It is with deepest regret and sadness that I convey the passing of my dearest friend and colleague, Ekanatha Prabhu. A great soul who devoted his life to the Bhaktivedanta Archives since 1978. His wish was always to serve Srila Prabhupada steadfastly and remain close to him, and now he is with him.

I will post details of his memorial when available. In the meantime, please keep his loving family in your prayers.

Parama-rupa dasa

Bhaktivedanta Archives

 The Archival Spirit, Volume 9, September 2025

 The Bhaktivedanta Archives
Preserving our past for our futureSM

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda
Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

1453 Tom Shelton Road, Sandy Ridge, NC 27046

http://www.prabhupada.com

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What's New in VedaBase^TM

• Added /restored audio transcripts: 

     • 710718BG-Detroit [38:12 Min.]  • 730716R2-London [164:33 Min.]

     • 730717R1-London [92:06 Min.]  • 730719R3-London [81:10 Min.]

• 'Alone'—Compilation

• Archival Spirit—Bhaktivedanta Archives Newsletters

• Back To Godhead Magazine—Expanded & Updated

• BBT SKP Newsletter—[1975–1982]  [61 issues]

• Bengali script—Completed in the Śrī Caitanya-caritāmṛta

• Bhaktivedanta Gurukula Mantra Book—Yaśodā nandana Dāsa

• Chanting Hare Krishna—Śrutadeva Dāsa

• Commercial Diary 1972—Śrīla Prabhupāda

• Devanāgarī added to Brahma-saṁhitā

• English spelling converted to American spelling

• Ethical Problems on Gopanna's Devotion

• Formatting: Fixed reverse quotations in Cc

• Jaya Jagannatha—Dhruva Mahārāja Dāsa

• Kṛṣṇa-līlā-stava—Śrīla Sanātana Gosvāmī

• Līlāmṛta—Added the corrections approved by the author--BBT/Tattvavit Dasa

• List of Offenses–[Notice]–Business Card

• Master Contents for Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam

• Miscellaneous Transcripts—proofread [35 files]

• Ocean of Mercy, A Search Fulfilled—Bhakti-caru Swami

• Philosophy Interviews proofread—Syāmasundara & Hayagrīva Prabhus

• Photo Prabhupada Catalog—Color, Black & White

• Restored pre-78 books

• Shower of Divine Compassion—Daśaratha-suta Dāsa

• Visits to Australia and New Zealand—Kūrma Dāsa

• Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā—1969–2024, Updated

• Śrī Laghu-bhāgavatāmṛta—Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Analogies—Bhaktivedanta Library

• Śrīla Prabhupāda's Little Red Address Book

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Nectar Drops—Courtesy Vanipedia.org

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Room Scans in Juhu - 2016

• Śrīla Prabhupāda's Official Schedule [Itinerary] 

    In Geneva, May 29, 1974–June 8, 1974—Guru Gaurāṅga Dāsa

• Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, Canto 10.14 Onwards—[2169 refs]—Compilation

• Translated Transcription Records from Hindi & Bengali, 

    Interspersed in Audio Transcripts [Aug. '75 – Nov. '77] 

    [Search for 'transl' (Next Hit) to view] [13,710 accounts]

• Tad viddhi praṇipātena—Handwritten by Śrīla Prabhupāda

• Tattva-sandarbha—Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī

• The Inception of the Bhaktivedanta Institute—Rishiraja Dāsa

• The Renounced Order of Life: Sannyāsa—Extensive Compilation

• Vanity Karma—Jayādvaita Swami

Full VedaBase Contents

                                      What's New in VāṇīBase^TM
 

    

• 108 Glories—Paratrikānanda Dāsa

• A Bond of Love, Śrīla Prabhupāda and His Daughters

• ĀCĀRA O ĀCĀRYA—Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi Dāsa

• Acyutānanda—Rathayātrā L.A. 1980—Q & A

• Anecdotes of a Modern-Day Saint, Chapters 1 – 80—Siddhānta Dāsa

• As It Is Magazine: 1979 – 1983—Online PDFs [10 issues]

• Back to Vṛndāvana—Hari Śauri Dāsa

• Bhaktivedanta Vedic Library Narrations—Damodara Dāsa

• Bindu Mini-magazine—Mādhavānanda Dāsa [581 issues]

• Biography of Śrīla Prabhupāda [90 Min Video]—Gargamuni Dāsa

• Blazing Sadhus—Achyutananda Dāsa

• Brāhmaṇa and Vaiṣṇava—Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura

• Brijabasi Spirit—[1974 - 1981, 45 issues] New Vrindavan Newsletters

• By His Example—Expanded & Updated—Guru Dāsa

• Calcutta: City of Divine Grace—Rajasekhara Dāsa

• Care for Cows Newsletters—[68 issues]—Kūrma-rūpa Dāsa 

• Daśaratha-suta Dāsa—Translations

• Eight Prayers Glorifying Nityānanda—Śrīla Vṛndāvana Dāsa Ṭhākura

• Emerge of Womans Voices—Prāṇadā Devī Dāsī

• Exploring Bhakti—Prāṇadā Devī Dāsī

• Demons in Vrindavana Lila—Bhakti Caitanya Swami

• Female dīkṣā-guru—Śrīdhara Śrīnivāsa Dāsa

• Gargamoney—Pūrṇaprajña Dāsa

• Gaura-līlā—Varṣāṇā Swami [Narrated by Harirāma Dāsī]

