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Bhaktivedanta Archives releases 2013 VedaBase update and 1976 audio

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On Srila Prabhupada's disappearance day, November 6, the Bhaktivedanta Archives released the latest update of the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase. The update is available for download here. At the same time, the Archives released the 1976 audio recordings of Srila Prabhupada. For details of the new releases, see the Archives blog. … [Read more...] about Bhaktivedanta Archives releases 2013 VedaBase update and 1976 audio

Change 4,528

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According to what I hear, the second edition of Bhagavad-gita As It Is has five thousand changes. Here's one that came up in a Gita class a few nights ago: 17.28 (first edition) asraddhaya hutam dattam tapas taptam krtam ca yat asad ity ucyate partha na ca tat pretya no iha asraddhaya -- without faith; hutam -- performed; dattam -- given; tapah -- penance; taptam -- executed; krtam -- performed; ca -- also; yat -- that which; asat -- falls; iti -- thus; ucyate -- is said to be; partha -- O son of Prtha; na -- never; ca -- also; tat -- that; pretya -- after death; no -- nor; iha -- in … [Read more...] about Change 4,528

“Gita changes” for chapter eight an eye-opener, now online

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BBT press release The BBT is pleased to announce the release of the annotated scans for chapter eight of Bhagavad-gita As It Is. They are now online at www.BBTedit.com/changes. In this chapter, the revisions made are extensive. In fact, so much of what Srila Prabhupada originally wrote has been restored – and this so enriches the chapter – that lovers of Srila Prabhupada's words may well ask themselves, "How could we not want this in?" You'll see: extensive lost text recovered -- including significant explanations by Srila Prabhupada four instances where the old edition said … [Read more...] about “Gita changes” for chapter eight an eye-opener, now online

These things happen

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This letter was sent to me and Dravida Dasa, the chief editor at the North American BBT. Respected Maharaj and Prabhu, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I request to read the following purport of SB 9.10.29 "After giving up the body, one is transferred to another body, but sometimes, if one is too sinful, he is checked from transmigrating to another body, and thus he becomes a ghost. To save a diseased person from ghostly life, the funeral ceremony, or sraddha ceremony, as prescribed in authorized sastra, must be performed. Ravana was killed by Lord … [Read more...] about These things happen

Images from the planet of the trees

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"There is also a planet of trees presided over by Aryama, who represents Krsna." --Bhagavad-gita As It Is, first edition, purport to 10.29 Turning many heads at last year's Ratha-yatra festival in Los Angeles was a colorful sight: a man on stilts and dressed as a tree, lushly adorned with leaves and branches. Apparently he is a well-known figure at Venice Beach. Spotting him, my godbrother Svavasa Prabhu, the president of the Los Angeles ISKCON temple, called out to me, "Look! The planet of the trees!" I was too late to snap a picture of the tree-man. But I picked up pictures of him and … [Read more...] about Images from the planet of the trees