Srimad-Bhagavatam 2.1 Original Cover Once it was possible to find copies of original editions of Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatams in second-hand book stores and on internet book websites but now the original editions of have become very difficult to find anywhere. So there is an urgent need to preserve these valuable books for future generations. We see the BBT making thousands of unauthorized changes to so many of Srila Prabhupada’s books in this way completely destroying the authority of the books. Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam has remained relatively free from such changes for many years but now, with the release of the BBT Folio 2012 edition, we see the BBT have now produced a new and “updated” version of Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam complete with thousands of unauthorized changes and what the BBT consider are ‘improvements’ Now they are even changing Prabhupada’s words in the Folio to what they think Prabhupada should have said The BBT are determined to change Prabhupada’s books. They have not heard the outcry from the devotees about their unauthorized changes to, and. They have not leaned from their mistakes, on the contrary according to one of the main BBT editors in recent years they have given us new, “improved”, revised editions of Srila Prabhupada’s, and and now they also have a new version of Srimad-Bhagavatam. I do not know if they have actually printed this new unauthorized edition of Srimad-Bhagavatam but it is included in the 2012 release of the Folio Infobase.

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It is essential that we at least preserve the original teachings of Srila Prabhupada for future generations so as followers of Srila Prabhupada we all have to take this responsibility very seriously. At least we can not fail in handing on in tact and unchanged the original teachings of Srila Prabhupada to future generations. That is the least we can do for Srila Prabhupada.

You will find links below to PDF files that contain actual scans of original editions of Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam. Some covers are missing and they will be added when they are available, but otherwise you will find the complete book including all the original color plates.

These files are about 100 megabytes each because they contain actual scans of the original book pages. So it is an exact electronic copy of the original volumes of Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam. So please download these PDF files so you have the original first-edition of Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam, at least in electronic format. (1972) (1972) (1972) (1972) (1972) (1972) (1974) (1974) (1974) (1972) (1972) (1972) (1972) (1975) (1975) (1975) (1975) (1976) (1976) (1976) (1976) (1976) (1976) (1976) (1977) (1977) (1977) (1977) (1977) (1980) Text files produced from the above scanned books.

Hare Krishna Nandini It is very hard for us to understand because we have been so much trained by modern science in a different world-view. There is no concise description. It was not Srila Vyasadeva’s main purpose to describe the structure of the universe. Main thing is to get out, to go back home, back to Godhead, to the spiritual world. But he does mention many points about the structure of the universe in his writings.

Principally in the Fifth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam but also throughout the whole Bhagavatam and in Mahabharata and the Puranas and Upanisads. So far I do not think anyone has a clear idea of the structure of the universe revealed in the writings of Srila Vyasadeva. So it requires spiritual advancement, realization, inspiration from Krishna in the heart, etc, to actually realize it in practice and present it as a true scientific model that could be appreciated by modern science, etc. But I am sure when someone can do this at least a large percentage of the scientists will be very interested in it.

Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. Hare Krishna! There are so many translations of the Vedic texts. But unfortunately very few of them are by pure devotees of Krishna. The fact is that only a pure devotee of Krishna can understand and explain Krishna.

So only the translations and purports of a pure devotee of Krishna are helpful for us in our quest for spiritual advancement. Translations and commentaries by persons who are not pure devotees of Krishna will mislead us. They will not help us advance in Krishna consciousness, no matter how perfect they seem to be from the intellectual and scholarly point of view. It is only the pure devotee of Krishna who can awaken the dormant Krishna consciousness that is within all our hearts. So Srila Prabhupada is a pure devotee of Krishna. A pure devotee of Krishna is very, very rare.

So we need to take full advantage of associating with him by reading his transcendental books. Prabhupada only translated up to Srimad-Bhagavatam Tenth Canto Chapter 13. But he has given us the entire Tenth Canto also in the form of: Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead.

Then he has given us so much more nectar in the Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and many, many other books. So everything is in Srila Prabhupada’s books.

You do not need to go anywhere else. You do not need to read any other books. Simply study all the books of Srila Prabhupada and put into practice in your life the instructions you find Srila Prabhupada giving you as you read his books and you will make very rapid advancement in Krishna consciousness. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!

Madhudvisa dasa. I am extremely Thankful first to Ms Rachana Naurial to get me motivated to download Bhadvatam, all volumes. Second thanx to A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his institutions such as ISKON who have made these priceless scriptures translated & written in an understandable language, effective Paintings and in electronic format which makes me a proud owner of this knowledge.

Reading It will make my life worthy for what it has been and realizing the meanings + understanding weaved in these texts may lead me to realization which has been elusive to most people. Thank you all. Hare Krishna Harish Yes. Now it is up to you to actually read Srimad-Bhagavatam and put what you learn into practice in your life. If you do this your life will be very successful and you will become a very important person in the world and will become empowered to guide so many others back home back to Godhead.

Read the Bhagavatam, better if you read it aloud so you chant it including the Sanskrit verses and hear it. We learn more by chanting and hearing than just by thinking about it in our minds. This is Srila Prabhupada’s translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam He only translated up to Tenth Canto Chapter 13. So that is all that is available and all that will ever be available in Prabhupada’s Bhagavatam. We need to have faith that Srila Prabhupada has given us everything in his books. Please read all of Srila Prabhupada’s books and you will get all knowledge. I am sure you have not even read all of Srila Prabhupada’s Srimad-Bhagavatam yet.