• His Divine Grace—Śrī Nandanandana Dāsa

• ICJ—ISKCON Communications Journal—Sept. 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024

• Initial History of Shri Prabhupad A.C. Bhaktivedant Before 

   His Foreign Tour—Acharya Prabhakar Mishra

• ISKCON Health and Welfare Ministry—Prahlādānanda Swami 

• ISKCON Magazines in PDF

       'Origins', 'Atma', 'Who Are They', 'Spirit Soul'

• ISKCON Prison Ministry—[50 issues]—Bhakti-latā Dāsī 

• ISKCON World Review / Hare Krishna World—[143 issues]

• Jīva-tattva: The Svarūpa of the Jīva, Mukti & Prīti—Uttamaśloka Dāsa

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa-karṇāmṛta—Translations

• Kuśakratha—Translations

• Līlāmṛta Interviews, Late 1970s—[243 Interviews – 5186 pages]

• Love Medicine and Music the flipside of the Sixties—Guru Dāsa

• Memories via Internet [50 accounts]

• Nāmācārya—Rūpa-vilāsa Dāsa

• Nīti-Śāstra by Cāṇakya Paṇḍit—Patita Pāvana Dāsa

• Nityaṁ bhāgavata-sevayā—[249 issues]—Brajsunder Dāsa 

• My Days with Śrīla Prabhupāda—Umapati Swami

• O'Hare Krsna Airport—Trāṇakartā Dāsa

• PLEASE DON'T LUMP US IN—GBC

• Prabhupāda Kaṭha via YouTube—[97 accounts]

• PrabhupādaConnect.com/Memories—[102 memories]

• Prabhupāda's Coming—Paratrikānanda Dāsa

• Prabhupāda: Smaraṇaṁ—Hṛṣikeśānanda Dāsa

• Prema-pradīpa—Puṇḍarīka Vidyānidhi Dāsa

• Proper Kīrtana—Rāsānanda Dāsa

• Sankirtan Newsletters—1975 – 1979 [184 issues]

• Seeking Help from Bhagavad-gītā As It Is—Jayapatāka Swami 

• SEMINARS—Gopīparāṇadhana Dāsa

    Festivals, Bṛhad-bhāgavatāmṛta & Tattva-sandarbha

• Śrī Caitanya; His Life and Precepts—Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

• Śrīla Prabhupāda in Germany, 2nd Ed—Bhakti Gauravāṇī Goswami

• Śrīla Prabhupāda's Kirtan Standards—Jayādvaita Swami

• Śrīla Prabhupāda in South India—Rajasekhara Dāsa

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Tributes—2010 – 2024, Updated

• Śrīla Prabhupāda’s Miracle—Vaikuṇṭhanātha Dāsa

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Uvāca, updated & expanded—Śrutakīrti Dāsa

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Shorts—Random Teachings on Video

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Sweet Memories—Ksirodaksayee Vishnu Mahārāja

• Śrī Stava-mālā—Śrīla Rūpa Gosvāmī

• Swamiji—Satyarāja Dāsa

• The Divine Love Trip—Samapriya Devī Dāsī 

• The Glory of India—Rajasekhara Dāsa

• The Glorious Life of Śrīla Narottama Dāsa Ṭhākura—Śītalā Dāsī

• The Realization & Manifestation of Your Eternal Identity

   Identity Transformation Through Rāgānugā-bhakti—Uttamaśloka Dāsa

• The Way of Kings—Duryodhana-guru Dāsa

• The Vaisnava Journal—Online PDFs [5 issues]

• Touchstone Media—Īśvara Dāsa

Alaṅkāra-kaustubha__Kavi-karṇapūra

Bhakti Rasāmṛta-śeṣa__Gaurapada

Hari-nāmāmṛta-vyākaraṇa__Gaurapada

Harmonist Volume 1  (Śrī Sajjana-Toṣaṇī)

Patrāmṛta__Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura

PRABANDHĀVALĪ__Śrīla Bhaktivinoda Ṭhākura

Prema-vilāsa__Śrī Nityānanda

Puruña-sūkta__Gaurapada

Sāhitya-kaumudi__Śrīla Baladeva Vidyābhūṣaṇa

Śrī Caitanya-bhāgavata__Śrī Vṛndāvana Dāsa Ṭhākura

Śrī Kṛṣṇa-vijaya__Śrī Guṇarāja Khān

Tenth Symphonie of Commentaries SB Vol 1

Tenth Symphonie of Commentaries SB Vol 2

Tenth Symphonie of Commentaries SB Vol 3

Tenth Symphonie of Commentaries SB Vol 4

Tenth Symphonie of Commentaries SB Vol 6

Uddhava-gīta__Śrīla Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura

VAKTṚTĀVALĪ__Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Saraswatī Ṭhākura

