Mayapur Gurukula Boys
MY PERSONAL ABUSE BY BHAKTIVIDYA PURNA (BVP) SWAMI
(Vedasara’s testimony below was shared with ISKCON GBC members.)
My name is Veda.
I am a husband and a father. I live in America and have served as the president of the Atlanta ISKCON temple for 15 years. I’m also a teacher of Krishna Consciousness with many American students who attend university or are working professionals. I grew up in Mayapur Gurukula.
During my time in Mayapur approximately two hundred children came through the Gurukula. To my knowledge, there are not many who are still actively connected to ISKCON. Most of them only use karmi names now.
It is for these lost children I write this letter.
I’m also writing because recently, XXX, a brave young lady in Mayapur, broke her silence about sexual abuse by Bhaktividya Purna (BVP) Swami. I feel compelled to add my testimony to her’s.
Most of ISKCON believes that no boys ever came forward with allegations of sexual abuse by BVP Swami. It is not true. I know 6 boys who were sexually abused by BVP Swami. As early as 1998, a report of his sexually abusing a Gurukula boy named XXX was investigated. That testimony was discredited and silenced. The boy was threatened, defamed, and forced to run away from Mayapur for his physical safety.
I will be the second boy to speak out.
HOW I CAME TO MAYAPUR
I came to Mayapur in 1983, at the age of 5, along with my older brother who was 8. We came from a remote village in Assam. My brother had decided to run away from home and I followed him. We ended up on a train without knowing where we were going. Somehow, we got off in Nabadwip and ended up in Mayapur. We were as good as orphans as we didn’t know how to get back home. The devotees picked us up from the streets and put us in the Gurukula.
I stayed in Gurukula as a student for about 14 years and then served as the ashram coordinator and principal of the Bhaktivedanta Gurukula Village in Mayapur for another 6 years. The majority of the time I spent as a student living in the ashram of Bhaktividya Purna Swami (BVP Swami), who at that time was known as Anirdesha Vapu das. He is also known as Gurukul Maharaj.
When we first arrived in Mayapur, BVP Swami was in charge of the Gurukula and decided my brother should be put in the Sudra Ashram where the children were basically workers. I was placed in the Brahman Ashram. We weren’t allowed to mingle or communicate for fear of the Brahmanas becoming contaminated.
By the time my parents finally found us, it was two years later. When they came to Mayapur I had become a fully indoctrinated, fanatical, brahmacari at 7 years old. When they tried to take me home I told them they weren’t my parents and that my mother and father were Radha and Madhava. The teachers told them we now belonged to God, and without documents to prove we were their kids, my parents were sent back to Assam, broken-hearted.
FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCE OF SEXUAL & PHYSICAL ABUSE IN MAYAPUR GURUKULA
During my early years in Gurukula I was particularly vulnerable because I could not defend myself and I did not have parents to protect me. For the first 7 years, I was subjected to sustained and extreme, physical and sexual abuse by teachers and older students. I was separated from my brother and unable to get his help because he himself was being abused.
As a child in the Mayapur Gurukula, I was sexually assaulted by a total of 8 people.
I was sexually abused multiple times by Gopavrindapal (AKA Swami Giri, who later took Sannyas from Nrisingha Maharaj), Vrajadish (an older gurukuli), Mrityunjaya (another older gurukuli), and XXX (a third older gurukuli who I am choosing not to name). I was also sexually abused by the restaurant manager, senior disciple of Bhavananda (I don’t remember his name), also a pujari of Lord Narasimhadev (I don’t remember his name), Nandaram (a teacher), and Bhaktividya Purna swami.
My early memories are marked by a sense of pervasive and utmost terror. I remember a time when I used to sleep under my bed for fear of getting sodomized in my sleep. I kept a stick with nails by my side to protect myself. I lived in a state of physical, sexual and emotional danger and I remember being always hungry. It was a constant struggle for survival. Today the majority of my peers have long moved on from ISKCON and want nothing to do with us.
I remember when XXX and other friends of mine reported to Bhaktividya Purna Swami that they were getting raped by teachers and some of the older boys, and instead of protecting them, Bhaktividya Purna swami would give them one of his trademark, sadistic and brutal thrashings.
He was a merciless and stern critic. Throughout my childhood he repeated to me that I was worthless and stupid. This sustained attack on my self-esteem made me an easy target for the vultures that circled around the Mayapur Gurukula to prey on young children. For much of my childhood I regarded myself as being both materially and spiritually orphaned.
The facilities in the Mayapur Gurukula at that time were very basic, and our sanitary conditions were poor. There was no electricity. We lived in straw huts. Initially we slept on the floor and later got some bunk beds. We used hand pumps to wash and had Indian style toilets without running water. This may sound very Vedic and idyllic, but for us it was just our reality. The straw huts did not provide any privacy, and as a consequence much of the sexual abuse took place at night or in the toilets.
My introduction to the brutal sexual abuse of children came suddenly and unannounced. I remember one day I was going to the toilet and I noticed that one of the doors was open. I saw our cook/teacher named Shivaraj standing there naked. He was holding XXX, (one of the young boys no more than 5 years old) by his waist. The boy looked as though he was lifeless, his hands and feet were dangling towards the toilet and the cook/teacher was sodomizing him. At the time I remember wondering if the child was still alive.
I had no idea of what was happening, I had no point of reference to even begin to understand what I was witnessing, but I felt incredibly vulnerable and terrified! The man looked at me and told me that if I was to speak of this to anyone he would kill me. I nonetheless confided in one of the other boys and asked him what I was to do. He warned me that if I reported the incident, Bhaktividya Purna Swami would beat me.
I lost my innocence at a very young age. One evening an older boy called Mrityunjaya came and pushed me against a tree. He was much stronger than me. He removed my gamsha and kaupins and proceeded to rape me. He was very impatient and rushed. He was so caught up in the moment that he did not even realize that I had instinctively placed my little hands over my back side because he was hurting me and that first time he hadn’t actually penetrated me. The whole ordeal did not last very long. He ejaculated all over my behind and told me that he was going to be my protector and that nobody else would do this to me. But that turned out to be a lie.
I soon discovered that this was a regular part of life in the Mayapur Gurukula. Just like in the jungle, the strongest animals are at the top; in the Gurukula it was Bhaktividya Purna Swami and the other adults and teachers who sexually abused children. Every child was vulnerable to their abuse but it also followed a terrible pattern. The abused older boys of 16-17 years of age were abusing younger boys of 14-15 years, who in turn abused the 10-11 year olds, who then abused the 5-6 year old children.
In the evenings, we smaller children would try to walk in a group, because this gave us a little protection from the sexual assaults of adults and monitors (older boys). When older boys felt sexually agitated they would call us and have their way with us. If we didn’t comply they would beat us and then report us to BVP Swami for insubordination, who in turn would also beat us. The only thing more frightening and painful than getting raped was getting beaten by BVP Swami. It was absolutely savage!
There was a streak of sadistic, methodical consideration that BVP Swami put into his ritual of torturing children with his sticks.
One of them was shaped like a paddle. It looked like a cricket bat. This was reserved for the more minor transgressions. Another, called Bhet, was a thick, solid bamboo stick, similar to the ones carried by the Indian riot police for crowd control. This was used to punish mediocre offenses. Then he had a number of semi-flexible to fully-flexible bamboo sticks that worked like whips to punish the more severe offenses. These bendy sticks were unique because, upon contact, their respective flexibility caused a proportionate degree of pain and damage to the victims.
When BVP Swami wanted to beat a child he would line up the boys and ask me to bring his collection of sticks that he kept wrapped in a saffron cloth. He would then select his weapon of choice, depending on the gravity of the offense committed, and proceed to demean the child with an evil laugh. He then instructed the child to bend over and bare his bottom.
There was something frightening about his calm and composed laughter, followed by the name of the victim. “Hu hu hu…Krishna das.” Then all of a sudden he would strike with such force that the child would often fall to the ground, the skin ripped off his backside.
There was a boy called XXX, who was the toughest kid I have ever met, and who probably got tortured by Bhaktividya Purna Swami more than any other child. He was dropped at the Mayapur Gurukula along with his 3 brothers, when he was 4 years old. He also didn’t have parents.
He was so tough that somehow or other, when he got hit, he would not even flinch or show any emotions. I think this was his way to try and preserve some last shred of dignity and self respect. For some reason this enraged BVP Swami even more, who would then continue thrashing XXX until he got him to scream in agony.
XXX, a friend of mine, told me of one incident before my time when three boys XXX, XXX and XXX were tasked with cleaning the rooms of Jayapataka Maharaj and Bhavananda Swami.
They returned late to the Gurukula for lunch Prasadam. For some reason Bhaktividya Purna Swami and two other teachers were enraged by their delay. They viewed it as a defiance of their instructions and authority. The three teachers locked up the kids in one of the dark rooms in the Goshala and beat them to a pulp.
After the beating, XXX took them to Jayapataka Maharaj and explained to him what had happened. JPS asked the boys to take off their kurtas. Their backs were covered in flesh wounds and bruises from the lashes. There was blood oozing from the places where the skin had been ripped off.
JPS was in disbelief. He actually broke down crying and kept asking, “How is this possible?” He then sent XXX to confiscate BVP Swami’s stick collection. XXX noticed that the Bhet stick was broken. This ‘unbreakable’ solid bamboo stick had been broken on the backs of these children!
Somehow, BVP Swami got new sticks and the beatings continued for decades.
The only treats that Gurukula kids ever got was a portion of the morning sweets. And they were cherished. Losing our morning sweet was a common and dreaded punishment. As there weren’t enough sweets to go around for everyone, each child would get a sweet once every fortnight. This sweet was an extremely sacred and valuable prize.
XXX one of the boys in Mayapur, who was also an orphan, told me that on one occasion one of the teachers ejaculated on his maha prasadam morning sweet and forced him to eat it as he watched.
As a child I was often very hungry, because the school did not provide us with sufficient food. One day I went to the restaurant and begged the manager for some food. He was a senior disciple of Bhavananda maharaj. He invited me inside. I then headed for the urinal to pee. He came, grabbed me from behind, and using some used cooking oil as lubricant he began raping me whilst I was still trying to pee. By this time I was so accustomed to getting sexually assaulted that my only request was to at least let me finish urinating. He didn’t pay any attention to my protests and proceeded to sodomize me. It was the most excruciating and painful experience to date.
When he was done he handed me two cold samosas. That was the value of my body! I was so hungry that I just devoured them. I felt no sense of worth. I was discarded like a piece of trash. I felt numb and empty inside.
I remember XXX was a young boy from Finland/Russia. He was a prized target among the sexual predators at the Mayapur Gurukula, because he was a very young and cute child. He would often come crying to me in pain. He told me that teachers were taking turns at raping him, one after the other, so much so that his anus would often bleed after the attacks. I felt completely helpless.
One day, one of the school monitors kicked and beat me savagely with his stick and fists in front of the other children. It was one of the worst beatings I ever got!
The experience was physically excruciating and deeply humiliating. My body was full of bruises and wounds. Somehow, the combination of the extreme physical pain and the public humiliation pushed me over the edge. I reached a low point of such hopeless desperation that I decided to end my life.
I walked to the Ganga and stood on the edge of the cliff overlooking the mighty river. Behind me the wind was gently blowing over the tall plants in the jute fields. I wanted Mother Ganga Devi to take me and liberate me from my suffering. I tied rocks to my feet and leaned forward ready to jump in, when suddenly an unexpected intervention convinced me to fight on. I felt the wind pushing back against my body as if it was a sign that Krishna didn’t want me to do it.
BVP BHAKTI VIDYA PURNA — RADHANANTH
Child-abuser and Murder-conspirator
MY PERSONAL ABUSE BY BVP SWAMI
Often, the boys used to wrestle for fun and one evening I was wrestling a boy from Suriname. He accidentally kicked me in the gut. My stomach was hurting so much that I folded in pain and asked Bhaktividya Purna Swami to help. He told me to follow him to the round house.
The round house was actually a hut. It was centrally located in the Gurukula, and it was the only hut that had bamboo sidings that gave it some privacy. Maharaj asked me where my stomach was hurting. I showed him where I had been kicked. He then came very close to me and proceeded to lift my gamsha and kaupins. I was terrified! I just froze. I was afraid that he was going to rape me. I was still a prepubescent boy at the time. He played around with my hairless testicles for a while and then proceeded to forcefully masturbate me. As I am not circumcised, when he pulled back my foreskin, it caused me a lot of pain.
It’s very hard to express the conflicting emotions I had after this incident. I felt simultaneously protected and vulnerable.
For most of my time in Gurukula I slept on the floor beside Bhaktividya Purna Swami’s bed, in House 4 (one of the straw huts) along with 8 other boys in mosquito nets. We all slept in a row, but I always slept right next to BVP Swami.
One night, when I was in deep slumber, somewhere in my semi-conscious awareness, I felt that someone was touching my genitals. After I ejaculated I woke up fully. I noticed that I had semen all over me. I then looked up and saw BVP Swami moving away. He walked towards the hand-pumps. When I heard that the noise of the hand pump stopped I knew that he was heading back. I wanted to avoid him, so I sneaked out into the darkness before he got back. I went to wash myself and then quietly went back to my bed, unable to sleep again. I can’t prove that he molested me this second time, but I’m convinced it was him because there was no one else awake.
3 other boys have personally told me that they were sexually abused by Bhaktividya Purna Swami. I know of an additional 2 boys who didn’t tell me themselves. It was common knowledge in the Gurukula that these boys, who are older than me, had also been sexually abused by him and had then gone on to abuse younger boys. For different reasons, only one of these boys beside me is willing to testify today.
TESTIFYING AGAINST BVP SWAMI
One of these boys, XXX, reached out to confide in me that he was repeatedly sexually abused by Bhaktividya Purna Swami. This boy then in turn went on to sexually abuse several younger children in the Gurukula. I asked him if he would submit a testimony. He straightforwardly told me that he comes from a very poor village family and the way he sees it is that thanks to BVP Swami he got to be a part of ISKCON and create a good life for his family. Therefore he is happy to disregard the fact that BVP Swami sexually abused him. In other words, he sees it as a fair trade off.
I believe that the reason BVP Swami would beat the children that went to report sexual assault by the older boys is because he had himself sexually abused some of these very same older boys and was thus responsible for starting this cycle of multi-generational abuse.
For 14 years I stayed in BVP Swami’s Gurukula as a student until the age of 19. At that time, BVP Swami broke away from the Bhaktivedanta Gurukula Village and created another school called Sri Rupanuga Paramartik Vidhyapith. He separated all of his Brahman boys to that new school, including me. Around the age of 20, I was given the service to be the ashram coordinator of the original Bhaktivedanta Gurukula Village which included all the other, non-Brahmana students and eventually served there as principal for another 6 years.
When Dhiragovinda prabhu helped to start the original Child Protection Office, he found himself swamped with hundreds of cases of child abuse from around the world that needed urgent attention.
The first time I felt somewhat comfortable speaking out against BVP Swami was at the beginning of 1998 when Dhiragovinda came to Mayapur to investigate the abuse in the Gurukula. I was already a grown man and had been serving as the principal of the original Bhaktivedanta Gurukula Village for some time. I was nonetheless still terrified!
I was so afraid to speak with Dhiragovinda that I requested to meet him somewhere outside of India. I did not feel safe to speak to him in Mayapur. We met at the temple in Abentheuer, in Germany where I gave him my statement. At that time I only reported the physical abuse, as I was not ready to talk about the sexual abuse I suffered.
One reason why I did not make any mention of the sexual abuse is because I had seen what had happened to XXX, one of my friends who in 1998 reported the sexual abuse he suffered from BVP Swami.
He was attacked by BVP Swami’s boys, vilified and discredited. BVP Swami’s inner circle in Mayapur convinced the community that this boy was insane. He was forced to run away from Mayapur for his own safety. Their campaign was so effective that his testimony was eventually dismissed from the 1999 CPO investigation and BVP Swami was thus able to continue as he had been, mostly unaffected by the CPO restrictions.
Prior to the 2000 CPO report, BVP Swami had already deeply embedded himself in the power structure of Mayapur, securing the support of sympathetic god-brothers and placing loyal students and disciples in important positions of authority in the Mayapur management. He was also able to place one of his students in a position that gave him privileged access to all the confidential GBC discussions. Some of these former students remain there to this day.
When it became known that I had testified to the CPO, many of my childhood Gurukula friends turned on me. I was shocked. They knew as well as I did what happened in Gurukula. The influence in Mayapur of BVP Swami and his inner circle caused them to ostracize me and spread all sorts of rumors about me. Most of those friendships never recovered. One of these former students, now BVP Swami’s disciple, and a leader in Mayapur would ask me each year when I arrived, “Did you come here to cause trouble for Maharaj again?”
PROTECTION OF BVP SWAMI BY THE ISKCON INSTITUTION
The complexity of BVP Swami’s methods is difficult to comprehend. He created far-reaching alliances among the ISKCON elite. He used us, his prized ‘brahmin poster-boys’, as some sort of currency to develop relationships with different Sannyasis and ISKCON leaders.
He trained us from a young age how to serve the visiting Sannyasis and leaders in ISKCON in such a way that they were indebted to BVP Swami and his school. Every year, before the GBC meetings, each one of us was assigned to serve a specific Sannyasi or GBC. We would be on standby to assist them with their every need. We would wash their dirty laundry, clean their room, massage their feet and serve their meals. BVP Swami’s most prized guests were given a private residence in one of the huts at the Gurukula along with their personal servant boys, for a full ‘Vedic immersion experience’.
Reading this someone might ask, “How is it possible for so many leaders to have visited the ashram, been served by the boys, and not be aware that something was very wrong?”
Over the years I developed a personal relationship with many of these Sannyasis, Gurus and GBCs. When it became known that I had spoken out against BVP Swami and the abuse in the Mayapur Gurukula, most of these leaders, whom I had served as a kid, stopped communicating with me. To this day, the vast majority of these relationships have never recovered. And there are many other kids like me, with similar experiences – speaking up and being cut out.
Even worse, my character was defamed by the people close to BVP Swami in the upper levels of ISKCON management, to prevent me from being given future service within ISKCON. This has been confirmed for me personally by three separate GBC members. That reputation has also never recovered.
I would like to make a side note with regards to Bhakti Vikash Swami. Although I’ve chosen not to share most names publicly in this letter he must be mentioned as he is supporting and encouraging abuse to continue. He stayed at the Gurukula many times and he has been an outspoken supporter of BVP Swami at least since the early 2000s. More specifically, he has defended the use of corporal punishment as an acceptable form of discipline for children. He has gone on record to really over-state the importance of the one or two quotes where Srila Prabhupada spoke of corporal punishment, discarding all the other, far more numerous quotes where he unequivocally forbids it.
He has now opened his own Gurukula in Salem, India. I am deeply concerned for the well being of the children there. I cannot help but wonder how many of them are getting beaten. In an environment of violence other kinds of abuse also begin to flourish.
Nareshvara prabhu deserves a mention as well. He has been a prominent source of protection and support of BVP Swami both politically and financially for decades. He was there from the beginning and was Co-Director of Mayapur in 1991 when the findings of the Mayapur Gurukula investigation were made public. That investigation acknowledged the extent of the abuses (emotional, physical, and sexual) that took place in BVP Swami’s Gurukula. As Co-Director, Nareshwar Prabhu signed off on the letter publicly recognizing that these abuses took place and yet he continued to support BVP Swami to run the Gurukula anyway. Because he was the Co-director of Mayapur he had the power to protect and enable him.
The lack of adequate punishment and consequences for BVP Swami (in spite of multiple CPO investigations) has had many repercussions:
It further reinforced his position of power and control in the Mayapur hierarchy. Two of his disciples are currently and directly responsible for running the Mayapur management and the Gurukula.
It deterred his victims from reporting new (and old) abuses, something that remains true even today after he has been finally removed from Mayapur (hopefully for good). For why would any victim want to walk through the court of public opinion and often uninformed judgment if it is to no avail? The lack of appropriate action by the authorities has been a strong deterrent. To this day some victims are still afraid to speak out!
It also reinforced BVP Swami’s belief that he was untouchable and invulnerable to any and all sanctions, making him increasingly more bold and fearless in his transgressions. By the end it became so bad that he was able to live for several years, almost full-time, in the girl’s Gurukula (in full knowledge of the entire Mayapur community including the Co-directors of Mayapur, the Mayapur Executive Board, the local GBCs, and his many international friends and supporters) without anybody daring to question or stop him. He was therefore able to continue his predatory activities on innocent girls for years without anyone finding out.
FORGIVENESS
I acknowledge that when Maharaj first took charge of the Gurukula in Mayapur, he was young, inexperienced and unqualified. He found himself in a hostile and difficult environment. The school was short-staffed and underfunded.
It is equally important to understand that these mitigating factors do not diminish his personal responsibility for his actions, transgressions and omissions.
While being the principal of the school BVP Swami sexually abused children. He was also very aware of the extent and gravity of the widespread sexual exploitation by others. At times he even punished the children that reported sexual abuse and asked for his help. He is accountable for all these things.
I want to also mention the misuse of the often-quoted verse Bhagavad Gita 9.30:
api cet su-durācāro bhajate mām ananya-bhāk sādhur eva sa mantavyaḥ samyag vyavasito hi saḥ
“Even if one commits the most abominable action, if he is engaged in devotional service he is to be considered saintly because he is properly situated in his determination.”
The misapplication of this verse has enabled the perpetuation of abuse of so many devotee children. BVP Swami and many other known offenders would not have been allowed to continue, would not have been given the facility to abuse more children, if they had not been ‘forgiven’ by our society. This kind of forgiveness is not being referred to by Krishna in this verse. How can you use Shastra to justify the abuse of children? It is adharmic.
It is important to acknowledge that only the offended party can forgive a Vaishnava aparadha. ISKCON leaders never had the authority to forgive the extreme offenses committed to these devotee children in the first place, and should never have repeatedly ‘forgiven’ BVP Swami. We as members of ISKCON should never have recklessly allowed the introduction and spreading of this misinterpretation of B.G. 9.30.
DEALING WITH TRAUMA
As a result of the extensive and extreme abuse I experienced in Gurukula, I have permanent trauma and physical damage for the rest of my life. Even now, at times I still wake up in the middle of the night in panic from childhood nightmares where I am helplessly running from the threat of sexual assault.
My left shoulder is permanently dislocated from the beating I got when I dared to try to stand my ground against a sexual aggressor. This was the price I paid for trying to defend myself. He was one of the martial-arts teachers in the school. He was so angry when I resisted his sexual advances that he kicked my chest and pulled my arm at the same time. This fractured my ribs and caused my arm to pop out of the socket. As I did not get the necessary medical attention my arm never healed properly. Even to this day I suffer from severe nerve damage and limited mobility in my left arm.
Only 3 years ago, I was finally able to afford a colo-rectal operation to repair the muscular damage to my rectum that was caused by the repeated and violent assaults I endured for years as a child. This operation was re-traumatizing. While I was in the Mayapur Gurukula, over the course of 7 years, I was sexually abused multiple times by 8 different people. This caused such extensive damage that it has severely impaired my bowel movements for most of my life. This has been a constant reminder of the trauma I experienced as a child. Having to pay for this surgery felt like adding insult to injury and to make things worse the surgery was unsuccessful.