So read it and read it again and again. The more you read it the more you will realize who Krishna is and who you are. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. I try to read SB in Sanskrit in Devanagari script. Most Indians do not know English.

Only those in big cities do. Prabhupada translated SB, other spiritual texts in English for the benefit of Western audience well versed in English, not for Indians. English is the official language of India along with Hindi. Hindi and English are used for official purposes such as parliamentary proceedings, judiciary, communications between the Central Government and State Government etc.

Most people who are devout that I know read SB, other spiritual texts in their own mother tongue (like Telugu, Malayalam, Tamil etc). Jai Shri Ram I want to give this message directly to respectable ISKCON authority members. ISKCON should send atleast one great Devotee Vaishnava, who is rid completely of lust, greed and anger, to every ISKCON temple to maintain them, and that too by careful investigation of him.

And they should open up a Gou-shaala in every temple. And provide Scheduled sevaas to every bhakta acording to his guna (attributes).

Eg., if one is seen to be very angry everytime, he should be given to pick up the gobars mostly. I am saying this for I have seen greater maya in temples than the outside world. Devotees are falling into sense enjoyment and quitting Bhakti-maarga (selfless loving services) I am extremely sorry if I have hurt the sentiments of any devotee by giving this opinion, but I wanted to say this for uplifting the present condition of the faithful men who are falling from Lord’s service.

I know this because I was one of such person. Yours humbly, A small bhakta. Hare Krishna prabhu ji I am getting bewildered after reading your page which says that ISKCON is not good now but I want to love Lord Krishna, I want to hear his past times, but you are saying that ISKCON is changing the real meaning, so i am getting very much upset.

Now it is very difficult for me to find who is true and who is not. And I also wanted to know that what is your opinion about Radhanath Swami and should I go to ISKCON temple or not and should I visit other temple or not I have many other questions, please reply me Hare Krishna. Hare Krishna Rahul Radhnatha Swami is a Mayavadi.

That should be fairly obvious to you. And really you have to decide for yourself in your situation what you should do. What I suggest is that you very sincerely chant at least 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra every day and strictly follow the four regulative principles and read Srila Prabhupada’s books at least 1-2 hours a day.

In this way Srila Prabhupada will instruct you from his books and Krishna will instruct you from within your heart and you will then know what you should do. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa.

Hare Krishna Radhamani Mayavadi means someone who thinks Krishna is in maya. A Mayavadi thinks that when Krishna appears in the material world He accepts a body made from the material energy.

But Krishna appears in His original spiritual body. The Mayavadis are impersonalists. They believe that Krishna’s appearance as a person in the material world is not His original form. They claim the original form is the impersonal brahman and when Krishna appears He temporally manifests a form and when He disappears He again merges back into the brahman.

They also believe that we, ultimately, have no eternal personal spiritual form. Their idea of mukti or liberation is merging into the impersonal brahman and loosing their individuality and personality. So the Mayavadis are envious frustrated persons.

They do not want to surrender to Krishna, they are against Krishna, and they make so much word jugglery and speculation to try and ‘logically’ explain that Krishna does not exist and that the impersonal brahman is actually supreme. Unfortunately at the present time the world, ISKCON, and every other so-called spiritual organization, is full of Mayavadis Mayavadi philosophy is very attractive to the demons here in the material world.

Because demons want to be god. And the Mayavadi philosophy claims that everyone is god So Mayavadi philosophy is nonsense and Mayavadis are demons who want to take advantage of the Vedas and present themselves as great transcendentalists and spiritual gurus. While never surrendering to Krishna and really working for there own personal interest, not Krishna’s interest Chant Hare Krishna and and be happy!

Madhudvisa dasa. Hare Krishna Prabhuji! I have been reading Shrimadbhagavatam in PDF format since last one year and a few other books and I have got Bhagavad-gita As It Is and it is the same as available on krishnastore.com but I have got it from Amazon as it was sent from one Vishwesh Oswal Prabhu who is on KrishnaConnect.com.Prabhuji I want all books only from KrishnaStore.com/in and as soon as I have got enough money I will get the books!

And I will read all the books and as you say I hope to do everything. And I must do it! All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

All glories to Krishna SankirtanMovement! Hare Krishna Aman Yes. We need to stick to Srila Prabhupada’s books only. Everyone wants to become a famous author with his own books. But Srila Prabhupada is actually a pure devotee of Krishna, and this is a very rare qualification.

So Prabhupada’s books have a very special quality that all these other authors can never match Please go to: It should be working again now for purchases of books in Indian rupees. So please place a small order and if there are any problems or errors, etc, let me know. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. Hare Krishna Madhudvisa Prabhu, Pamho.

I recently got the 30 volume SB. They are truely beautiful books, thank you and Hansdutta Prabhu for distributing them to the world. I read that the first edition SB sets with the original covers will be making a appearance sometime in the future.

I am aware the 30 volume set is pre 1978 editions. I am also aware of the fact that Prabhupada accepted corrections to be made to the first editions which the 30 volume Hansdutta are corrected. Can you clarify what will be the difference between the future first editions that will be back in print?

Im sure they are subtle, but would it be more auspicious to read the Original First Edition SB set? Please address the confusion Bolo Krsna.

Jay Prabhu As far as I remember, we’ve met in LA, or California in the 80’s I was initiated in 1974, in Amsterdam Anyway, this Prabhupad books issue is heavy stuff, and I just realized that, while I thought that I had original texts ( I gave my good old Bhagavatams away, one by one, knowing that the new ones were polluted!!! ) with the ” Hamsaduta printings ” ( someone had sworn to me it was clean ), they are not the original text!!! The way I can tell is with this: ” By regularly hearing the Bhagavatam and rendering service unto the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is practically destroyed, and loving service unto the glorious Lord, who is praised with transcen­dental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact. ” Now that’s the original In the aledgedly clean ( or simply less polluted!!! ) Hamsaduta printings, and all I saw ( even ” pre 1978 ” versions ), it sounds like this: ” By regular attendance in classes on the Bhagavatam, and rendering of service unto the pure devotee, all that is troublesome to the heart is almost completely destroyed, and loving service unto the glorious Lord, who is praised with transcen­dental songs, is established as an irrevocable fact. ” Mind you, as you might know, they actually had ” and diligently rendering service unto the pure representative of the Lord ” in a version I saw in L.A.

Circa 1981, but they changed that, because it was a bit too obvious ( I had also made a stink about it!!! ) There were other changes I had noticed back in the 80’s, in key verses ( Catur slokas ) Where can one buy original texts in book form, if at all possible!?!

We need to talk bro!!! Hare Krishna Dattatreya Prabhu There is no problem with the Bhagavatams printed by BBT pre 1978.

That includes the Hansadutta set. It is perfectly good. No problems at all.

The change that you point out is a correction. Look at Srila Prabhupada’s Delhi Bhagavatam. You will find that Srila Prabhupada himself personally wrote and printed “By regular attendance in classes on the Bhagavatam” in his original Delhi Bhagavatam. So you can not say this is wrong.

So just read the Bhagavatam and become a pure devotee of Krishna. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. HARE KRISHNA I have read Bhagavatgeeta & also i started reading Srimad-Bhagavatam. After reading Bhagavatgeeta it attracted me more towards KRISHNA the Supreme Godhead.

So i started reading Srimad-Bhagavatam. After reading those books i realized the real problem of human being. The problem is, people are not reading or not understanding these books.

The only solution for this is we have to make our next generations to read this books and understand the message of KRISHNA, also make them to love KRISHNA. This is only the way to get out of all troubles of Kali yuga. And on the other hand i also think that no one can stop this because the name itself indicates the yuga of quarrel. Let us hope for good and pray “LOKA SAMASTHA SUKHINO BHAVANTU” and beg Lord KRISHNA to have mercy on all fallen soul’s.

And we all know that no one can be as merciful as Lord KRISHNA. And i’m searching for last two cantos of Srimad-Bhagavatam. Can anyone help me getting the book? And i’m searching for the original one, also translated one. Please do a favor.

HARE KRISHNA. Hare Krishna You need to be satisfied with what Srila Prabhupada has given us. Vaisnava literature can only be translated by a pure devotee of Krishna. So what you appreciate in Srila Prabhupada’s translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita is the transparent via-medium of Srila Prabhupada.

Prabhupada is just presenting Srimad-Bhagavatam “As It Is” without injecting any personal opinion or ideas. This is a very rare thing.

Almost all commentators on the Vedic texts have their own opinions and ideas which they superimpose on top of their translations and commentary of the Vedic texts thus rendering them useless in the matter of transferring any real transcendental knowledge. So I humbly suggest Prabhu that you will find everything in Srila Prabhupada’s books and now that you have completed reading Srimad-Bhagavatam as it is given to us by Srila Prabhupada you can start reading it again at the First Canto. You will be amazed Prabhu as to how much better you will find Srimad-Bhagavatam the second time you read it.

The more you read Prabhupada’s books the more the spiritual world will open up for you. Prabhupada’s books are unlimited. They are not like ordinary books. You can read them an unlimited number of times and every time you read them they will be new and fresh and every time you will find new realizations and new knowledge.

Also the logical progression after reading Srimad-Bhagavatam is to read Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. There you will find the same teachings of Srimad-Bhagavatam but presented in a very wonderful way.

Sri Caitanya-caritamrta goes further in explaining the pastimes of Radha and Krishna than Srimad-Bhagavatam does. It is the post-graduate study of spiritual life. So please read Srila Prabhupada’s Sri Caitanya-caritamrta also: Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. It is already available: There is nothing wrong with that. It is first edition from Fifth Canto on, and cantos 1-4 are second edition.

Not the first printing, they contain some corrections that were made by BBT editors working under the direction of Srila Prabhupada. These are the exact same books that Srila Prabhupada personally read himself daily and gave most of his classes from and begged his disciples to distribute widely. So this Bhagavatam set is completely accepted by Srila Prabhupada. It is perfectly bona fide. Completely spiritual.

So get it and read it and become a pure devotee. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. Hare Krishna prabhu all glories to Srila Prabhupada Please accept my humble obeisances. I really appreciate the work you are doing prabhu but I have one concern. The Srimad Bhagavatam downloads seem to be the originals but not the ones you are advertising on Krishnastore.com I happen to have that exact set from the website Krishnastore.com and they differ from the ones that I just downloaded.

Please explain this to me because I am having a hard time trying to understand it. Thank you again prabhu for all your hard work on trying to preserve the legacy and authenticity of Our Spiritual Masters’ books.

