NEWSLETTER No.37

Message from Adridharana Dasa, Temple President ISKCON Calcutta

  1. ISKCON Temple In Bangladesh Joins IRM
  2. Magazine Alleges Jayapataka Part of Communist Plot To Destroy ISKCON
  3. Bhakti Caru Defends Worship Following IRM Expose
1. ISKCON Temple In Bangladesh Joins IRM

We report on yet another chapter in the IRM's rapidly successful step by step plan to return ISKCON back to Srila Prabhupada.

There has been an ISKCON temple in Khulna for 8 years. Khulna with nearly 2 million people is one of the four metropolitan cities of Bangladesh and has a university, a Medical college, and the country's only Telephone Cable and the biggest paper mill in Bangladesh. Khulna is also a divisional headquarter for Bangaldesh. Pretty much since the founding of the temple it was run as a zonal acharya temple with Jayapataka Swami (JPS) the main Guru, and Bhakti Caru Swami and Prabhavishnu Swami also having some influence here. The Temple President Vijay Gopinatha Das, was initially the Temple President of the ISKCON temple in Jessore. He was then asked by the GBC to then take on the responsibility of founding and developing a Temple in Khulna.

Then about 1 year ago as fate would have it, the Temple President of Khulna and a very important supporter of the Temple - a Professor Dwarkadish Adhikary of Jinaidaha College - visited the ISKCON Temple in Calcutta. There they were given a copy of 'The Final Order' - the IRM's position paper. The rest, as they say, is history.

They began to study 'The Final Order' and were extremely inspired and repeatedly visited Calcutta.They asked many questions and had all their doubts cleared up. It was very clear to them that it was indisputable that Srila Prabhupada alone was the Guru of ISKCON, just as he himself had ordered. They were determined that Srila Prabhupada's mercy must now be spread all over Bangladesh as well. Professor Dwarkadish Adikary therefore began to translate some of the IRM papers into Bengali in order to make it easier for all the devotees there to comprehend all the evidence. Within a short period of time the entire temple became convinced that Srila Prabhupada alone, and not Jayapataka Swami, was their eternal Guru. Next the devotees began preaching the good news to the entire congregation which consisted of many hundreds of devotees, most of whom were chanting Hare Krishna and following the principles. Gradually the ENTIRE congregation including big businessmen, intellectuals and Life members also accepted 'The Final Order'.

This transformation naturally caused immediate shockwaves throughout Bangladesh. JPS's camp which previously controlled the temple immediately took action to try and steal the devotees back from Srila Prabhupada. They tried in vain to convince the devotees that only JPS could give them shelter. They were extremely upset at the success of the IRM's preaching and they tried the usual tactics to counter this success. First they said that the leaders of the IRM were expelled. This was very quickly exposed as a lie since the GBC themselves had first rescinded this expulsion, and their latest attempt has been stayed by the High Court. So when this did not work they tried to frighten the devotees that the Parampara would come to an end if Srila Prabhupada was made the Guru of ISKCON. However this lie did not work either. In fact no one could understand HOW the parampara could possibly end by having Srila Prabhupada as the current link for the duration of ISKCON. When they realized their propaganda was having zero effect, the JPS camp next tried to open a rival center. Right near the ISKCON Khulna temple they tried opening a tiny center by renting a room in a nearby building. However this pathetic attempt was met with completely apathy by the public and the congregation, and thus they have been completely unsuccessful in combating the IRM in this city.

Under the IRM leadership the Temple is thriving like never before. There are over 12 full-time devotees living in the temple, with at least another dozen ready to join immediately. And along with the IRM's program to revive ISKCON according to Srila Prabhupada's original formula, the temple has regular harinama on the streets, and Srila Prabhupada's books are distributed daily. Amongst the huge congregation, there are already over *100* devotees who are ready and waiting to take initiation from *SRILA PRABHUPADA* and not the substitute GBC Gurus led by JPS. The temple even publishes its own magazine - Hare Krishna Gaur Vani - which is published with the IRM logo on the front cover. Thousands of copies are distributed monthly. Thus the public is fully aware of, and supportive of the Temple's attempt to promote only Srila Prabhupada.

Thus another amazing IRM success has been achieved again in Jayapataka Swami's own back-yard. As is well-known, Bangladesh along with South and Eastern India and Malaysia are where many of JP'S disciples are concentrated. We have already reported on the success we have had in breaking JPS's stronghold in the other areas, and no we have made in-roads into Bangladesh. This, as with all other breakthroughs, is simply the beginning, as the IRM begins to take a foothold in more and more countries, as we open up new fronts all the time. As will be seen from this story above, our success seems to be restricted only by how quickly we are able to get devotees inside ISKCON to read the Final Order. Once they do, it seems only be a matter of time before they return back to Srila Prabhupada's original mission, and join the IRM.

2. Magazine Alleges Jayapataka Part of Communist Plot To Destroy ISKCON

The following article appeared in "Baangi", which is a popular Hindi language magazine distributed all over Northern India. The magazine is published by Marksman Publishers, which is also an educational institute, and thus the magazine is widely read and respected. The author has been a well-known investigative journalist for over 25 years, and has had many articles published in all the leading publications of India. Following the JPS's camp filing of the false rape case, he decided to investigate the matter and these are his own independent conclusions (translated into English).

"Adri Prabhu Vs the Foreign Gurus" by Balaram Singh

Orders are meant to be followed. Who gave the order? Don't you know it? Only the Government can give orders. This time it was a phone call from the CPM (Communist Party of India - Marxist) HQ in Allimuduin Street. It conveyed that CPM General Secretary Anil Biswas wants the Hare Krishna Movement destroyed:

"Initially support Jayapataka Swami, the ISKCON Guru of Mayapur and bring about the ruin of the rebellious devotees. Thereafter rip apart ISKCON's flag (Pataka)."

Read their mouthpiece Ganashakti properly. ('Ganashakti is the official newspaper of CPM party)

'Let us do here what our comrades in China are doing to religion in their country'.

"Oh that would be an injustice! On the basis of this injustice we dispatched the soul of Krishna devotee Sureshwara Dasa to Goloka. We did this by calling for the transfer of the rape case from Ballygunge Police Station to the Calcutta Detective Department (DD)."

After saying this an official of the DD laughed loudly.

This conversation took place between the said High-ranking Police Officer and a CPM leader. A witness who overheard this conversation was then overheard narrating the same conversation to a senior Police public relations official in his chamber. What this conversation reveals is that the entire episode involving ISKCON in the rape case is a vicious conspiracy. It forced Suresvara to take his life. It also brings to light that the police are hell bent on whitewashing this falsehood in connivance with some crooked gurus of Mayapur and sweep the suicide case under the carpet.

However new facts are being thrown up. They prove simply a holy rat race is in progress. To commandeer the huge assets and capital of ISKCON acquired during its Founder Acharya Srila Prabhupada's lifetime, the gang of false Gurus are involved in heinous conspiracy. Before dying, Suresvara Prabhu clearly explained in his diary why he was falsely implicated in this rape case.

Why was he victimised? The answer is that the clique of pretender Gurus want to target the rebel devotee President of Calcutta Temple. The power brokers in Mayapur ISKCON want to punish and humiliate this rebel Adridharana Dasa. Adridharana Dasa has established the ISKCON Revival Movement (IRM). Today this movement has spread to all ISKCON centers around he world. The leaders of ISKCON are facing child molestation charges in USA. They naturally see Adri's hands behind this and all this has enraged the American Gurus. As a result of ISKCON's internal strife the false rape case and Suresvara's untimely death has come about.

With the surfacing of real facts everything stands exposed. Firstly the unbiased and politically unattached officers of DD have leaked certain documents which reveal that Suresvara was innocent. Now the crooked DD officers are trying to protect the 8 abettors to Suresvara's suicide accused by the jail authorities.

On 29th June Basanti Dasi lodged an First Information Report (FIR). She alleged that she went to meet Temple President Adridharana Dasa and that he asked her to go to No. 22 Gurusadaya Road, where she allegedly was raped. The rape was reported to have occurred at 11 a.m. when there were lots of people there. Surprisingly she reports this only at 9.30 pm at the Ballygunge Police Station. Normally these cases are investigated by the local Police Station but without any explicable reason the DD showed mysterious interest, and Suresvara Das was immediately arrested. But the medical report has exposed the conspiracy. It is mentioned in the medical report that there is no proof suggesting that the woman has been raped. The report further sates there is no injury on the body or vulva. The allegedly raped woman was found to have no traces of semen inside her by the FSL report. The report was negative.

In spite of knowing all this the DD adopted a biased attitude toward Suresvara Das and protested his bail at every step. Suresvara was kept in jail for a month and denied justice. It clearly shows the prejudiced attitude of the DD.