I was recently diagnosed with two brain tumors, and the doctors told me that I have a limited time left in this life. My MRI scans showed that I have the marks of several old fractures in my skull that caused leakage in my brain. The doctor told me that this is most likely the cause of my tumors. This condition affects my vision and impairs balance. I am in physical therapy for my balance and I go to India for medical check-ups and treatments where I can afford them.
When the doctors asked me about the cause of these fractures in my skull, I’m forced to explain to them that they were caused when teachers bashed my head against the wall as a child in Gurukula.
Some studies suggest that emotional trauma can be more severe than physical and sexual trauma, but in my experience they’re all connected. The daily struggle of dealing with debilitating injuries, pain and physical limitations is a constant reminder of what I experienced. I’m forced to revisit my abuse on a daily basis.
BRAVERY AND COWARDICE
For many years I struggled to find a reason to continue living. I had made my peace with the fact that I was going to take my story to the grave until recent events turned my world upside down.
When I first became aware of the allegations that BVP Swami had sexually molested XXX in the girls’ school, I was overcome by a deep sense of guilt that sent me into a very dark place. I had to contend with the fact that if only I had been more courageous, maybe this girl could have been spared this unspeakable violation of her innocence and this attack on her faith and relationship with Krsna.
I want to express my deepest admiration for the courage and strength demonstrated by XXX in coming forward to denounce BVP Swami. Her service to the children of the Mayapur community and ISKCON at large is monumental. It cannot be overstated!
BVP Swami is responsible for the severe abuse of multiple generations of Gurukula children; the generation that came before me, many children from my generation, and the generations after me. What to speak of what his actions have done for the reputation of Srila Prabhupada’s movement into the future?
Many of these children who are now grown adults, have spent their lives suffering in silence, struggling to survive, but not one of them has had the strength to do what XXX did. She was empowered to end the nightmare of fear and oppression that crushed me and so many of my friends. Her resolute actions have ensured that BVP Swami will never abuse another child in ISKCON again!
I hope and pray that this girl has finally put an end to the almost 40-year regime of emotional, physical, sexual, and spiritual abuse of devotee children in Mayapur. I also pray she will not pay the price I paid for speaking the truth. My guilt for the cowardice and silence is a burden I have carried. I don’t want to carry it any longer. I beg all the victims of BVP Swami that came after me to find it in their hearts to forgive me. I am determined to do everything in my power to ensure that no other child will be abused the way I was.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Though justice must be realized, I have no animosity or desire for vengeance towards any of my abusers. I don’t know what I have done in my past lives to experience such extreme consequences in my childhood. I understand and accept that everything that happened to me is a result of my past karma, and that my aggressors, though fully responsible for their actions to themselves and Paramatma, were only the postmen (insofar as I am concerned). They delivered my parcels to me. I forgive them all.
It’s possible that by choosing to write this letter I’m taking a serious physical risk to my safety, but if Krishna blesses me to use my karma to serve His devotee children, now and in the future, it’s my good fortune. If my suffering contributed to the protection of our children, I’m grateful; my life will be a success, the torture worthwhile and I’ll be a happy man.
Most of my life I have not had a family. By causeless mercy I have been invited to join the Sankirtan Movement of Mahaprabhu and Srila Prabhupada’s family. I am eternally grateful to have been brought to the shelter of their lotus feet. This is my greatest privilege and good fortune. For whatever role Bhaktividya Purna Swami played in that I must also be eternally grateful to him.
Your servant, Vedasara das
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Comment by Ananta Das
That letter from Vedasar was quite hard to read, I had to skip some of it. I am lost for words on one sense wondering how this was allowed to continue, yet very unfortunately it did, but the fear and pain sustained by Veda is almost unbelievable, like a horror movie. What on earth would Srila Prabhupada think, that’s quite obvious I think, what a terrible travesty and what a terrible disservice carried out by those awful and heartless perpetrators, what to speak of the image of ISKCON and the shame this puts upon the leaders as well as the thought of how Srila Prabhupada feels and Krishna, it’s almost a nightmare hearing all of this plus I can’t fully appreciate how anyone deals with this pain.
Disgusting and outrageous! Evil to the highest level.
The courage to come forward exposing these criminals goes a long way to protecting the present and future generations. “What on earth would Srila Prabhupada think” he is well aware of this and has revealed these demons throughout his books. I am sure that he is enraged. These demons have no idea how they will be treated and judged by Lord Yamaraja and his assistants. The fact that they have no fear is indicative of their true atheism.
“Srila Prabhupada is our leader the holy names are our main weapon and the original Bhagavad Gita As It Is is our war plan”
Pamho agtacbsp ,you see what abominable action one can do when one forget KRSNA including the own salvation.I’m surprised to see a such evil monster is still alive but he will get tortured for all his ugram karma to the gurukula children and if is not here it will be in the hellish planets.then nobody called the police to make justice because they became so foolish and suffer in silence but someone already thought to make him to pay all the karma it’s just a question of time and he can’t escape by suffering more then the gurukula children. Agtacbsp ys haribol
Czemu takie rzeczy mają miejsce w Mayapur ?
Czemu takie rzeczy mają miejsce w duchowej stolicy świata ?
Why are these things happening in Mayapur?
Why are things like this happening in the spiritual capital of the world?
Bhakta Waldemar:Why are these things happening in Mayapur?
Why are things like this happening in the spiritual capital of the world?
Note: these DEMONS IN DEVOTEE DRESS who are raping, beating the devotee children do NOT get away – but—– sometmes—- they are MADE TO THINK they can get away from Lord Krishna’s punishment. Yamaduttas are waiting for the right time to pick-up these evil criminals and take them to Yamaraja the Judge for their DUE punishment: NEXT BODIES : as serpents etc—–. for MILLIONS of YEARS.
SB 7.8.26 T Lord Nrsimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons
sa tasya hastotkalitas tadasuro
vikridato yadvad ahir garutmatah
asadhv amanyanta hrtaukaso ‘mara
ghana-cchada bharata sarva-dhisnya-pah
SYNONYMS
sah–he (Hiranyakasipu); tasya–of Him (Lord Nrsimhadeva); hasta–from the hands; utkalitah–slipped; tada–at that time; asurah–the King of the demons, Hiranyakasipu; vikridatah–playing; yadvat–exactly like; ahih–a snake; garutmatah–of Garuda; asadhu–not very good; amanyanta–considered; hrta-okasah–whose abodes were taken by Hiranyakasipu; amarah–the demigods; ghana-cchadah–situated behind a cover of clouds; bharata–O great son of Bharata; sarva-dhisnya-pah–the rulers of the heavenly planets.
TRANSLATION
O Yudhisthira, O great son of Bharata, when Lord Nrsimhadeva gave Hiranyakasipu a chance to slip from His hand, just as Garuda sometimes plays with a snake and lets it slip from his mouth, the demigods, who had lost their abodes and who were hiding behind the clouds for fear of the demon, did not consider that incident very good. Indeed, they were perturbed.
PURPORT
When Hiranyakasipu was in the process of being killed by Lord Nrsimhadeva, the Lord gave the demon a chance to slip from His clutches. This incident was not very much appreciated by the demigods, for they were greatly afraid of Hiranyakasipu. They knew that if somehow or other Hiranyakasipu escaped from Nrsimhadeva’s hands and saw that the demigods were looking forward to his death with great pleasure, he would take great revenge upon them. Therefore they were very much afraid.
SB 7.8.27 T Lord Nrsimhadeva Slays the King of the Demons
tam manyamano nija-virya-sankitam
yad dhasta-mukto nrharim mahasurah
punas tam asajjata khadga-carmani
pragrhya vegena gata-sramo mrdhe
SYNONYMS
tam–Him (Lord Nrsimhadeva); manyamanah–thinking; nija-virya-sankitam–afraid of his prowess; yat–because; hasta-muktah–freed from the clutches of the Lord; nr-harim–Lord Nrsimhadeva; maha-asurah–the great demon; punah–again; tam–Him; asajjata–attacked; khadga-carmani–his sword and shield; pragrhya–taking up; vegena–with great force; gata-sramah–his fatigue having gone; mrdhe–in the battle.