And please forgive me prabhu if I have offended you or anyone with my concerns. I just want to know the truth. Hare Krishna Bhakta Sky The download is the first edition Bhagavatam. After the first editions were printed Srila Prabhupada instructed the editors to make many corrections to the first printed books. So there is editing between the first and later printings of the Bhagavatams.

But this is not ‘changes’. If you look carefully you will not find the meaning of the text is being changed. So this editing went on under the authorization and direction of Srila Prabhupada. It is completely different from the changes that have been made after Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance. The Bhagavatam set that you purchased from KrishnaStore.com is an exact replica of Bhagavatam volumes printed well before 1977. So it is completely authorized by Srila Prabhupada and is identical to the Bhagavatam volumes that Srila Prabhupada gave most of his classes from.

So do not worry. The Bhagavatam set you have is completely authorized. There is nothing so original as the set you have in existence at the moment. You are very fortunate to have it. They are now out of print. We have a few sets left in Europe only.

So just read it and become a pure devotee of Krishna. If it is good enough for Srila Prabhupada to read personally himself daily and give his classes from it should be good enough for you to read.

Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. Please read Srila Prabhupada’s original Bhagavatam in English. English is the main language for India now. It is not a problem for Indians to learn English and if you know English then why not read Prabhupada’s books in English It is available printed for sure in Marathi but you know when a book is translated into another language of course that is very good and very important for the people who only speak that language.

But really in the translation process something is lost. It is better to read the book in the original language and for Srila Prabhupada’s books the original language is English.

Hare krishna! Can i have online reading of prabhupada original srimad bhagavatam. I feel comfortable in reading in mobile(cellphone) rather than in computer or hard copy. I hv been reading from veda base.com. As u sayn it is maintained by bbt and doesnt contain original writings of srila prabhupad, i feel it is better to change from BBT.

RECENTLY I purchased original BG AS IT IS that was from mc millan book company. 1977 Dodge Motorhome Owners Manual. Kindly accept my obeisances for your immense services sivakumar, tamilnadu, india.

Hare Krishna Bhakta Parker Yes, it is safer to leave ISKCON. But somehow we have to remain in Krishna consciousness. So that is quite a challenge. We talk about chanting at least 16 rounds of the Hare Krishna mantra daily and strictly following the four regulative principles and reading Srila Prabhupada’s books every day but we have to actually very strictly follow these things and everything else Srila Prabhupada is instructing us in his books. Really this is best done in the association of other devotees, it is very hard to be a devotee surrounded by non-devotees.

But somehow that is the position we seem to be in at the moment so we have to push on and try to become Krishna conscious and try to serve Srila Prabhupada under these difficult circumstances. The solution is chanting Hare Krishna ultimately. So we have to actually get a taste for chanting Hare Krishna and have to actually do it constantly. It is only the sankirtan, the chanting of the Hare Krishna mantra that can counteract the bad effects of Kali-yuga.

So we have to chant Hare Krishna or we will not be even able to counteract the evils of Kali in our own lives, what to speak of saving the world, which, at some point in time, someone has to do, again. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. Firstly your instruction from Swami Narayana is wrong. This sort of stress on reading specifically the Tenth Canto of the Srimad-Bhagavatam, giving special stress to reading the Tenth Canto over the other Cantos is completely wrong, completely bogus.

The Srimad Bhagavatam has to be studied from the First Canto which is considered to be the lotus feet of Krishan and the subject matter progressively develops until the Tenth Canto which is considered to be Krishna’s Lotus face. So meditation on Krishna must start at Krishna’s lotus feet and progress gradually up to Krishna’s lotus face. So have to read all of the Bhagavatam, starting from the First Canto, in the order that it has been presented. Not that you put special stress on reading the Tenth Canto.

You have to read and assimilate all the other cantos first before it is possible for you to appreciate and understand the Tenth Canto. As far as reading the complete Tenth Canto read Srila Prabhupada’s “Krsna, The Supreme Personality of Godhead”.

That is a summary study of the Tenth Canto. Each of the 90 chapters in Krsna Book corresponds to one chapter of the Tenth Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam.

Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. There is no use in reading Bhagavatam without commentary by a pure devotee of Krishna. Srila Prabhupada has given us so many books and I suggest that you have most probably not read all of Srila Prabhupada’s books so you need to concentrate on reading all of Prabhupada’s books and listening to all of his classes and reading all of his letters, etc. Free Ex4 To Mq4 Decompiler Software Development there. Srila Prabhupada has given us enough to keep us constantly engaged in hearing about Krishna for a very long time.

And the nature of Srila Prabhupada’s books is that every time you read them a new level of knowledge and realization opens up. So when you have read all of Prabhupada’s books simply read them again and you will find the second time you read them you will get so much more than you got on the first reading.

Like this when you finish reading all of Srila Prabhupada’s books for the second time start again and read them all for a third time. You can keep on reading Prabhupada’s books like this and they will continue to become more and more blissful, more and more ecstatic, and you will realize more and more transcendental knowledge as your heart becomes purified and you advance in Krishna consciousness by the mercy of Srila Prabhupada, by hearing from Srila Prabhupada. Certainly no one should ever read or even touch any of the Bhagavatam volumes that contain translations and ‘Bhaktivedanta Purports’ by Hriydananda godas. This is ISKCON’s disease; they consider the books of Hriydananda to be non-different from the books of Srila Prabhupada. As you read the BBT Bhagavatam it just flows from Prabhupada’s Bhagavatam to Hriydananda’s Bhagavatam with absolutely no warning, on the assumption that Hriydananda godas is just as good as Prabhupada This is such an offense to Srila Prabhupada.

