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On pilgrimage, 1985: The lost article

April 10, 2019 by Jayadvaita Swami

A few weeks back, while looking through some old files at the Hare Krishna temple in Brooklyn, I came upon a copy of a newsletter I had edited in 1985 while traveling throughout India with a party of pilgrims. The newsletter included an article I had written, but the newsletter, and therefore the article, had long been lost. I was pleased to rediscover it. Padayātrā Newsletter Number 13, October 1985   Not Quite Back to Godhead The second and third articles I wrote for the Padayātrā “On Pilgrimage” series have now appeared in Back to Godhead. I found out some weeks ago … [Read more...] about On pilgrimage, 1985: The lost article

My personal finances, 2018

February 28, 2019 by Jayadvaita Swami

Every year I make my personal finances public. Attached is an accounting of my finances for 2018. Jayadvaita Swami 2018 financial report … [Read more...] about My personal finances, 2018

The VedaBase Unicode plugin

February 23, 2019 by Jayadvaita Swami

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

February 16, 2019 by Jayadvaita Swami

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

The open Vyasa-puja book. Deadline: April 15

February 16, 2019 by Jayadvaita Swami

Every disciple of Srila Prabhupada is welcome to write an offering. Whoever sends an offering gets a free copy of the book. Please spread the word. … [Read more...] about The open Vyasa-puja book. Deadline: April 15

Introducing “Ahimsa Balancing”

November 17, 2018 by Jayadvaita Swami

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

November 6, 2018 by Jayadvaita Swami

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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

March 7, 2018 by Jayadvaita Swami

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

My personal finances, 2017

January 24, 2018 by Jayadvaita Swami

Every year I make my personal finances public. Attached is an accounting of my finances for 2017. Jayadvaita Swami 2017 financial report … [Read more...] about My personal finances, 2017

Hare Krishna chanters in NYC seek support

August 12, 2017 by Jayadvaita Swami

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

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