TRANSLATION
When Hiranyakasipu was freed from the hands of Nrsimhadeva, he falsely thought that the Lord was afraid of his prowess. Therefore, after taking a little rest from the fight, he took up his sword and shield and again attacked the Lord with great force.
PURPORT
WHEN A SINFUL MAN ENJOYS MATERIAL FACILITIES, FOOLISH PEOPLE SOMETIMES THINK, “HOW IS IT THAT THIS SINFUL MAN IS ENJOYING WHEREAS A PIOUS MAN IS SUFFERING?” BY THE WILL OF THE SUPREME, A SINFUL MAN IS SOMETIMES GIVEN THE CHANCE TO ENJOY THE MATERIAL WORLD AS IF HE WERE NOT UNDER THE CLUTCHES OF MATERIAL NATURE, JUST SO THAT HE MAY BE FOOLED. A sinful man who acts against the laws of nature must be punished, but sometimes he is given a chance to play, exactly like Hiranyakasipu when he was released from the hands of Nrsimhadeva. Hiranyakasipu was destined to be ultimately killed by Nrsimhadeva, but just to see the fun, the Lord gave him a chance to slip from His hands.
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Note: some who were involved with giving poison to Srila Prabhupada eg Tamal Krishna Gosvami died in car accident with his head going through GLASS windscreen (PAINFUL) , Bhakti Caru went to USA – Florida top hospital to get treated to escape death —- BUT—– his CARCASS was returned to India. Please read the following:
THESE PSEUDO RELIGIONISTS ARE HEADING TOWARD THE MOST OBNOXIOUS PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THEIR SPIRITUAL MASTER BUSINESS, WHICH THEY CONDUCT SIMPLY FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION
http://www.prabhupadanugas.eu/news/?p=44093#more-44093
Why? Because maya is everywhere especially in the temple.a devotee asked the same question to SRILA PRABHUPADA and answer :telly me a place where there is not maya and I go there immediately and bhavananda ex swami told to SRILA PRABHUPADA that maya is inside the temple for him because for a demon is like that, the real temple is within the own heart that’s the only place where one can rest in peace through the daily chanting of the maha mantra hare krsna .agtacbsp ys haribol
The pure devotees hear from the authorities and chant, sing and write of the glories of the Lord. Mahāmuni Vyāsadeva heard from Nārada, and then he chanted in writing; Śukadeva Gosvāmī studied from his father, and he described it to Parīkṣit; that is the way of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam. So by their actions the pure devotees of the Lord can render any place into a place of pilgrimage, and the holy places are worth the name only on their account. Such pure devotees are able to rectify the polluted atmosphere of any place, and what to speak of a HOLY PLACE RENDERED UNHOLY BY THE QUESTIONABLE ACTIONS OF INTERESTED PERSONS WHO TRY TO ADOPT A PROFESSIONAL LIFE AT THE COST OF THE REPUTATION OF A HOLY PLACE. (1.13.10)
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/1/13?d=1
When the world becomes degraded, civilization becomes demoniac, and for the common man the rectum and the genital are taken very seriously as the centers of all activity. Even in such a sacred place as Vṛndāvana, India, unintelligent men pass off this rectal and genital business as spiritual activity. Such people are called sahajiyā. According to their philosophy, through sexual indulgence one can elevate oneself to the spiritual platform. From these verses of Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam, however, we understand that the desires for sexual satisfaction are meant for the arvāk, the lowest among men. To rectify these rascals and fools is very difficult. After all, the sex desires of the common man are condemned in these verses. The word durmada means “wrongly directed,” and nirṛti means “sinful activity.” Although this clearly indicates that sex indulgence is abominable and misdirected even from the ordinary point of view, the sahajiyās nonetheless pass themselves off as devotees conducting spiritual activities. For this reason, Vṛndāvana is no longer visited by intelligent men. Sometimes we are often asked why we have made our center in Vṛndāvana. From the external point of view, it can be concluded that Vṛndāvana has become degenerate due to these sahajiyā activities, yet from the spiritual point of view, Vṛndāvana is the only place where all these sinful persons can be rectified by means of taking birth in the forms of dogs, hogs and monkeys. By living in Vṛndāvana as a dog, hog or monkey, the living entity can be elevated to the spiritual platform in the next life. (S.B.4.29.14)
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/4/29?d=1
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The same goes for Mayapur which has become a degenerated assembly place for the arvāk, the lowest among men. They take their rectum and their genital as the center of all activities, giving pain,
hurting and killing the youngest of the young, the weak and vulnerable, cloaked in the symbolism as teachers in orange, as holy men, as men of God, all the while living on a blank check ensuring each other’s backs. In a sacred place as Mayapur these abominable rascals, without shame or remorse, pollute the atmosphere by passing off this canine, rectal and genital business as spiritual activity.
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Narottama dāsa Ṭhākura, a great ācārya of the Vaiṣṇava sect, has, for the present, FORBIDDEN US TO GO TO SUCH PLACES OF PILGRIMAGE BECAUSE IN THIS AGE, THE TIMES HAVE SO CHANGED, A SINCERE PERSON MAY HAVE A DIFFERENT IMPRESSION ON SEEING THE BEHAVIOUR OF THE PRESENT RESIDENTS OF THE PILGRIMAGE SITES. He has recommended that instead of taking the trouble to travel to such places, one should concentrate his mind on Govinda, and that will help him. Of course, to concentrate one’s mind on Govinda in any place is a path meant for those who are the most spiritually advanced; it is not for ordinary persons. Ordinary persons may still derive benefit from traveling to holy places like Prayāga, Mathurā, Vṛndāvana and Hardwar. (3.20.4)
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/3/20?d=1
5000 YEARS AGO, 500 years ago, 1977
My dear friends, just see how this riverbank is extremely beautiful because of its pleasing atmosphere. And just see how the blooming lotuses are attracting bees and birds by their aroma. The humming and chirping of the bees and birds is echoing throughout the beautiful trees in the forest. Also, here the sands are clean and soft. Therefore, this must be considered the best place for our sporting and pastimes.
The description of Vṛndāvana forest as given herewith was spoken by Kṛṣṇa five thousand years ago, and the same condition prevailed during the time of the Vaiṣṇava ācāryas three or four hundred years ago. Kūjat-kokila-haṁsa-sārasa-gaṇākīrṇe mayūrākule. Vṛndāvana forest is always filled with the chirping and cooing of birds like cuckoos (kokila), ducks (haṁsa) and cranes (sārasa), and it is also full of peacocks (mayūrākule). The same sounds and atmosphere still prevail in the area where our Kṛṣṇa-Balarāma temple is situated. Everyone who visits this temple is pleased to hear the chirping of the birds as described here (kūjat-kokila-haṁsa-sārasa).(S.B.10.13.5)
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/10/13?d=1
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We remember that as of late 1989 the taxis going to Vrindhavan had to stop at a checkpoint, no cars were allowed in. One got out of the taxi and paid obeisances in the dust. At that time there were still peacocks, birds and vultures. One walked around the boundaries, the fields and could see the holes of the snakes. That was 30 plus years ago. Narottama Dasa Thakura was born in 1520 AD. That was 500 years ago and he advised than NOT to visit the holy places since they are worth only their name, due to the impious activities of conditioned souls posing as devotees.
What does it look now? Hotels, Appartement Blocks, cars, noise, pollution…? Better to not visit anymore and keep the Vrindhavan from 30 years ago in ones fond memories. On top of it you have a bunch of common men pretending to be smarta Brahmanas presenting a really bad copy of a copy of Srila Prabhupada’s original Iskcon. What is the value of a copy? It has no value, if you travel by plane to another country, if you give them a copy of your passport will they accept it? No, immigration wants the original passport.