Versified History of Sanskrit Poetics__Gaurapada

Vishnu Purana_Fifth Canto__Gaurapada 

• Vraja Rasa Bindu—Hṛṣikeśānanda Dāsa
• Vṛndāvana is My Home—Daivīśakti Devī Dāsī

• When Illness Takes Hold—Prāṇadā & Arcana-siddhī Devī Dāsī

• Without Fear—Rūpa-vilāsa Dāsa

• Yamunā devī dāsī—Glorifications & Memories [95 accounts]

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The Bhaktivedanta Archives
Preserving our past for our future^SM

His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda

Founder-Ācārya of the International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness

1453 Tom Shelton Road, Sandy Ridge, NC 27046
 http://www.prabhupada.com

New Updates from
the Bhaktivedanta Archives

Released on the Auspicious Appearance Day

of Baladeva Vidyābhūṣana, June 12th, 2019

What is new in VedaBase 2019?

• 1966 Reverified Against Original Audio—119 files, 87 hours

• All Original Audio Linked to Transcripts—3,804 files, 2,435 hours

• Audio Transcription Erratum—Corrections Updated

• Back to Godhead Magazine with PDFs—73 missing issues added

• BBT Transcendental Art—1400+ large reference images

• Bhaktivedanta Music & Purports Alphabetized—190 songs, 50 hours

• Bhaktivedanta Vedic Library—Cooking for Krishna & narrations

• CDMinistry – EasyAccess—Optimized lectures, 137 hours

• Chronology based on Audio Records—Updated 

• Cooking with Kurma Videos—How to Cook for the Deities

• Dictations, SB 3rd Canto with Audio—6:14 hours, SB 3.27.11–3.32.42

• ISKCON Juhu 40th Anniversary—Remembrances

• ISKCON Magazines—'Origins'  'Atma'  'Who Are They'  'Spirit Soul'

• ITV DVD Subtitles with Videos—Updated & expanded

• Kṛṣṇa Book Dictations Texts with Audio—77 files, 48 hours

• Krishna Stories with Audio—13 files, 4:30 hours

• KT Series, Golden Avatar Productions—Plus other classics

• Miscellaneous Transcripts—35 files, [proofreading pending]

• Morning Program with Audio—27 files, 1:12 hours

• New Audio and Transcripts—37 files, 23 hours

• Live in Rāman-reti, Vṛndāvana—1979 5:00 am, Parama-rūpa

• Philosophy Discussions with Audio—updated

• Prabhupāda Collection—Remembrances

• Prabhupada Connect—Only Prabhupāda, Padmapāṇī

• Prabhupāda Correspondence—110 new letters, 6,854 total

• Prabhupāda Memories, Chapter 62 & 63—Siddhānta

• Prabhupāda: A Lifetime in Preparation—Giriraj Mahārāja

• Śrī Gopāla-campū of Śrīla Jīva Gosvāmī—Pūrva &Uttara–campūs

• Śrī Vyāsa-pūjā 2016–2019—4 volumes

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Disciple Database—As of Oct. 2018

• Śrīla Prabhupāda Tributes 2010–2018—9 volumes of sublime offerings

• Śrīla Prabhupāda, Our Founding Father—Sureśvara

• Seeking Help from Bhagavad-gītā As It Is—Jayapatāka Swami 

• Secretary & ISKCON officer Correspondence—230 new letters

• Third Party NFOs—Ācārya, etc. [no support]

• Transcripts Listing by Verse / Subject—Look up a verse easily

• VedaBase Unicode—Convert Balarāma diacritics to Unicode—Indupati

• Who is this Ramo?—Devakī

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Your grateful servants,
The Bhaktivedanta Archives staff

Parama-rūpa Dāsa
Nitya-tṛptā Devī Dāsī
Ekanātha Dāsa

Disclaimer:

While we at the Bhaktivedanta Archives make every endeavor to release an accurate rendering of Srila Prabhupada’s legacy, we also know that when dealing with numerous poorly recorded, unlabeled and in some cases miss-labeled recordings. Based on the above, we apologize for any inaccuracies that may have resulted in our endeavors under these unique circumstances. We sincerely encourage anyone to submit verifiable corrections:

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We thank you for your support and understanding in this matter.

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The Bhaktivedanta Archives serves as the official repository for the historical records of and about His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder Acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Its primary purpose is to collect, preserve, protect and allow dissemination of his teachings, images and life’s work for his students, scholars, and other interested persons who seek cultural, and spiritual development.

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