Putting Hriydananda godas on the same platform as Srila Prabhupada. I really can not imagine that there are many idiots out there any more who can accept such insanity. I heard Prabhupada say today that you can fool all of the people for some time and you can fool some of the people for all of the time but you can not fool all of the people for all of the time. So ISKCON’s time of fooling all of the devotees is long gone and really I think they are reaching the point where they are unable to fool any of the devotees So the bottom line is forget reading anything that is not written by Srila Prabhupada.

Srila Prabhupada is a pure devotee of Krishna and he has given us absolutely everything we need to become completely Krishna conscious, to become pure devotees, and to go back home back to Godhead and to take the whole universe with us. We simply have to surrender to Srila Prabhupada and take advantage of his association in the form of his transcendental books, his lectures, his conversations, his press conferences, his morning walks, his letters and all the other transcendental nectar he has left for us to raise us up to the platform of pure devotional service. So just read Prabhupada’s books. You do not need to read anything else at all. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. Hare Krishna Surabhi You can find all this information at: Please read all the articles there.

You will be very shocked about what they are doing to Srila Prabhupada’s books. They don’t like a lot of the things that Srila Prabhupada says and they want to change them. Of course they have started slowly. Still they have made thousands and thousands of significant changes that really alter the meaning of what Prabhupada says. Sometimes very dramatically changing the meaning, sometimes completely reversing what Prabhupada said ISKCON today is not like Prabhupada’s ISKCON. So their idea is they have to change Prabhupada’s books because they do not match today’s ISKCON Of course they should not have changed ISKCON into something different from what Prabhupada established Then they wouldn’t have to change Prabhupada’s books Anyhow please carefully study all the articles at: And if you have more specific questions I am happy to answer them for you.

Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. Hare Krishna Madhudvisa dasa ji, One more doubt. ISCKON was founded by SP A.C. Bhaktivedantaswami correct? Now after him (after his disappearance) are the teachings of ISCKON not correct?

Are they not perfectly divine as they are expected to be? And what are Ritvik and other foundations.?

Please kindly forgive my ignorance and sorry if I had spoken anything wrong. I don’t want anyone to spread wrong teachings of Bhaktivedantaswami under the name of The Almighty Sriman Narayana. Do kindly reply me and make me understand. Thanking you, Hare Krishna, Balaji. ISKCON have changed the teachings of Srila Prabhupada in so many ways. They are changing his books to try and reflect the changes they have made to the eternal and unchangeable philosophy of Krishna consciousness.

So certainly ISKCON is no longer divine at all. You can not reject and change the instructions of your spiritual master without becoming completely demoniac. And if you look into the history of ISKCON since Srila Prabhupada left our material vision in 1977 you will see a history of completely demonic persons trying to use Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON for their own personal gain. This is demoniac. This is the tendency in history. When the empowered acarya leaves his preaching organization becomes overtaken by demons in the dress of devotees.

There is not much that can be done to stop this. The demons are very keen to take over the position of guru and if there is no powerful acarya to keep them in check then it is very hard to stop demons from taking the position of guru and exploiting the innocent disciples. So we have seen this happening in ISKCON now for many years and it has been the cause of spiritual ruination for so many unfortunate devotees. So my advice is that you stay far, far away from ISKCON and ISKCON devotees. They can not help you to become Krishna conscious but they are very qualified to hinder your natural progress in spiritual life. Stay away from ISKCON but become very close to Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada is living in his books and other recorded vani and you can personally associate with him by reading his books and hearing his recorded classes.

This is direct and personal association with a pure devotee of Krishna and this sadhu-sanga with Srila Prabhupada has the power to elevate you to the platform of pure devotional service. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. Hare Krishna Kowsthub The important thing about a spiritual book is the author. Only a pure devotee of Krishna can understand Krishna and therefore only a pure devotee of Krishna can describe Krishna. We know that Srila Prabhupada is a pure devotee of Krishna and we have seen by practical example that his books have the potency to awaken the dormant Krishna consciousness that is within us all. Srila Prabhupada stressed just before he left his body that he did not feel any of his disciples were qualified to continue the translation of Srimad-Bhagavatam.

However, directly disobeying this instruction of Srila Prabhupada, Hriydananda Goswami and others continued translating and writing ‘Bhaktivedanta Purports’ for the Srimad-Bhagavatam without Srila Prabhupada’s blessings or authorization. They imitated Prabhupada but they were not pure devotees of Krishna like Prabhupada, they did not understand Krishna so they had no power to explain Krishna. So if you read their continuation of the Bhagavatam translation and their so-called ‘Bhaktivedanta Purports’ that will be very bad for your spiritual life.

Milk touched by the lips of a serpent has poisonous effects. So reading the Bhagavatam which is not translated by Srila Prabhupada [after Canto 10, Chapter 13] will have poisonous effects on you, even though it appears to be the Bhagavatam The poison is very subtle but it is also very deadly. So please only read the Srimad-Bhagavatam up to Canto 10, Chapter 13, then you can read Srila Prabhupada’s translation of Sri Caitanya-caritamrta. Then you can read the Bhagagavatam again. Prabhupada has given us so many books it is a lifetime’s reading And we can keep reading them over and over again and every time we read we will find new meaning and inspiration. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!