On 3rd August the whole episode took a tragic turn and the state police and judiciary was stigmatised when the jail authorities found Suresvara Dasa hanging from the ceiling. A live and healthy person was arrested by the keepers of the law to dispense justice but only ended up being transformed into a corpse. Suffering and being maligned did not deter Suresvara Dasa from exposing the clique behind the whole tragic event. He named the people involved in this conspiracy, among them his guru Jayapataka Swami, and hence Jayapataka Swami conspired against him. Instead of the American Guru he accepted Prabhupada as his only guru and joined Adridharana Dasa in the IRM. Jail authorities read the diary and were shocked. The jail officials took immediate steps and informed Hastings Police Station where they lodged a FIR. Eight persons from ISKCON Mayapur were charged for abetting the suicide:

1. Jayapataka Swami
2. Satadhanya Dasa
3. Dayaram Dasa
4. Bhadra Charu Dasa
5. Birchandra Dasa
6. Krishna Lata Dasi
7. Basanti Devi Dasi
8. Subhabrata Dasa

But nothing was done immediately against the accused. This case was also taken over by DD. The amount of readiness shown arresting Sureshwar was lacking in the case of these eight accused persons. On the contrary the American Guru was allowed to flee from India. But later the court ordered that none of the remaining accused be allowed to leave the country. This clearly means the court wants to take action against the accused but are prevented by Hastings Police Station.

This attitude of the court has shaken the corrupt DD. They are giving confused statements. The DD knows that their biased attitude led to the suicide. Newspapers have published statements given by Narayan Ghosh at Lal Bazar Police Station:

"according to reports Basanti Devi might have been raped"

But both the medical reports prove otherwise. The DD then tried to divert the attention from the medical facts which prove the innocence of Suresvara Das. The DD filed a petition for DNA testing of a patch on the dress of the alleged rape victim to suppress the medical facts This proves the FSL report was negative because semen should have already been found inside the body. Probably the police wanted to tell the court that the dress instead of the body had been raped!

The shocking fact is that the petition filed for DNA investigation was made one month after the rape investigation was begun and the dress was in custody since the FIR was filed. It is obvious that unfair means were used by the police to delay proceedings and cover up their misdeeds. All this done to justify the torture, disgrace and death of an innocent person. There seems to be no end to the DD shenanigans. They were again able to take over the suicide case. The rape case was pursued with alacrity, the suicide with a deliberate go-slow policy. None of the eight have been questioned.

It is crystal clear that this is a dirty game between the Guru, the DD at Lal Bazar and some dirty wealthy people. Under the circumstances it will be proper for CBI to intervene and hand over the foreign criminal elements. The investigation will also reveal the ruling CPM is involved with the foreign Guru. It is the duty of the CBI to take over the investigation from the Calcutta Police and bring the offenders in line with the law.

With even independent journalists being able to see through the JPS's camps desperate attempts to hold onto power, the days of ISKCON's bogus Guru program are numbered.

3. BCS Goes on Defensive Following IRM Expose

Last week we exposed the real truth about Bhakti Caru Swami's supposed desire to 'keep Srila Prabhupada in the centre'. While he may SPEAK about keeping Srila Prabhupada in the centre, when it comes to ACTING he ensures that HE is very much in the centre. Following our revelations last week, he has now been stung into releasing the following message on his 'BCS Istaghosti' COM:

"Guru Maharaja's reply to the Vyasa Puja offerings
Text COM3611362 (80 lines)
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2000 09:00 +0630
From: Bhakti Caru Swami <Bhakti.Caru.Swami@pamho.net>
To: BCS Istagosthi


Dear ,
Please accept my blessings. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.Thank you very much for your Vyasa-puja offering. I was very happy to read it. As you know, for the last few years I have not been celebrating my Vyasa-puja. This year, however, I promised the devotees of Mayapur that I would be there for that occasion. As usual, they made quite an elaborate arrangement. I was not able to stop them from doing this, but I made it a point to turn it into a "Srila Prabhupada Memorial Festival".
  1. The name of the person this letter was written to is omitted, and it was apparently written a week ago. Thus the purpose of posting this letter now is clearly to try and counter our expose of his actions.
  2. He tries to show how magnanimous he is that he attempted to turn his 'Vyasa-Puja' into a 'Srila Prabhupada Memorial Festival'. But if he had not decided to actually HAVE the Vyasa-Puja Festival to begin with, then the question of him needing to turn into something else would not even have arisen in the first place. So what is the value in creating the problem, and then making some gesture to try and rectify it! Take the next part of his letter as a case in point:
"After this, the devotees were supposed to have my foot bathing ceremony as well as my guru puja. But instead, I decided to show the 9th capsule of 'Abhay Charan'."
  1. This is simply just another meaningless gesture, since even on other non-Vyasa-Puja days he has Guru-Puja and foot bathing anyway, as was reported in our newsletter last week. Thus it is neither any real sacrifice nor does it actually solve the problem.
  2. Finally we note in the beginning of his letter he claims that he only had Vyasa-Puja since he had promised his disciples to attend. But why is he promising something to his disciples that will only take them further away from Srila Prabhupada? And if that is NOT the case, then why has he not been having Vyasa-Puja for the last few years?

