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Updated BBT style guide (December 2016)

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Here is the most recent version of the BBT Style Guide. BBT Style Guide, December 2016 (docx, 433 KB) BBT Style Guide, December 2016 (pdf, 910 KB) The Style Guide offers the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust's latest standards on such matters as spelling, punctuation, capitalization, and word choice. This is a routine update. You can always find the latest version of the Style Guide on the permanent page of BBT editorial resources. … [Read more...] about Updated BBT style guide (December 2016)

Upcoming: BBT Africa conference for 2015

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BBT Africa holds an annual conference, each year in a different part of Africa, as part of the BBT's partnership with the African temples, members, and supporters of the Hare Krishna movement. The first conference was held in Durban, South Africa, in 2010. In the following years it was held in Johannesburg, Nairobi, Phoenix (Mauritius), and Accra. This year the conference returns to Durban. … [Read more...] about Upcoming: BBT Africa conference for 2015

“BBT Only” Day: March 14

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A letter from the BBT chairman: In cooperation with the ISKCON GBC, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust is marking March 14 as the first annual “BBT Only” Day. This is a day to remember the following important instructions from Srila Prabhupada: He formed the BBT to serve as his exclusive publisher. He wanted all his books purchased exclusively from the BBT. His Divine Grace gave those instructions in a letter addressed to all ISKCON temples. The letter was dated March 14, 1974. March 14 this year will be the fortieth anniversary of that letter. Every devotee and congregational … [Read more...] about “BBT Only” Day: March 14

BBT Africa publishes first book in Xhosa

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On the occasion of Lord Krishna's appearance day, the African BBT has released its first book in Xhosa, one of the eleven official languages of South Africa. Xhosa is the native language for about 8 million people.The book is a translation of Srila Prabhupada's Beyond Birth and Death. First printing: 5,000 copies. The translator: Tota Gopinatha Dasa. The graphic designer: Khotso Kholopane. … [Read more...] about BBT Africa publishes first book in Xhosa

“Beyond Birth and Death” published in Zulu

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BBT Africa has published Srila Prabhupada's Beyond Birth and Death in Zulu. The book (print run: 10,000 copies) was launched at the Durban Rathayatra festival by ISKCON leaders, members of the BBT publishing team, and Zulu-speaking devotee children from Soweto. Zulu serves as the primary language for about 10 million people, the vast majority of them in South Africa, and as a secondary language for another 16 million. Since 1994, Zulu has been one of South Africa's eleven official languages. It is written using the Latin alphabet. Translator for the book: Akhanda Kirtana Dasa (Agricious … [Read more...] about “Beyond Birth and Death” published in Zulu