Madhudvisa dasa. Read all of Srila Prabhupada’s books, all small books like: Beyond Birth and Death, Perfection of Yoga, Perfect Questions Perfect Answers, Science of Self Realization, Nectar of Instruction, then of course Bhagavad-gita As It Is, Nectar of Devotion, Teachings of Lord Caitanya. We have to read ALL of Srila Prabhupada’s books and not just once. We have to read ALL of Srila Prabhupada’s books over and over again. Why did Srila Prabhupada spend so much time and effort writing all of these books? It is so we, his disciples, could read them and become Krishna conscious. If we think we can become Krishna conscious without reading all of Srila Prabhupada’s books we are very much mistaken.

Hare Krishna Santosh Yes Prabhu, you are most welcome to print out the pages of Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavatam and read them. That is what it is for. Please do it. Print out the pages and read them. If you read them aloud also, including chanting the Sanskrit verses, it has more potency than just reading it in your mind.

Reading in your mind is also good, but if you read it aloud then you are chanting it and hearing it and Krishna consciousness is actually realized through chanting and hearing much more than thinking in the mind. Thinking in the mind is of course smaranam, remembering, one of the nine processes of devotional service, so I am not in any way minimizing this, but hearing and chanting is better and that includes remembering also. So if you read aloud you are performing simultaneously hearing, chanting and remembering, which is much better than just remembering. But yes Prabhu, print it out and read it for sure!!! Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!

Madhudvisa dasa. Haribol Prabhu, Can you look up something for me? I’m rereading Srimad Bhagavatam and I’m up to Canto 4. I think I’ve found an error.

I’m not talking about the infamous “changes”, nor am I suggesting the error is only in your reprint of the orginal, but it’s in EVERY printing and reprint of EVERY edition since SB was ever printed. It’s at 4.4.20 Purport. A few lines into the Purport. It says: “The four different social orders—brahmacarya, gṛhastha, vānaprastha and sannyāsa” Therein lies the problem. Aren’t brahmacarya, grhastha, vanaprastha and sannyasa the four spiritual orders.

My request is I’m asking you to check to see if this error is in the pre-1978 editions? I don’t have it. Hare Krishna, – Thomas New York City. Hare Krishna Thomas This is not an error and the current Bhagavatams still are the original pre-1977 Bhagavatams. At least as far as I know so far the BBT have not changed them although they want to change the Bhagavatam and may have done that in their most recent printing, I do not know. These four orders of life: brahmacary, grhastha, varnaprasatha and sannyasa are social orders. It is student life, married life, retired life and renounced life.

So these are social orders. Students are one social order, married people are another social order, retired people are another social order and the renounced order is another social order. These orders are part of the Vanrasrama system which is about organizing the society in such a way that it is conducive for spiritual advancement. So the whole Varnasrama system is a social order which has as its aim facilitating the spiritual upliftment of all the people Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa.

I purchased the 30 volume srimad bhagavatam set at krishnastore.com but there are changed by the bbt editors and there are changes in my 30 volume set Eg Original version: Lord Brahma said: At the time when the unlimitedly powerful Lord assumed the form of a boar as a pastime, just to lift up the earthly planet, which was drowned in the great ocean of the universe called the Garbhodaka, the first demon(Hiranyaksa) appeared, and the Lord pierced him with His tusk. (SB 2.7.1 translation) Changed version: Lord Brahma said: When the unlimitedly powerful Lord assumed the form of a boar as a pastime, just to lift the planet earth, which was drowned in the great ocean of the universe called the Garbhodaka, the first demon(Hiranyaksa) appeared, and the Lord pierced him with His tusk. The changed version translation is there in my 30 volume SB set. Hare Krishna Sathya This is not a change. There is absolutely no change to the meaning of the text.

The 30 volume Srimad-Bhagavatam set you purchased is an exact replica of Srila Prabhupada’s pre-1977 books. There was obviously some editing done on the Bhagavatam with Srila Prabhupada’s approval between the first edition and the later editions like here changing “earthly planet” to “planet earth”, but this was done in Srila Prabhupada’s presence.

Prabhupada wrote a number of letters to the editors requesting corrections be made to the first edition Bhagavatams so you can not expect that all the printings will be absolutely identical to the first editions. So please read the books.

You can feel absolutely confident that you are reading Prabhupada’s original books and you will get the complete benefit from them. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. I have seen that DJVU files occupy less space than PDFs containing images. I request that the images may be optimized in size (without losing quality) and put individually so that we can see image of any page without downloading the whole file. Scanning or photographing is the best way to keep the books in computer format because it is free from missing texts and spelling mistakes. Here are some instances of missing texts: 1.

Perfect Questions perfect answers – chapter 1 “you cannot say that the sun Srila Prabhupada: Just wire.” 2. Srimad Bhagvatam SB 5.23.9 “The distance from the sun to the earth is lower planetary systems”. Hare Krsna, In 1976 at NY airport, just after Rathayatra, devotees inquired from Srila Prabhupada about the nature of the confusing maps in the just released 5th canto. Prabhupada admitted that some would leave because of this but it was for us ( his decree ) to describe BG and SB ‘scientifically’ for the western scientists.

