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The VedaBase Unicode plugin

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Now text you copy and paste from the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase® can come out right -- diacritics and all -- for anyone you share it with. A simple, free plugin for the desktop VedaBase program makes your text come out in Unicode. That means you can paste your text in email, on Facebook, or wherever and the diacritic marks will come out right: Kṛṣṇa, not Kåñëa. To find out more, to get the plugin, and to find out how to plug it in and use it, go to https://vedabaseunicode.wordpress.com. … [Read more...] about The VedaBase Unicode plugin

1970 letters shed new light on how “Gita As It Is” came to be

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BBT press release The BBT is releasing a trove of more than a dozen letters exchanged between Hayagriva Dasa and Jayadvaita Dasa about Bhagavad-gita As It Is while the book was in production. The letters show that the translations especially, far from being Srila Prabhupada’s words lightly edited for grammar, spelling, and punctuation, were the outcome of a multifaceted editorial process. The letters give us some insight into what that process was. The letters, which are preserved at the Bhaktivedanta Archives, thus help document the history of Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Hayagriva … [Read more...] about 1970 letters shed new light on how “Gita As It Is” came to be

Introducing “Ahimsa Balancing”

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As an aspiring devotee of Krishna, I face a moral problem: I am pro-dairy but anti-cruelty and anti-slaughter, and I know that the dairy industry and the slaughter industry are partners in cruelty and killing. If I buy milk from the store, I can be sure it comes from cows that have been exploited and abused and at last are heartlessly slaughtered. How then can my ethics allow me to purchase such milk, offer it to Krishna, the well-wisher of cows, or even drink it? Yet the entire culture of Krishna consciousness gives importance to milk and milk products: ghee, yogurt, butter, milk … [Read more...] about Introducing “Ahimsa Balancing”

Now online: “Gita changes” for Chapter Eleven

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BBT Press release The “annotated scans” for Chapter Eleven of Bhagavad-gita As It Is are now online at BBTedit.com/changes. The scans for this chapter are the latest in a series that shows all the revisions done for the transliterations, word meanings, and purports of the second edition. Nearly every revision also has a note explaining why it was done, along with an image from the BBT’s oldest manuscripts, allowing you to verify the history for yourself. Jayadvaita Swami did his revisions for the second edition on a physical copy of the first edition. The scans show that copy. … [Read more...] about Now online: “Gita changes” for Chapter Eleven

Now online: “Gita changes” for Chapter Ten

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BBT Press release The “annotated scans” for Chapter Ten of Bhagavad-gita As It Is are now online at BBTedit.com/changes. The scans for this chapter are the latest in a series that shows all the revisions done for the transliterations, word meanings, and purports of the second edition. Nearly every revision also has a note explaining why it was done, along with an image from the BBT’s oldest manuscripts, allowing you to verify the history for yourself. Jayadvaita Swami did his revisions for the second edition on a physical copy of the first edition. The scans show that copy. (Revisions … [Read more...] about Now online: “Gita changes” for Chapter Ten

Hare Krishna chanters in NYC seek support

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A plea from the devotees who go out chanting Hare Krishna every day in Union Square in New York City NYC Harinam needs a small apartment in Manhattan to continue its service. Below is a letter of inspiration from Rama Raya das, who founded the NYC Harinam Ashram. Please read and consider donating to this wonderful project. We hope to see you soon in NYC! Also check out our press release and official GoFundMe campaign. This is Rama Raya, humble servant of Srila Prabhupada’s sankirtan mission. For five years without fail, through hurricanes and snowstorms, we have kept daily harinam … [Read more...] about Hare Krishna chanters in NYC seek support

Funding Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi

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My godsister Parvati Dasi, who looks after Srila Prabhuapda's samadhi in Vrindaban, has sent me this letter. She writes for a worthy cause. Dear Maharajas and Prabhus, Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. This is an appeal for your help for Prabhupada's Vrndavana Samadhi Project. This year, somehow the donation level has fallen below normal. For the first time in 17 years, I had to break a small Fixed Deposit to put in the working account. More than that, we must re-seal the dome after 25 monsoons, to ensure no leaking or concomitant structural damage. … [Read more...] about Funding Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi