Vrindavantoday.org — Although we have heard unconfirmed reports that the strike has been called off and that some agreement has been reached between ISKCON management and the strikers, we are giving the report as found in today’s Jagran along with information gleaned from conversations with the strikers. The Editor.
Vrindavan, 2011.10.08 (DJ, VT): As the expelled devotees’ fast enters into its fifth day, little has changed. The city magistrate’s attempts to mediate have failed and the devotees have sent another letter to various officials pleading for them to take action, stating that they are in imminent danger from the ISKCON management.
The ISKCON management continues to claim that the four brahmacharis and Navanita Das were expelled for breaking the rules of conduct in the ashram. As a protest against the expulsion the devotees took to the hunger strike.
According to Syamantaka Das, one of the strikers, he and other members of this group have been objecting for some time to the corruption that they see spreading in the temple management. “The money that is coming from the public is meant to be used for preaching and service to the deities,” he said, “but we are seeing that some people are pocketing the money and others are investing temple money in their own business schemes.
In particular, he singled out the head of the bakery/prasad business. He claims that the devotee in charge of the bakery skims off ten to fifteen thousand rupees a day. “His brother is the chief accountant for ISKCON, and so his illegal actions are being overlooked.”
Syamantaka Das said that they had proof of the corrupt practices and were ready to present them to the public. But the principal complaint he seemed to have was that the management had not dealt fairly with the conflict in the brahmachari ashram. “The matter was not serious and could have been dealt with equitably. They chose to throw us out rather than the others. But some of us have been serving in the temple for twenty or twenty-five years. How did we suddenly become ‘bad’ if we weren’t bad before? In all these years we served selflessly without complaint, and now suddenly we are expelled?”
Syamantaka went on to say that he had been serving ISKCON Vrindavan for so long that this was his home and he could not conceive of going to any other devotional association. “I serve Prabhupada,” he insisted.
The strikers accused the ISKCON management of being behind a stone-throwing incident, which both ISKCON and the police reject. In the meantime, city magistrate Vinode Kumar Chowdhary made an attempt to bring the two sides together but without success. Both sides remain entrenched in their positions and refuse to compromise. Nevertheless, Chowdhary said that he would attempt to have both sides meet again today (Saturday) in the hope of finding a way to overcome their difficulties. “Though both sides are intransigent and quick to anger, we will not allow the rule of law to be undermined,” said the magistrate.
Chowdhary also had a medical examiner look at the strikers. The doctor found that their blood pressure had gone over danger levels and recommended that the five be hospitalized, but the strikers said they would not leave the site.
In his letter to the district adminstration on Friday, Navanita Das expressed concern that the temple’s management might attempt to kill them. “If we are murdered, they will be to blame,” the letter said.
pamho agtACBSP of course this is devastating news – I believe the devotees of the hunger strike are sincere, this stealing of temple lakshmi in Vrindavan has been running since more than 20 years. I remember when i used to live there the so called brahmacaris used to keep money of the book-shop of Krsna Balarama Mandir.
They blooped and someone else committed suicide in SRILA PRABHUPADA’s samadhi.
Vrindavan dham is full of ghosts of sinful people who die there without having achieved perfection because of this cheating in Iskcon.
I feel very sorry to hear about these devotees who were beaten up and now nobody cares about their health materially and spiritually.
No doubts anymore that this is the age of hypocrisy where almost everyone forgets whom everything belongs. Stealing until they meet Yamaraj – then they have to pay back everything and suffer all the sinful reactions committed in the Holy Dham.
ys seva das
haribol
Dear Prabhus of ISKCON
Please accept our most humble obeisance. All glories to Guru and Gauranga! All glories to Prabhupada.
We want the world to know the trouble in ISKCON Temple and MVT in Vrindavana.
Temple President Panca Gauda prabhu is causing much trouble with devotees here at ISKCON mandir in Vrindavana. The TV station and the newspaper reporting the slapping of brahmcari and fighting with them off the President. The police action and case against the president and their men. There is so much love affair that the president is doing with women and causing much bad talk everywhere. He is a very bad man and only after money and women. He is married man and he is bad example to every one.
There is Abhirama prabhu the MVT incharge who is causing big trouble when his exgirl friend come and he arrange ISKCON matajis to fight against her and tie he up and beating very badly and cause police trouble and newspaper reporting. Many devotees beating this karmi mataji girlfriend Abhirama prabhu and she had to go to hospital many times and police FRO come and FIR report made to police.
President and mvt incharge are doing so much big business in Vrindavana everybody know this there is dacoit involve and everything. the temple and mvt need audit to prove the money go. Where all money go? So much money come and temple cry more more money. This is big temple in vrindavana dham big temple mean big money where this all go?Brahmacari sit outside temple with big sign and big support against the temple president and ISKCON temple. Temple arrange one night time for devotees from inside to throw big rocks at the protest barmaracaris hitting them hard on head and body. Why this happen to them? Now the president came with local police and with force take them away take all baners and signs and bed and devotees away.
With police help then everything nice and clean now. No more headache for president. Pay some money to police and every thing go away. But because big power from ISKCON problem go away? Krishna looking Prabhupada looking every one looking.
Please help us. Who will listen? The temple pay big bribe to police to stop anyone report the problem so what to do? We are Indian devotee of Krishna ISKCON devotee why do these foreign devotee come take big position and make trouble and have affairs and police trouble? Many very good foreign devotee in ISKCON why the bad ones here as incharges?
from ISKCON devotees in Vridavana
pamho dear prabhus from Vrindavan agtACBSP
It is sad but remember when we are in difficulties there is just one person who can help us that is SRI KRSNA, says SRILA PRABHUPADA.
Anyway do not worry hold out, because when someone doesn’t follow guru&sastra he will be removed. It’s just a question of time.
“One who does good, My friend, is never overcome by evil”.
Panca-gauda will be in panca hell very soon if it is true that he steals and enjoys women&money in the holy dham.
I’m surprised that he still holds on that position in Krishna-Balaram Mandir.
Vrindavan police is also part of that rascaldom by taking bribe money and forcing victims to shut up.
Hopefully, by the mercy of SRI SRI GURU GAURANGA we will see justice to take place soon.
agtys dandavats daso smi
seva das
The problem is that who knows who is right or wrong here? I have been regularly going to Vrindavan for the last twenty three years and have heard many weird and far out stories over that time but what I heard when I was there a little while ago sounds like there is cause for alarm. I think most of old timers know Abhirama’s character and Panca Gauda well he is Abhiramas’ lap dog from way back in the old days. So it does not surprise me that these two are in the thick of it together. Nothing good too. Well we all know the reaction in the dham is far worse than any other place on this earth so if someone does not pull these guys out soon who knows what will happen to them.
Same modus operendi worldwide amongst the demons and their followers; whether the NWO Cabal, or Iskcon their branch office; usurp power, centralize control, keep the masses poverty stricken, weak, and dependent so they have no corporal power to resist, and then exploit others sexually and in all manners such as to let the serfs know their place, and all this accomplished by controlling and usurping the finances under threat of violence. This is Goldman Sachs Iskcon.
We are badly in need of a revolution in ISKCON. Time to rise up and physically expell the demons from Srila Prabhupada’s temples, strike,sit ins, protest marches around the Western temples, etc. Kick out the usurpers, and bring his bonafide disciples back, and put them in charge, as Srila Prabhupada instructed. So long as the guru poisoners’ party is in charge, nothing will work right, I guarantee it.
Hare Krishna. Pamho.
There is rampant corruption all over ISKCON in this post Srila Prabhupada period. I know the incharge of food for life at ISKCON Juhu, and he openly talks about the way he uses temple money for his personal business activities. The soul of ISKCON disappeared with Srila Prabhupada. What remains now is only a decaying body.