After these many years I have been given the means to define the original nature of these maps scientifically. But it requires that the information be viewed under a very different set of circumstances where a complete washout of the western education (that all western devotees were subject to and see the information through that lens.) The main condition for the new understanding redefines the nature of our sky as it appears today in contrast to how it appeared 1000’s of years ago.

The current intellectual house of mirrors does not allow modern man to conceptualize outside certain restrictive definitions ie that what is not happening in the (astronomical)sky today of planets and their relationships – did not happen in ancient times. Hare Krishna Prabhapati Prabhu The sky has not changed much in the last 5000 years. What is in the FIfth Canto is an accurate description of the universe we live in. But as you say we have all been brainwashed by the current world view and most people, devotees included, can not accept that the actual universe is so different from what they have been told it is like since birth But actually the current scientific climate is such that if you could actually explain it in a way that they could understand it at least a small percentage of scientists would be open to it and many would be curious to investigate it. That is why Prabhupada wanted to build the Temple of the Vedic Planetarium in Mayapur. Of course they are building but they have no idea of the universe as it is described in the Srimad-Bhagavatam and they don’t believe it anyhow so it will be a disaster.

The problem is we do not understand the universe as it is described in the Fifth Canto and we can not explain it to the scientists. Not that the scientists refuse to accept it.

We can not even present a clear description and explain all the observed effects like the changing of the seasons, the rising and setting of the sun, the phases of the moon, etc, etc We have to have a ‘predictive model’ that is better than their predictive model based on their conception of the universe. Our model has to explain everything that we observe and it has to explain it better than their model. But we do not have that model. So how can we expect any scientist to take us seriously? The actual universe according to the Bhagavatam is dramatically different from what we have come to believe it to be according to the scientists and astronomers.

For example there is only one sun in the whole universe and all the things we call stars are actually just like the moon. The earth is in the center of the universe and everything is rotating, not around the earth, but around an axis which goes from the polestar out to the mountain range half-way out the universe. And the whole universe is rotating around that axis, it is called the sisumara-chakra, and at the same time the axis which is connected to the wheel of the sun-god’s chariot is moving all round the circumference of that mountain range once in every year 360 day year. One rotation of the wheel of the sun-god’s chariot is 24 hours and in that 24 hours the whole universe rotates causing what we see as the rising and setting of the sun, moon, stars and constellations. And everything is moving gradually because the whole thing is moving around the mountain range gradually to make a full circuit in 360 days So it is a very nice system that actually does perfectly explain everything we see. But unfortunately “devotees” do not believe it Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Chant Hare Krishna and be happy!

Madhudvisa dasa. Hare Krishna Tushar They are cheating Prabhu. Srila Prabhupada only translated Srimad-Bhagavatam up to Tenth Canto Chapter 13. After that the Bhagavatam that ISKCON distributes is translated by someone else and the so-called ‘Bhaktivedanta Purports’ are written by someone else. After Canto 10 Chapter 13 there is no Prabhupada Bhagavatam.

And ISKCON are such rascals that they are not even prepared to tell the readers who it was that made these translations and purports. Because if the readers knew this person’s personal character and activities they would be disgusted and of course would never read his books. It is part of the ISKCON policy to mix poison with the nectar.

By reading Srila Prabhupada’s books you are associating with a pure devotee of Krishna and you are getting the pure message of Krishna and you are making rapid spiritual advancement. But if someone who is not a pure devotee of Krishna, someone who still has material desires to fulfill, attempts to write Vaisnava literature it will fail. His books will not have any potency to deliver the transcendental knowledge to anyone, rather, even though they may seem very bona fide and very spiritual and even the philosophy in them may be correct, but because the heart of the author is not clean if you read his books the result will be that your heart will become contaminated, not purified So it is poison, and we are not going to put any poison on. Hare Krishna Madhudvisa dasa ji! Is this the same as ‘Bhagavad Gita As It Is’?

Also, is this original edition available for sale too? Unfortunately, I don’t think my internet connection is so strong that I would be able to download such large files.

Also, regarding Srila Prabhupada’s books being doctored by ISKCON (as being alleged by you), I do have the entire collection of Srila Prabhupada’s books. But how do I know whether my collection is ‘unmodified’ or not? I don’t want modified versions of the books. Therefore, could you kindly publish the original versions of all the books by Srila Prabhupada as you have done with this original edition of Srimad Bhagavatam? Hare Krishna Ashwani Srila Prabhupada did write the first Canto of Srimad-Bhagavatam in India. He collected the money for the printing himself by selling his Back to Godhead magazine and getting some donations from various important persons and businessmen.

I believe the Gita Press gave Srila Prabhupada some donations towards his great mission of printing the Srimad-Bhagavatam but they did not print it. Prabhupada printed it himself in Delhi. It is not that Prabhupada wrote the First Canto of the Bhagavatam twice. He printed the First Canto in India so he would have something substantial to take with him when he went to the Western countries to preach. So when Prabhupada went to the USA on the Jaladutta he took many cases of his Srimad-Bhagavatam with him and later on shipped more to the US when he was more established there. Then later on Hayagriva Prabhu edited it and the same First Canto was published in the USA.