In other words, celebrating his Vyasa-Puja is either going to assist his disciples to come closer to Srila Prabhupada or it isn't.

If it IS, then he should always be having them.
And if it isn't - then he should NEVER be having Vyasa-Pujas.

Instead he cancels them for a few years as a grandstanding gesture, but then decides he needs some worship again. This charade fools no one. He also claims he could not 'stop' his disciples from making an 'elaborate arrangement' for himself. So is he the Guru or is he the disciple? He has to have Vyasa-puja for the 'benefit' of his disciples, and he is unable to 'stop' them worshipping him opulently. By this logic he is behaving as the servant of his disciples. As Srila Prabhupada states:

"He's most dangerous. He's most dangerous. He is opportunist. He's finding out customer, something here...According to the customer he is giving something, as the customers will be pleased. So he is not guru. He's a servant. He wants to serve the so-called disciples so that he may be satisfied and pay him something. He's servant. He's not guru. Guru is the master. You cannot disobey guru. But if you become a servant, you want to please the disciple by flattering him to get his money, then you are not guru, you are servant. Just like a servant pleases the master. He's not guru. He's servant. So our position should be servant, yes, but servant of the Supreme. So guru means heavy. You cannot utilize him for satisfying your whims. That is not guru."
(Srila Prabhupada Conversations: Answers to a Questionnaire from Bhavan's Journal, June 28, 1976, Vrindavan).

How about this for a novel suggestion - why not stop the 'substitute Guru's' Vyasa-Puja festival altogether - then EVERYDAY would automatically become a "Srila Prabhupada Festival" - just as it was when Srila Prabhupada was here. This is why the IRM stance is known as 'No Change'. Keep things as they were in 1977, and Srila Prabhupada will automatically be everyone's focus just as he was then. Rather BCS's plan is to FIRST REPLACE Srila Prabhupada with himself, and THEN offer some of the worship which is directed to him back to Srila Prabhupada as a grand gesture. What is not realised is that had he not FIRST decided to replace Srila Prabhupada with himself, then all the worship and offerings would automatically be going to Srila Prabhupada anyway!

As we said last week:

"ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS"

BCS's charade fools no one.

Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter, and please keep your letters, and e-mail addresses of other devotees who should be added to our list, flowing in.

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No 2. GBC Lose First Round of Court Case 
No 3. The Story VNN Refused to Publish 
No 4. Poison Theorists Accuse Adri of Complicity 
No 5. Iskcon Continues to Promote Child Abusers 
No 6. Invitation to Malaysia 
No 7. United World Body Formed 
No 8. Does Srila Prabhupada Support Poisoning Theory?
No 9. PADA Attacks IRM Position 
No 10. PADA Continues to Present False Evidence 
No 11. GBC Funded Video says Ritvik Spiritual 
No 12. Child Rapist Selected by Gurus to Defend their Legitimacy 
No 13. GBC Facing Perjury Charge in Calcutta High Court 
No 14. Sahajiyism Makes a Comeback in Iskcon.
No 15. Govt. Minister Inaugurates Bangalore Rathayatra 
No 16. Iskcon Calcutta Triumphs Following Arson Attack 
No 17. Fighting Lies with Truth Not More Lies
No 18. GBC Resolutions Continue to Provide Laughter
No 19. Indian Leaders Endorse IRM Position That GBC Confused 
No 20. Convicted Child Abuser Officially 'Returns' To Parampara
No 21. GBC Chairman Admits ISKCON 'Disintegrating' 
No 22. Krishna Confirms ISKCON Re-Birth
No 23. Hare Krishna Explosion Begins In New York as IRM Temple Opens 
No 24. IRM Launches Media Campaign to Defend Srila Prabhupada
No 25. GBC Teaches That 'Living Gurus' NOT Required 
No 26. BBT Admits Books Changed To Fit GBC Philosophy 
No 27. Big Breakthrough For Krishna In Singapore 
No 28. Bangalore Tops World Book Distribution
No 29. City of New York to Honour Srila Prabhupada
No 30. Gurukula Lawsuit Special - The Facts
No 31. BBC Glorifies Srila Prabhupada to the World 
No 32. Harinama Revived in World Famous Times Square
No 33. ISKCON Guru on Run From Police - Suicide Case Special
No 34. GBC Declare All Out War
No 35. GBC Fail Again in Second Expulsion Attempt
No 36. Indian Press Glorifies New York IRM

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