Ajit Krishna Dasa writes: Wonderful points!
Personally I do not think that a posthumously edited version of Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita As It Is can exist without violating the sampradaic rule of arsa-prayoga and thereby without offending Prabhupada.
But since the BBTI publishes one it must certainly be made according to the accepted protocol for posthumously edited works. This will make it very easy to differentiate between the original and edited version, and it will no doubt remove a lot of the fighting created by the BBTI's insistence on changing Prabhupada books.
But even if the BBT International published according to the standard protocol still a very important point need to be made, namely that no one can make spiritual progress if they make offenses to the spiritual master - and they do so by supporting posthumously edited versions of Prabhupada's books.
Your servant, Ajit Krishna Dasa
Govinda Dasi: "The posthumously edition (editions) have not been correctly labeled according to the rules of publication. It is essential that any and all posthumous editions be dated and numbered, and that the editor (editors) names be prominently displayed on the cover and/or title page. There are other elements of proper protocol as well, and these can be easily accessed."
http://arsaprayoga.wordpress.com/2013/09/26/govinda-dasi-replies-the-real-issue-regarding-the-book-changes/
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