| How the Editors Serve Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Books After Śrīla Prabhupāda’s disappearance, the BBT has published revised editions of the Kṛṣṇa book, Śrī Īśopaniṣad, Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta, The Nectar of Devotion, and Bhagavad-gītā As It Is. In these editions, the editors, after carefully consulting original tapes, manuscripts, and transcripts, restored material the previous editions had lost, obscured, or distorted. Many devotees ask, “Did Śrīla Prabhupāda authorize such revisions?” “Why were the revisions necessary?” “Didn’t Prabhupāda forbid his disciples to change his books?” “Didn’t Śrīla Prabhupāda declare, ‘Don’t change my words!’?” This paper is meant to address these concerns. |