The Hare Krsna Mantra can be chanted anywhere and at any time, Bhagavad-Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam can be read anywhere and at any time. And wherever there is the chanting of Hare Krsna and Srila Prabhupada’s original books there is Mathura.
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……. In regard to Mathurā, we find this quotation:
mathyate tu jagat sarvaṁ
brahma-jnānena yena vā
tat-sāra-bhūtaṁ yad yasyāṁ
mathurā sā nigadyate
When a self-realized soul acts in his transcendental position, his situation is called Mathurā. In other words, when one acts in the process of bhakti-yoga, he may live anywhere, but actually he lives in Mathurā, Vṛndāvana. Devotion to Kṛṣṇa, the son of Nanda Mahārāja, is the essence of all knowledge, and wherever such knowledge is manifested is called Mathurā. Also, when one establishes bhakti-yoga, excluding all other methods, one’s situation is called Mathurā. Yatra nityaṁ sannihito hariḥ: the place where Hari, the Supreme Personality of Godhead, lives eternally is called Mathurā. The word nitya indicates eternality. The Supreme Lord is eternal, and His abode is also eternal. Goloka eva nivasaty akhilātma-bhūtaḥ [Bs. 5.37]. Although the Lord is always stationed in His abode, GolokaVṛndāvana, He is present everywhere in fullness. This means that when the Supreme Lord descends on the surface of the world, His original abode is not vacant, for He can remain in His original abode and simultaneously descend upon Mathurā, Vṛndāvana, Ayodhyā and other places. He does not need to descend, since He is already present there; He simply manifests Himself…..(S.B.10.1. Additional Notes for this chapter)
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/10/1?d=1 (toward the bottom of the page)
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Krsna is seated in everyone’s heart and we have to be eager to worship Him there. At the end of this lifetime we will see how much we will have concentrated our minds on Govinda. When we worship Krsna in our own heart and we make our own heart Mathura, that will be our success.
Before coming to Krsna consciousness one looks at a flower as beautiful, at a singing bird as a little musician and at the night sky as amazing. After coming to Krsna consciousness one looks at the beautiful flower as the Lord’s smile, at the singing of the birds as the Lord’s whisper and at the Milky Way in a clear night sky as the road to Brahmaloka. That is the change of perception and that is what is wanted.
By taking the Number 1 away in front of the 0 it becomes a 0, nothing, and no matter how many 00000000 one adds they only stay ZEROS, nothing.
Only by putting Srila Prabhupada as the Number One in front of our Zero will one succeed in individual and collective efforts of transforming the heart into Mathura.
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Prabhupada = 1
Krsna = 1
Czy Prabhupada = Krsna ?
Prabhupada = 1
Krsna = 1
Does Prabhupada = Krsna ?
Note: although many of the sinful are elevated after their lives as monkeys still there ARE those that are still by Karmana daiva-netrena deported by the Government to foreign Countries. Read the next passage.
From the external point of view, it can be concluded that Vṛndāvana has become degenerate due to these sahajiyā activities, yet from the spiritual point of view, Vṛndāvana is the only place where all these sinful persons can be rectified by means of taking birth in the forms of dogs, hogs and monkeys. By living in Vṛndāvana as a dog, hog or monkey, the living entity can be elevated to the spiritual platform in the next life. (S.B.4.29.14)
https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/4/29?d=1
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760907rc.vrn Conversations
Prabhupada: Many monkeys were deported by the government but people protested. They were capturing monkeys…
Harikesa: Here?
Prabhupada: Yes. Government. And selling at good price in Europe for taking their hormone. The monkey’s hormone is injected or replaced so one regains his sex power. They are very sexually strong.
Harikesa: That must interfere with that monkey’s spiritual life. That interferes with the spiritual life of the monkey? Because then he can’t die in Vrndavana.
Prabhupada: It is FURTHER from them. Everything is being done by superior arrangement. Karmana daiva-netrena. People should learn all these things by practical example instead of becoming irresponsible and without any obedience to the superior law. They should learn it, but they have no intelligence. They think, “We are all free.” Wherefrom the monkey is coming, why there are so many varieties of life, how it is…? What do they know? Nothing. All bluff, vague explanation and that is going on in the name of science. This is the position. All rascals. Fortunately we have got this Srimad-Bhagavatam and Bhagavad-gita. All knowledge. First-class knowledge. (break) …eternally–enjoyment. For him everything, anandamayo ‘bhyasat. Everything ananda. He has no such thing that this is harmful, that this is useful. That is Krsna. Because nobody can do harm to Him and neither in the spiritual world, anyone is harmful. Everyone is advanced devotee. Even the tigers, they are also devotees.
Harikesa: Tigers?
Prabhupada: Varieties are there.
Hari-sauri: They have tigers and serpents and everything like that?
Prabhupada: Everything. They are all devotees.
Harikesa: There are no dogs and hogs.
Prabhupada: Yes. The hogs may be also there.
Hari-sauri: Hogs are there as well?
Prabhupada: But they are not hog. Just like Krsna appears as hog, but that doesn’t mean He’s hog. Krsna appears as fish. That does not mean He’s fish. Hare Krsna. (someone offers obeisances–end)
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Note:SO PRABHUPADA CONDEMNED THEM THAT “THEY ARE NOT LIVING IN RADHA-KUNDA. THEY’RE LIVING IN NARAKA-KUNDA.” I HEARD IT, “THEY’RE LIVING IN NARAKA-KUNDA.”
760607mw.la Conversations
Ramesvara: Srila Prabhupada, some devotees, sometimes they feel that in ISKCON we’re talking so much about the business of how to spread Krsna consciousness, but we’re not talking enough about Krsna’s pastimes, krsna-katha, they say. So that’s another reason why they want to read all these pastimes.
Prabhupada: Then let them read. What kind of krsna-katha? The krsna-katha test is as soon as he’ll get the taste, he’ll lose this taste. That is the…. What is this nonsense?
Ramesvara: Won’t it purify them? That’s what they say, “It will purify me.”
Prabhupada: What you are purified? You have become a, what is called, putrefied, not purified.
Devotees: Jaya, Prabhupada.
Ramesvara: You can become purified, and sometimes you can increase your…
Prabhupada: No, no. You can read. Be purified. You can read. But where is your purification?
Tamala Krsna: Putrefaction.
Prabhupada: The books are there for reading. By reading, you become purified. (break) In 1935, our Guru Maharaja, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, he went to Radha-kunda for karttika-vrata. So at that time he was reading Upanisads. So first of all, these babajis they were coming. Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati had come at Radha-kunda. He’s giving some class. So they used to come. But as soon as they saw that he was reading Upanisads, they stopped coming. They saw: “They are jnanis, they are not bhaktas.”
Tamala Krsna: What did they want to hear? Dasama-skandha?
Prabhupada: Like that. SO PRABHUPADA CONDEMNED THEM THAT “THEY ARE NOT LIVING IN RADHA-KUNDA. THEY’RE LIVING IN NARAKA-KUNDA.” I HEARD IT, “THEY’RE LIVING IN NARAKA-KUNDA.”
Tamala Krsna: So our men who go to Radha-kunda and live there…
Prabhupada: YES.
Hari-sauri: They’re RISKING living in Naraka-kunda.
Tamala Krsna: I remember one boy was living there for about three months, and you got very angry and told him that there were already enough monkeys in Radha-kunda. Do not try to jump over like a monkey.
Straciłem zaufanie do Śrila Prabhupada.
Po tym, co mi zrobili uczniowie Śrila Prabhupada.
I have lost confidence in Srila Prabhupada.
After what Srila Prabhupada’s disciples did to me.
Bhakta Waldemar:I have lost confidence in Srila Prabhupada.
After what Srila Prabhupada’s disciples did to me.
