[PADA: Most people lost confidence in the BBT when they announced that Srila Prabhupada is their "writer for hire." At the same time, where were most of the devotees when they should have all united to complain about these unauthorized changes?
As one devotee said, "If someone was re-writing the Bible and trying to distribute their bogus changed Bible inside the church, everyone in the church would have complained and stopped that. Moreover, the writers of the changed Bible would never be accepted in the church, they would be evicted and banned." Yup! ys pd]
MY DEAR VAISHNAVA SISTERS AND BROTHERS,
I offer all of you my heartfelt praṇāmas. Jaya Śrīla Prabhupāda! Śrī Balarāma's Pūrṇimā Appearance Day kī jaya!!!!
Only a short posting from me today, because sometime next week I will specially announce the culmination of the last five years' work here, as it will have gone all over the world.
From the 2020 announced beginnings of the formation of the ERP (Editorial Review Panel) by the BBTII on ISKCON News, they offer us exactly what they're doing:
"Dravida dasa, an editor of Srila Prabhupada’s books for the past forty years, serves as a consultant in the RRP’s establishment of its Principles and Guidelines. As a member of the BBT Editorial Board, Dravida will interface with the RRP regarding revisions it may want to remove."
Please note that Dravida will NOT be interfacing with ERP regarding any revisions it may want to KEEP!
In other words, "the fox is guarding the hen house!" Dravida, bless his soul, is watching over the ERP's work to make sure that the ERP does NOT remove any Jayadvaita edits that he feels are good, justifiable, etc., unless he gives the authority to do so. He is the authority in the BBTII to do this, definitely a kind of surrogate Jayadvaita.
So? If you're expecting some real scholarly results from the "scholars" on the powerless consultative/advisory panel, you're not likely to find that. And so far, that has proven to be the case with their proud announcements, such as the extraordinary research and findings on the phrase, "The Blessed Lord."
Here are the ISKCON devotees who are members of the ERP:
(1) Bhakti Vijnana Goswami, PhD (in chemistry, or physics, not sure)
(2) Bhanu Swami
(3) Kalachandji Das / Carl Herzog, PhD (former English professor)
(4) Keshava Bharati Swami
(5) Krishna Kshetra Swami / Kenneth Valpey, PhD (author in Religion)
(6) Krishna Rupa Dasi
(7) Radhika Ramana Das / Ravi Gupta, PhD (professor and author in Religion)
Next week, again, I will be delighted to announce the culmination of five years' work in this private group.
Many of you have asked me how you can help . . . there are some very simple, easy ways you will be able to do so, starting next week.
I thank all of you, from the bottom of my heart, for all your support and encouragement, and your many meaningful and informative contributions made here.
Dāso 'smi premni,
Garuḍa Dāsa
https://iskconnews.org/bbt-revisions-review-panel-to.../(7)
LW: Whole idea is to hear from the right source. Let us hear from the people who make pedophile acharyas and re-write shastra. What could go wrong? Just asking for a friend!
ReplyDeleteAlmost forgot. Jayadvaita is the person who wants to know ... "why in hell are they chanting Jaya Prabhupada"? Good question. Why are they not chanting "Jaya pedophile pada"? And he does not know what is the difference? And this is their idea of an editor of shastra.
And Dravida cannot see what the problem is either. This is the state of things in ISKCON.
No wonder Bhakti Vikas swami started his Krishna life society. Even has had to bail out of this crap hole. Almost forget. He helped make the ISKCON crap hole. Good business!
Make ISKCON into a crap hole ... then pretend you are here to save people from the crap hole. Same crap hole you managed to make. Sounds like a great way to make lots of dollars from exploiting religion. Narayan Maharaja does the same. Helps make the crap hole ... then he is here to save of from us from the crap hole. They are all the same ... cheaters ...