Rethinking Darwin A Vedic Study of Darwinism and Intelligent design by Leif A. Jensen (Lalitanatha Dasa) 256 pages, softbound, 12.5 x 19cm
Over the past few decades, advances in biochemistry have created an Intelligent Design opposition that maintains that the theory of evolution is beset with anomalies. In "Rethinking Darwin", Danish science writer Leif A. Jensen, in collaboration with leading Intelligent Design proponents such as Dr. Michael Behe, Dr. William Dembski, and Dr. Jonathan Wells, points out flaws in the Darwinian paradigm and examines the case for intelligent design. The argument for design is next expanded with further evidence from archeology, cosmology, and studies of consciousness. Finally, based on the irreducible nature of consciousness, the book suggests an alternative paradigm drawn from the Vedic texts of ancient India.
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) Sweden, established in 1987, is Europe's largest publisher of books on Krishna consciousness and the philosophy, religion, and culture of the Vedic tradition of India. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust especially emphasizes the works of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. Its publications include original scriptural works, translated into more than eighty languages, and books that discuss and explain these traditional texts. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust also publishes some of its materials on CD and DVD, in audio book format, and is in the process of converting its entire catalogue into e-book format.
Books by The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust range in complexity from brief, introductory volumes and study guides, summary studies, and short Sanskrit works to exhaustive multi-volume translations (with commentaries) of major Sanskrit and Bengali texts.
The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust Sweden translates the works of its founder, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, into more than forty languages, including German, French, Russian, Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, Finnish, Icelandic, and Indonesian.
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Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita
Two-volume set
by Satsvarupa Dasa Goswami The masterful biography of the extraordinary life of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the scholar, philosopher, religious leader, and saint responsible for the revolutionary transplantation of India's timeless spiritual culture onto Western soil - a mission crowned with astounding success.
"The life of Srila Prabhupada is pointed proof that one can be a transmitter of truth and still be a vital and singular person.…Srila Prabhupada is one in a thousand, maybe one in a million."
—Harvey Cox, Professor of Divinity, Harvard University.
A new website that sheds light
Because Srila Prabhupada's books are sacred, his followers may sometimes wonder, "Is it right to edit or revise them after his depature?" BBTedit.com examines Srila Prabhupada's instructions to the BBT and the history, myths, and controversies surrounding this important issue.
Check out the "Gita Changes" for Chapter 5
"Activities such as hearing, seeing, speaking, evacuating, etc., are actions of the senses meant for work."
Really? Wait a second - aren't hearing and seeing what we do with our knowledge-gathering senses, not our working ones?
But the quotation comes right from Bhagavad-gita As
It Is, from the purport to 5.9. So how could it be wrong?
It's wrong because it's the first edition and a typist left something out.
See for yourself in the annotated scans for chapter five, now online at www.BBTedit.com/changes.
You'll see all the revisions done for the purports, along with annotations and with images from the manuscript typed by SrilaPrabhupada himself.
Of special historical interest: For this chapter, Srila Prabhupada typed on the back of various printed pages, for which images are included.
Whether you're "for the changes," against them, or neutral, here's another opportunity to see what the changes actually are.
The changes for the Preface, Introduction, and previous chapters are already online. See them all at www.BBTedit.com/changes.
New Books
When the Sun Shines
The Dawn of Hare Krishna in Britain
by Ranchor Prime
When the Sun shines tells the story of how the Hare Krishna movement came to Britain in the 1960s, when a group of His Divine Grace Srila Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada's American disciples left for London, the center of the 1960s music and pop culture. There they gained national attention by chanting Hare Krishna in public and befriending the Beatles.
Ranchor Prime, himself one of the early members of the British Hare Krishna community, gives a touching and personal account of innocence and spiritual adventure, when visions of transforming the world fired an entire generation. His carefully researched account weaves together the personal experiences of more than seventy of those who were there, bringing to life this extraordinary story.
Hardcover, 496 pages, 15.1 x 22.8 cm, 26 color plates
Veda Secrets from the East by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his disciples
Veda explores secrets of spirituality found in the ancient writings of the East. Probing into topics such as the soul, karma, reincarnation, and meditation, this book helps awaken within you the spiritual insights great teachers have spoken of for thousands of years. In this book His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and his followers address the most crucial questions of our existence.
Hard cover, 480 pages, 12.5 x 19 cm, 16 color plates
"Please print as many books as possible, this is my real pleasure. By printing these books of our Krishna conscious philosophy in so many different languages we can actually inject our movement into the masses of people all over the world, especially there in the Western countries, and we can literally turn whole nations into Krishna conscious nations." (Excerpt from Srila Prabhupada's letter to Hridayananda Maharaja, 21 December 1974)