Mahesh: The things that have happend to you—- and—- others are BECAUSE there were DEMONS(IN THE GUISE OF DEVOTEES) in the ISKCON movement who were there for ULTERIOR MOTIVES(POWER,MONEY,OWN DISCIPLES,PROPERTIES etc). They did NOT want Srila Prabhupada but PRETENDED to be devotees (so-called disciples of Srila Prabhupada). If one is SINCERE he will APPRECIATE and understand HOW Srila Prabhupada is letting us ALL know what is happening and warning US to be careful of these ROGUES AND NONDEVOTEES (SO-CALLED SVAMIS, YOGIS, PHILANTHROPISTS, WELFARE WORKERS AND SO ON).
SB 4.28.48 P Puranjana Becomes a Woman in the Next Life
Whenever an acarya comes, following the superior orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead or His representative, he establishes the principles of religion, as enunciated in Bhagavad-gita. Religion means abiding by the orders of the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Religious principles begin from the time one surrenders to the Supreme Personality of Godhead. It is the acarya’s duty to spread a bona fide religious system and induce everyone to bow down before the Supreme Lord. One executes the religious principles by rendering devotional service, specifically the nine items like hearing, chanting and remembering. UNFORTUNATELY, WHEN THE ACARYA DISAPPEARS, ROGUES AND NONDEVOTEES TAKE ADVANTAGE AND IMMEDIATELY BEGIN TO INTRODUCE UNAUTHORIZED PRINCIPLES IN THE NAME OF SO-CALLED SVAMIS, YOGIS, PHILANTHROPISTS, WELFARE WORKERS AND SO ON.
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THESE PSEUDO RELIGIONISTS ARE HEADING TOWARD THE MOST OBNOXIOUS PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE AFTER THE COMPLETION OF THEIR SPIRITUAL MASTER BUSINESS, WHICH THEY CONDUCT SIMPLY FOR SENSE GRATIFICATION
http://www.prabhupadanugas.eu/news/?p=44093#more-44093
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Dear Bhakta Waldemar Prabhu, These persons such as BVP and Rottenath are NOT Sri Prabhupada disciples, they are only usurpers and name stealers. They are the worst demons as they are cowards, psychopathic demented sadists and pathological liars! They are Kali Chela Demons that’s all!
Srila Prabhupada stated that these demons who commit crimes against children “SHOULD BE HANGED!”
Many persons in devotee dress are fools and rascals! This is why these fakes are still worshiped. But this is starting to change as there are genuine devotees that are coming to Madhyam Adhikari stage, so they can see who these demons (in disguise) really are. The movement needs these devotees to carry on Srila Prabhupada’s mission.
A small handful of genuine devotees can accomplish a hundred times more than hundreds/thousands of ‘enablers and pretenders!’ When the numbers of Prabhupadanugas becomes unstoppable then the pretenders WILL LEAVE!
THEY SHOULD NOT LEAVE THEIR RUN TO THE EXIT DOOR TOO LATE!
Stop whining. Wallowing in self pity is no solution. You are not the only one who got hurt. To a more or lesser degree all the sincere senior Prabhupada disciples got hurt, many of the sincere second generation devotees got hurt, many of the sincere woman devotees got hurt and all the little gurukulis got hurt (where were the parents?). Life is not all sugar candy ???? many sincere devotees have had their sumptuous share, including beating, shooting, banned from or getting chased out of the temple by a bolo-swinging nutcase. So what, one picks up the pieces and moves on. As for the rest? They are slower than a tank of turtles swimming in molasses when it comes to grasping reality about what Iskcon is all about today. (Just like in present day reality)
DO NOT BLAME SRILA PRABHUPADA. Without Him we would not even have this discussion. Without His Original Books and the Hare Krsna Mantra we would not know about Krsna and we would be as clueless and desperate, moaning and suffering in ignorance, and knee deep in the messy mess like the rest of the world. He saved each and everyone of us from the darkest ignorance. That alone is worth every bit of suffering we have to endure. He gives everyone of us the hoard of transcendental knowledge which was tucked away safely in the Sanskrit language.
The Eleven were the mutineers, they poisoned Srila Prabhupada, they hijacked, stole and plundered His Iskcon. They ambitiously took control for personal wealth and greed with ZERO remorse for Srila Prabhupada and their Godbrothers. The second generation of gurus is the same pig wearing newer lipstick.
The parallels to the present state of the world are astonishingly eerie. Once people become economically tethered to a corrupt system, all the energy goes into sustaining the corrupt system. Just as the perverted, corrupted Iskcon could not be stopped for the past 45 years, similarly the present day perverts and corrupt demons also could be stopped the past 200 years. That has resulted in what we are seeing today. Can this be rectified? I don’t think so. The parallels show this. What will happen now? Insanity doesn’t care at all what sanity wants or does. The world is in dire straits but if push comes to shove we at least can chant Hare Krsna thanks to Srila Prabhupada.
As for your problem with Srila Prabhupada, I’ll attempt some optimism: good luck finding another Pure Devotee and if you meet one let us know.
mohini : The Eleven were the mutineers, they poisoned Srila Prabhupada, they hijacked, stole and plundered His Iskcon. They ambitiously took control for personal wealth and greed with ZERO remorse for Srila Prabhupada and their Godbrothers. The second generation of gurus is the same pig wearing newer lipstick.
Mahesh: very nicely said – thank-you! What is happening now is these BUNCH OF CROOKS( Anti Ritvik bogus gurus) have their own so-called disciples just waiting to take-over from the old donkeys the properties,control etc when they die. These are just like animals. They have no clear understanding of spiritual life neither they are interested to follow the actual teachings of Srila Prabhupada:
The Divine And Demoniac Natures
dambho darpo ‘bhimanas ca
krodhah parusyam eva ca
ajnanam cabhijatasya
partha sampadam asurim
SYNONYMS
dambhah–pride; darpah–arrogance; abhimanah–conceit; ca–and; krodhah–anger; parusyam–harshness; eva–certainly; ca–and; ajnanam–ignorance; ca–and; abhijatasya–one who is born of; partha–O son of Prtha; sampadam–nature; asurim–demoniac.
TRANSLATION
Arrogance, pride, anger, conceit, harshness and ignorance–these qualities belong to those of demoniac nature, O son of Prtha.
PURPORT
In this verse, the royal road to hell is described. THE DEMONIAC WANT TO MAKE A SHOW OF RELIGION AND ADVANCEMENT IN SPIRITUAL SCIENCE, ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT FOLLOW THE PRINCIPLES. THEY ARE ALWAYS ARROGANT OR PROUD IN POSSESSING SOME TYPE OF EDUCATION OR SO MUCH WEALTH. THEY DESIRE TO BE WORSHIPED BY OTHERS, AND DEMAND RESPECTABILITY, ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT COMMAND RESPECT. Over trifles they become very angry and speak harshly, not gently. THEY DO NOT KNOW WHAT SHOULD BE DONE AND WHAT SHOULD NOT BE DONE. THEY DO EVERYTHING WHIMSICALLY, ACCORDING TO THEIR OWN DESIRE, AND THEY DO NOT RECOGNIZE ANY AUTHORITY. These demoniac qualities are taken on by them from the beginning of their bodies in the wombs of their mothers, and as they grow they manifest all these inauspicious qualities.
SB 6.7.14 Indra Offends His Spiritual Master, Brhaspati.
A stone boat would be unable to float and would sink in the water with its passengers. SIMILARLY, THOSE WHO MISLEAD PEOPLE GO TO HELL, AND THEIR FOLLOWERS GO WITH THEM.
Bhakta Waldemar,
Srila Prabhupada warned here 46 years ago of these demons in this Bhaktivedanta Purport.
Read Prabhupada’s original books, listen to his lectures and use your intelligence to associate with his true Prabhupadanugas.
SB 10/3/21 (Vasudeva prayers to Lord Krsna)
TRANSLATION
O my Lord, proprietor of all creation, You have now appeared in my house, desiring to protect this world. I am sure that You will kill all the armies that are moving all over the world under the leadership of politicians who are dressed as kṣatriya rulers but who are factually demons. They must be killed by You for the protection of the innocent public.
