Jan 07, 2018 — DENMARK (SUN) —
I have written all these books not as Ph.D.
People are appreciating
Srila Prabhupāda: I don’t care for nonsense Ph.D.
Indian devotee: Do you think Ph.D. is not helpful in my preaching, then?
Prabhupāda: What will be the honor of one with Ph.D.? I am eating.
Indian devotee: But I want to translate something, Hindi books full time, and there is the things, so...
Prabhupāda: That is very good. I have written all these books not as Ph.D. -- people are appreciating."
(Srila Prabhupada, Aug. 29, 1977, London, Bhaktivedanta Manor)
The reader will know that one of the main arguments for changing Srila Prabhupada's books, presented by corporate 'ISKCON', is to 'accommodate' scholars and academicians.
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