BBTI Editor defends cutting off 22 pages from Srila Prabhupada’s Perfect Questions Perfect Answers book as a “good deed”
Hare Krsna. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.The changes in many of Sria Prabhupada’s books have been exposed for a long time. One of the most horrific of these stands out as the “Perfect Questions Perfect Answers” book. Here is the link that lists the major changes that resulted in cutting off about 22 pages from the book. https://bookchanges.com/iskcon-perfect-questions-perfect-answers-book-changes/ When we question the editors to give an explanation to their outrageous activities, they respond with self-appreciation and use Srila Prabhupada’s name in their defense. Let us analyze how the BBTI editor has defended his statement of cutting off 22 pages as a “good deed” and falsely says that some of the conversations cut off were not a part of the original conversation. If they cannot provide substantial proof, they have no authority to make a false propaganda.This report can be found on the BBT’s facebook page in the link that follows: https://www.facebook.com/bbtedit
MAYA’S LAST SNARE: THE ORIGINAL SIN AGAIN By Narasimha das
It will be difficult to properly understand the controversy in ISKCON regarding spiritual initiations and the bona fide spiritual master unless we first carefully consider the fundamentals of guru-tattva and authorized explanations regarding the cause of conditioned consciousness.
In future you don’t do any changes without asking me first. [Letter: Bhargava, May 29,1976]
Srila Prabhupāda: So, these rascals will change every year their theology. So, what is the value of their words? Childish. [break] …changes, he is a rascal. That is our… We say, “Kṛṣṇa the Supreme.” We never change it. And “Surrender is the only process.” We shall never change it. In any circumstance we will not change it. That is the difference. And these rascals will change every year their opinion. They are rascals. [break] …They are rascals. [break] Kṛṣṇa said that “I am the Supreme.” So Arjuna accepted, the Supreme. All the ācāryas accepted the Supreme. Caitanya Mahāprabhu accepted, Supreme. My Guru Mahārāja accepted, Supreme. I am accepting, Supreme. I am teaching the same thing. So, there is no change. Not that after a few years it will be changed. That never be. That is our position. [break] Changing means material. Anything material is susceptible to change. Like this material body. Srila Prabhupada Morning Walk, Los Angeles, California, USA. December 21, 1973
Hare Krsna. All glories to His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and all Vaisanvas. The link below compares 1972 and 1983 editions of “The Perfection of Yoga”There are 300+ changes found. Although most of the changes include commas, hyphens, etc, there are few significant changes which should not be disregarded. Link for comparison: https://draftable.com/compare/CcgKImzADAeT
He reasons ill who says that Vaiṣṇavas die, When thou art living still in sound! The Vaiṣṇavas die to live, and living try To spread the holy name around.
Nectar of Instruction 1986 edition changes: BBT has deleted Sanskrit verses, color plates, references, index, Sanskrit pronunciation guide and glossary from Srila Prabhupada’s Nectar of Instruction
Easy Journey to Other Planets was one of the first of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s books published in the West. In the early 1970s many people started hearing from and following Srila Prabhupada after reading this concise and potent small book that summarizes the process of self-realization and liberation.
“A living being, especially civilized man, has a natural desire to live forever in happiness. This is quite natural because, in his original state, the living being is both eternal and joyful. However, in the present conditioned state of life, he is engaged in a struggle against recurring birth and death. Therefore, he has attained neither happiness nor immortality.
“…In the Upaniṣads it is said that God is also a person like me, you. Nityo nityānāṁ cetanaś cetanānām [Kaṭha Upaniṣad 2.2.13]. But His personality is different from your personality, from my personality. What is that difference? Eko yo bahūnāṁ vidadhāti kāmān: “He supplies all the necessities of all other personalities.” That is the difference. God is supplying us food. This conception is there in the Bible = “God, give us our daily bread.” This is nice. Accepting that you are getting all supplies from God, this is sukṛti, this is puṇyavat.
If one, anyone says, “Oh, what God? We are creating our own food”—just like the Communist says—they are duṣkṛtina, rascals. But if anyone even goes to the church and temple for asking something to God, he is pious. At least, he has approached God. So one day, when he will be advanced devotee, he will not ask anymore. He knows that “Why shall I bother God? He is supplying everyone food, so why shall I ask Him food? My food is also there. Let me serve me [Him].” That is his higher intelligence….
….. So how the energy should be utilized? For the master, not for his sense gratification.
This is perfection of life. You produce anything by your energy, but you cannot use it for your sense gratification. Then you become perfect. And if you want to do it, then Hṛṣīkeśa, the master of the senses, will give you intelligence how to do it. Just like He is giving Arjuna intelligence; therefore He is mentioned as Hṛṣīkeśa. How to win victory. How to utilize his energy for Kṛṣṇa. Kṛṣṇa wanted the battle. Arjuna was a military man. He utilized his military strength for Kṛṣṇa’s purposes. That is the perfection of life.
So whatever you have got, if you utilize it for Kṛṣṇa’s sake, hṛṣīkeṇa hṛṣīkeśa-sevanaṁ bhakti [Cc. Madhya 19.170], that is bhakti. Even by fighting, you can be a great devotee, just like Arjuna. He was not chanting on the beads, but he was fighting. But still, bhakto ‘si priyo ‘si me [Bg. 4.3], Kṛṣṇa says. “Oh, you are My great devotee.”
Now people may say that “He was not chanting. He was fighting. How he became a great devotee?” But Kṛṣṇa says, bhakto ‘si priyo ‘si me: “You are My dear friend. You are My devotee. Because you are utilizing your energy for Me.” So bhakti means you utilize your energy for Kṛṣṇa. Then your life is perfect.