So Prabhupada did not write it twice. He did, however, write the Bhagavad-gita As It Is twice. That is because the original manuscript he wrote in India was stolen. We still have some volumes of the exact reprint of Srila Prabhupada’s Delhi Bhagavatam available: And of course you can download the pdf file from krishna.org. Since 2001 BBT have been printing Srila Prabhupada’s 1972 Macmillan Gita but at least up to now they forbid ISKCON devotees from purchasing and distributing it So hopefully this will change. In ISKCON Srila Prabhupada’s original books are called ‘ritvik books’ and are more-or-less forbidden What a crazy world they live in As far as Prabhupada never criticizing the Gaudiya Matha, that is a lie.

Prabhupada very loudly and openly criticized his godbrothers for going against the orders of Srila Bhaktsiddhanta and even has written very, very strong criticize of the Gaudiya Matha in the purports of his Caitanya-caritamrta. So not only did Prabhupada strongly criticize his godbrothers in India even before coming to the West, he criticized them many times in letters to and conversations with his disciples, and he even published that criticize in his books. So we have to criticize if devotees are presenting themselves as following Srila Prabhupada but are not. Otherwise innocent people will be fooled by them. Of course Prabhupada did not concentrate on criticizing his godbrothers. He did not do it all the time.

He had much more important things to talk about. But still he did very strongly and openly criticize them on many, many occasions.

You may have seen my article: So really Prabhu everyone, both ISKCON and the Ritviks are lying when it comes to guru-tattva. So honestly both sides are useless. Both sides are presenting perverted and twisted versions of what “Prabhupada said” to try and “prove” that Prabhupada said what they want him to say. The ritviks want Prabhupada to say that ISKCON devotees can never become diksa gurus, which he absolutely did not say, that is opposite to his mission, and ISKCON want Prabhupada to say that anyone can be a guru and there are no qualifications required except approval of the GBC Which is also absolutely not true. So they are both lying, both useless. Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa.

Hare Krishna Madhudvisa dasa Prabhu, for finding time to answer me. Yes you are correct /* anyone can be a guru and there are no qualifications required except approval of the GBC */ yes this is totally wrong. But you are suppoter of Ritvik’s, why are you opposing them, i think Banglore Temple under Madhu Pandita Dasa is a Ritvik Temple. Or its different from Ritviks & ISKCON? I purchased Bhagavad Gita As It Is By Srila Prabhupada ( 1972 ) from Madhu Pandita Das Followers a year ago. They say ( Banglore Devotee’s ) that there is no Diksha Guru except SP.

But it looks quite odd to me, i feel Srila Prabhupada should be on top and other follower’s ( Qualified ) should become Guru and teach SP teaching’s. But that Krishna.org, krishnastore.com are websites that propagate Banglore Temple.

But your answer have somewhat created doubt’s in me. There are many forums that i know, but excatly i do not know who is what like IRM, PADA, RITVIK, ONEISKCON. The owner of these websites have written so much of Poision on net, that any one who aspires to become devotee, he will leave leave KC forever, i think this kind of propaganda will harm not only devotee’s but also aspiring one’s. I want to see one iskcon dying to serve Prabhupada and his mission, where everyone is out of politics hatred and envy. Please clarify who is wrong and why? And what is right?

Your servent!! Hare Krishna Ashwani I am a aspiring to be a follower of Srila Prabhupada, that is all.

I am not a supporter of anyone else. And as I have clearly written both ISKCON and the ritviks are lying when it comes to the guru issue. Every ISKCON temple, every ISKCON guru, and every ISKCON devotee is required to believe that conditioned souls are qualified to become diksa gurus and this is absolutely false.

It it is completely pointless to accept a conditioned soul as one’s guru because quite obviously if the guru himself is not liberated there is no hope of his disciples becoming liberated by his ‘mercy’. He can not give something that he does not have himself. So if he is not himself a pure unalloyed devotee of Krishna he can not help anyone else become a pure unalloyed devotee of Krishna. As far as ISKCON Bangalore they are preaching Krishna Kant’s philosophy that Prabhupada did not want any of his disciples to become diksa gurus, ever, and that Prabhupada will be the only guru for 10,000 years, and so on.

And this is also a lie. Prabhupada wants his disciples to become qualified bona fide diksa gurus. But of course the qualification is required. That qualification is not very difficult, in theory, but in practice it is very rare to find someone who is actually prepared to surrender to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna. So in this way they are lying also.

That is all I am saying and I am suggesting that if you really want to understand what Srila Prabhupada is teaching us on the guru issue and on every other issue is that you please read his books. There is no point in listening to either the ISKCON lies or the ritvik lies. Just hear directly from Srila Prabhupada Chant Hare Krishna and be happy! Madhudvisa dasa. My first contact with a Hare Krishna was a most merciful Mataji in Oxford Street, London who sold me a 'Higher Taste' cook book in 1984 while I was on holidays there.

I started seriously reading Srila Prabhupada's books in Australia 1985 and by 1986 Srila Prabhupada had convinced me 'Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead' and 'we should surrender to Krishna.' I joined the Hare Krishnas in Perth, Western Australia in 1986. Since then I have been chanting Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare/ Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama, Hare Hare, reading and distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and preaching as much as I can. That's my life and full-time occupation now really. I like it more than anything I've ever experienced before. Srila Prabhupada's books are so amazing. Even after reading them all many times they're still fresh and new.

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