SEXISM IN CURRENT OFFICIAL VERSION OF BHAGAVAD-GITA AS IT IS by ISKCON and the BBT.

The current official edition of Bhagavad-Gita As It Is is full of subtle sexist alterations at the cost of women. The most common is the replacement of the word “person” by “man.” There are many instances where Srila Prabhupada in OT, the Original Transcript, available here: https://bookchanges.com/bhagavad-gita-as-it-is-manuscript/, uses the word “person” and the immature, overzealous and perhaps fanatical American editors have shamelessly twisted the text and replaced the original word “person” with “man” in their eagerness to discredit, disparage, and tax women. How else can we qualify such actions?

When we compare the English words woman and man it would appear that man is simply a subclass of wo-man, as the word man is fully integrated into the word woman. And as we all know, all men come from the womb of a woman.

In the State of Queensland, Australia, the Governor, the Premier, and the Commissioner of Police are currently women. Hon Annastacia Palaszczuk has been Premier since February 2015. And just a few months ago, in September 2022, we lost Her Majesty Queen Elisabeth II, the Head of the Commonwealth. She reigned for 70 years and 214 days, the longest of any British monarch and the longest verified reign of any female monarch in history (Wikipedia). The Vice-President of ISKCON Brisbane is also a female.

In Bhagavad-gita 10.41 Sri Krishna says: 

“Know that all opulent, beautiful and glorious creations spring from but a spark of My splendor.”

Purport by Srila Prabhupada:

“Any glorious or beautiful existence should be understood to be but a fragmental manifestation of Krishna’s opulence, whether it be in the spiritual or material world. Anything extraordinarily opulent should be considered a representation of Krishna’s opulence.” 

The musical creations of Mozart, Beethoven and others often fall into the category of the beautiful and even the sublime and they are therefore an expression of Krishna’s opulence. 

There are indeed contemporary musical expressions of the beautiful and the sublime as is evidenced by the attached video of two talented and graceful female singers Helene Fischer and Melanie Oesch, a fusional and dynamic duo. Not only does she sing and yodel very wonderfully but especially around 1.55 Melanie sways her body, left arm included, very gracefully. This edition of the Helen Fischer Show is simply a modern Ode to Joy as well as an expression of Krishna’s opulence.

“We’re heading for something
Somewhere I’ve never been
Sometimes I am frightened
But I’m ready to learn
Of the power of divine love.”