of Advaita Acarya and Gadadhara Pandita Adi 13: The Advent of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Adi 14: Lord Caitanya's Childhood Pastimes Adi 15: The Lord's Pauganda-lila Adi 16: The Pastimes of the Lord in His Childhood and Youth Adi 17: The Pastimes of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu in His Youth Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Madhya-lila Madhya 1: The Later Pastimes of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Madhya 2: The Ecstatic Manifestations of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Madhya 3: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Stay at the House of Advaita Acarya Madhya 4: Sri Madhavendra Puri's Devotional Service Madhya 5: The Activities of Saksi-gopala Madhya 6: The Liberation of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya Madhya 7: The Lord's Tour of South India Madhya 8: Talks Between Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Ramananda Raya Madhya 9: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Travels to the Holy Places Madhya 10: The Lord's Return to Jagannatha Puri Madhya 11: The Beda-kirtana Pastimes of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Madhya 12: The Cleansing of the Gundica Temple Madhya 13: The Ecstatic Dancing of the Lord at Ratha-yatra Madhya 14: Performance of the Vrndavana Pastimes Madhya 15: The Lord Accepts Prasada at the House of Sarvabhauma Bhattacarya Madhya 16: The Lord's Attempt to Go to Vrndavana Madhya 17: The Lord Travels to Vrndavana Madhya 18: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Visit to Sri Vrndavana Madhya 19: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Srila Rupa Gosvami Madhya 20: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Instructs Sanatana Gosvami in the Science Madhya 21: The Opulence and Sweetness of Lord Sri Krsna Madhya 22: The Process of Devotional Service Madhya 23: Life's Ultimate Goal--Love of Godhead Madhya 24: The Sixty-One Explanations of the Atmarama Verse Madhya 25: How All the Residents of Varanasi Became Vaisnavas Sri Caitanya-caritamrta Antya-lila Antya 1: Srila Rupa Gosvami's Second Meeting With the Lord Antya 2: The Chastisement of Junior Haridasa Antya 3: The Glories of Srila Haridasa Thakura Antya 4: Sanatana Gosvami Visits the Lord at Jagannatha Puri Antya 5: How Pradyumna Misra Received Instructions from Ramananda Raya Antya 6: The Meeting of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Raghunatha dasa Gosvami Antya 7: The Meeting of Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Vallabha Bhatta Antya 8: Ramacandra Puri Criticizes the Lord Antya 9: The Deliverance of Gopinatha Pattanayaka Antya 10: Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Accepts Prasada from the Devotees Antya 11: The Passing of Haridasa Thakura Antya 12: The Loving Dealings Between Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu and Jagadananda Antya 13: Pastimes with Jagadananda Pandita and Raghunatha Bhatta Gosvami Antya 14: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu's Feelings of Separation from Krsna Antya 15: The Transcendental Madness of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Antya 16: Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Tastes Nectar from the Lips of Lord Sri Krsna Antya 17: The Bodily Transformations of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Antya 18: Rescuing the Lord from the Sea Antya 19: The Inconceivable Behavior of Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu Antya 20: The Siksastaka Prayers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanatan Posted December 21, 2007 Report Share Posted December 21, 2007 Suchandra, I'm aware that changes have been made to Srila Prabhupada's original texts, and feel very fortunate to have collected the originals I own. As far as I can see from having both, the repros of the three original India-printed Bhagavatam volumes are 100% accurate facsimiles. They are also high quality books, and an excellent value for $40 to $50 USD. Every devotee should own a set! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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