Gaura Prema dasa: Ever since Ramai was given sanyasa by Bhavananda, he has been travelling up and down the east coast of Australia, either in luxury campervans or fancy 4wheel drives. For many years he had a group of bramacaris collecting just for him and his ROCK band. They certainly organized many public programs in various towns and villages. But if you attended one of these programs you would find very little preaching, just Rock'N'Roll kirtan.
But now strangely enough, this sort of madness is promoted even in INDIA by the likes of GOPALA politic swami. Just check out the band Madhavas at Chandigar rathayatra -- madhavas live at Rath Yatra Chandigarh, with "Maharaj" - YouTube -- after 1.30min GOPAL swami tries to lead a 'Rock Bottom' kirtan. WHAT A FARSE !!! Ramai once spent 5-6 months along with his band trying to record an album. They used New Govardhan and New Nandagram facilities for weeks and weeks of practice trying to get the tracks down. Then they spent 5 or $6,000.00 for time in a recording studio. They finally produced a tape which was a total flop. I never found even one devotee who liked their music enough to actually buy one of these tapes.
If you even handed Ramai a Bhagavad Gita to speak from he would NOT open it, instead just ramble on for 5-10 minutes about Lord Caitanya's sankirtan movement, and then as soon as he could, "Okay boys, 1, 2, 3, screely weely cheezy, waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah, screeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeech, hareeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee, krsnaaaaaaaaaaaa, boommmmmmmmmmmmm, bannnnnnnnnnnnnnng," All the neophytes and blind sheep would be dancing wildly as the band pumped out the music. For me it was unbearable to listen to or to watch such crazy kirtan.
But now strangely enough, this sort of madness is promoted even in INDIA by the likes of GOPALA politic swami. Just check out the band Madhavas at Chandigar rathayatra -- madhavas live at Rath Yatra Chandigarh, with "Maharaj" - YouTube -- after 1.30min GOPAL swami tries to lead a 'Rock Bottom' kirtan. WHAT A FARSE !!! Ramai once spent 5-6 months along with his band trying to record an album. They used New Govardhan and New Nandagram facilities for weeks and weeks of practice trying to get the tracks down. Then they spent 5 or $6,000.00 for time in a recording studio. They finally produced a tape which was a total flop. I never found even one devotee who liked their music enough to actually buy one of these tapes.
Ramai is well known for his elusive lifestyle and is known as the 'Invisible Swami' by many devotees. If you came across his travelling party up north in Rockhampton, the Sunshine Coast, or Cairns, and if you enquired from the bramacaris where the swami was staying, the usual response was "WE DON"T KNOW". He always stayed at a different holiday resort/motel away from his hard working bramacaris.
He was seen walking out of a video rental store in Cairns with a huge pile of videos / DVDs under his arm, obviously to watch in private. Ramai was once encouraging Lagudi Prabhu to take sanyasa, and told him what a great life he could have, with his own bramacaris collecting for him, with at least 1 or 2 free trips to India each year. Lagudi Prabhu was not impressed. So this is the life of the modern day sexyasis and guroos of ITSGONE. They are not accountable to anyone. They are the irresponsible 'PRINCES of ITSGONE'' And what is the so-called GBC doing about all this? NOTHING!
For someone who has left Fiskcon 33 years ago it's all very well to say, bogus GBCs, bogus TPs, bogus sannyasis.
ReplyDeleteBut there are others who have committed themselves where the stakes are high to end up where? Working for karmis?
Are there registered Prabhupada temples in Australia, is there a registered, functioning Prabhupadanuga community? Nope!
By stating above you're kicked out on the spot and replaced by others who support that regime. Reform is killed, you're outside.
Basically thats what we have, Prabhupadanugas screaming and yelling while the ISKCON ship peacefully sails under false colors.
This is how ISKCON became restructured with a total new rank&file crew. Mass exodus of Prabhupadanugas who figured - by PADA advice - to reform from outside. But at what price? Meanwhile they hardly manage to survive outside, even fight against each other.
Ok, they pushed the whole load of dirt now from USA to ISKCON Bangalore, Madhu Pandit&team should clean up that mess. Meanwhile the Bangalore devotees - having their back up against the wall - are ready to sacrifice Sri Radha Krishna-chandra Mandir.
But ISKCON Mumbai wants all 18 ISKCON Bangalore temples and Akshaya-patra. According karmi law quite reasonable. And to have all Bangalore Prabhupadanugas evicted, excommunicated.
In sum, Madhu Pandit&team have to start a new movement from scratch. Legally having no more the status of being part of ISKCON, no more the reputation of being part of the world movement, ISKCON.
They have to rent a backyard and read in the karmi news how Madhu Pandit lost everything.
Will ISKCON's false guru system be reformed?
They rather celebrate their great victory of having captured ISKCON Bangalore's 18 temples. Sleep tight.
Inside scoop...
ReplyDeleteGBC is FREAKING out about this expose of Ramai and friends.
Along with Prabhavisnu escapades, this could be the trigger for huge clean out of ISKCON Oz top layer.
Oz Man