PURPORT
Kṛṣṇa appears in this world for two purposes, paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśāya ca duṣkṛtām: [Bg. 4.8] to protect the innocent, religious devotees of the Lord and to annihilate all the uneducated, uncultured asuras, who unnecessarily bark like dogs and fight among themselves for political power. It is said, kali-kāle nāma-rūpe kṛṣṇa avatāra. The Hare Kṛṣṇa movement is also an incarnation of Kṛṣṇa in the form of the holy name (nāma-rūpe). Every one of us who is actually afraid of the asuric rulers and politicians must welcome this incarnation of Kṛṣṇa: Hare Kṛṣṇa, Hare Kṛṣṇa, Kṛṣṇa Kṛṣṇa, Hare Hare/ Hare Rāma, Hare Rāma, Rāma Rāma, Hare Hare. Then we will surely be protected from the harassment of asuric rulers. At the present moment these rulers are so powerful that by hook or by crook they capture the highest posts in government and harass countless numbers of people on the plea of national security or some emergency. Then again, one asura defeats another asura, but the public continues to suffer.
Therefore the entire world is in a precarious condition, and the only hope is this Hare Kṛṣṇa movement. Lord Nṛsiṁhadeva appeared when Prahlāda was excessively harassed by his asuric father. Because of such asuric fathers—that is, the ruling politicians—it is very difficult to press forward the Hare Kṛṣṇa movement, but because Kṛṣṇa has now appeared in His holy name through this movement, we can hope that these asuric fathers will be annihilated and the kingdom of God established all over the world.
THE ENTIRE WORLD IS NOW FULL OF MANY ASURAS IN THE GUISE OF POLITICIANS, GURUS, SADHUS, YOGIS AND INCARNATIONS, and they are misleading the general public away from Kṛṣṇa consciousness, which can offer true benefit to human society. (my emphasis)
Link to this page: https://prabhupadabooks.com/sb/10/3/21
“It is a fact however that the great sinister movement is within our Society.”
Srila Prabhupada letter to Hamsadutta
Calcutta India 2 September, 1970 70-09-02 Hamburg Germany
Pamho agtacbsp, and what to say about what they done to SRI SRILA PRABHUPADA ? So one must lose confidence in the horrible disciples of SP and not in SP,one has to accept the own ugram guna and karma because we are in the material world which is not a place for a gentleman like HDG ACBSP that’s why the senior disciples of SP killed HIM .you are lucky they didn’t kill you as they done with their own guru.anyway one will learn through discrimination only one can get out from any false designation and identification with the fake reflection connected with the own horrible qualities and action.agtacbsp ys haribol
Jak obudzić swoją wdzięczność dla Śrila Prabhupada ?
Bez wdzięczności dla Śrila Prabhupada, łatwo mogę znowu stać się myszą.
How to awaken your gratitude to Srila Prabhupada ?
Without gratitude to Srila Prabhupada, I can easily become a mouse again.
Bhakta Waldemar:
How to awaken your gratitude to Srila Prabhupada ?
Hear and read ALWAYS Srila Prabhupada nectar:
Links for Srila Prabhupāda Amṛtam (books, audio, video, photos)
https://www.prabhupadanugas.eu/news/?p=51876
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Transcendental Nectar by Śrīla Prabhupāda
https://www.prabhupada-media.net/
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nama om visnu padaya krsna presthaya bhutale
srimate bhaktivedanta swamin iti namine
namaste sarasvate devam gauravani pracarine
nirvisesa sunyavadi pascatya desa tarine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto
His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada,
who is very dear to Lord Krsna,
having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master,
servant of Sarasvati Gosvami. You are kindly preaching the message
of Lord Caitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries,
which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.
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We request you to chant HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA, KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE, HARE RAMA HARE RAMA, RAMA RAMA HARE HARE, and your life will be sublime.
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Bhakta Waldemar says:
How to awaken your gratitude to Srila Prabhupada ?
Mahesh Prabhu says:
Hear and read ALWAYS Srila Prabhupada nectar.
Mohini says:
1/ Because we are grateful that Srila Prabhupada can explain about God better than others, that is why we appreciate His words soooo much.
2/ Because we appreciate that Srila Prabhupada can do things we cannot do.
3/ Because we accept that Srila Prabhupada has a better brain than us.
For this we are grateful, to actually have met such a wonderful personality coming straight from Vaikuntha, AND HE LIVES IN HIS BOOKS. Where He came from EVERYBODY is such a personality and that is why we want to go there too. Srila Prabhupada came to show us the way how to get there and for that WE ARE GRATEFUL.
720504RC.MEX
Room Conversation
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May 4, 1972, Mexico ????????
Prabhupāda: That you can understand. Just like you are a scientist friend. You can do something which I cannot do. That much I must accept that you have got better brain. What is the difficulty?
Martin: But..HOW CAN I KNOW?
Prabhupāda: You can know directly that “He is doing better than me.” What is the difficulty? I can see… Just like all my disciples, they are following me. Why? Because they understand that “OUR SPIRITUAL MASTER EXPLAINS ABOUT GOD BETTER THAN US.” Therefore they are surrendering. I am not bribing them. They are not fools. They have got very nice brain to act. So they accept me as the spiritual master brain because they understand it that “HE CAN EXPLAIN ABOUT GOD BETTER THAN ME.” Where is the difficulty? These, all my disciples, surrenders unto me because they have found in me a better brain in explaining what is God. Direct perception. There is no question of indirect understanding. It is direct understanding. And the Vedas also advises that “GO TO A BETTER MAN,” śrotriyaṁ brahma-niṣṭham [MU 1.2.12], “one who heard better and wise from the Vedic knowledge, and brahma, as a result of it he has become fully devoted to Kṛṣṇa,” brahma-niṣṭham. These are the qualifications of spiritual master. His knowledge is perfect according to the Vedic injunction, and by having that knowledge he has become a perfect devotee of the Lord. These two things are to be seen. Then he is a spiritual master.
Martin: But there are many spiritual masters in the world. Each says…
Prabhupāda: Each says, but you have to judge. Just like when you go to purchase two shillings’ worth goods, you go to different stores. Everyone says, “Oh, my thing is very nice.” But you have to judge which one is best. THAT DEPENDS ON YOU. If you are a fool, then somebody will cheat you. AND IF YOU ARE NOT A FOOL, THAN YOU WILL KNOW…. Just like these rascals, they call themselves God. Such a fool can cheat another fool only. But one who knows what is God, he’ll not accept it. One who knows Kṛṣṇa, he’ll not accept him as God. He’ll immediately compare, “What you have done like Kṛṣṇa or better than Kṛṣṇa that I shall accept you God? We have already our God, Kṛṣṇa. Now you prove that you are better than Kṛṣṇa or equal to Kṛṣṇa.” That he cannot, so why I shall accept him as God? WHY SHALL I EXCEPT HIM AS SPIRITUAL MASTER? THAT DEPENDS ON YOUR INTELLIGENCE. If you are less intelligent, then you’ll be cheated by this false God. So everyone has got intelligence, individuality, power of understanding, so you should try to use them, and then you can understand.
https://prabhupadabooks.com/conversations/1972/may/mexico/may/04/1972?d=1
Pamiętam swoje pierwsze pytanie, jakie zadałem na pierwszym programie bhaktów, na jakim byłem w 1984 r. :
Skąd na świecie jest tyle szczurów ?
Miałem szczurzą świadomość.
Jako dziecko rzuciłem szpadlem w szczura i przeciąłem go na pół.
I chyba dlatego miałem szczurzą świadomość.
I remember my first question at the first devotee program I attended in 1984:
Why are there so many rats in the world?
I had rat consciousness.
As a child, I threw a spade at a rat and cut it in half.
And I guess that’s why I had rat consciousness.