Letter to another GBC victim 05/17/14

PADA: Yes, we are very sorry to hear that Hansadutta kicked you and your friend out of the ISKCON temple in India way back in the old days, and you had no place to go, no money and no shelter. That is terrible. Thus we agree, we have to be thankful for these Goswamis and other Indian sadhus who have had to help out people like yourself -- when the GBC's goonda program tossed you poor people out on the street. Its wonderful that the local sadhus gave you a place to stay and some prasadam to sustain yourselves, and that you were able to continue your pilgrimage under their care, and that you became infused with Krishna consciousness despite all these difficulties.

At least the GBC's gurus gave us 24 hours to get out the door, heh heh heh. Yes, it great that you found some shelter from the other sadhus there and that you were able to become Krishna conscious independently. We agree, there seems to be a very thoughtless, heartless and cavalier mood of no concern towards others among these leaders. 

We also know an ex-Hansadutta couple and they said they have given up any connection to Krishna, apparently they are now Christians. They have a bunch of kids with devotee names, and  this is causing them a headache now, since they do not want their kids involved. Unfortunately, not many of us recover after being treated so badly.

They just could not tolerate the idea that such a pile of fools was going to be theirs and their kids gurus, they just could not surrender to that bogus idea anymore. So this mistreatment issue is having a larger effect than just what happened to yourselves, many hundreds of others ended up getting the boot or getting discouraged just like you. We are very happy to hear that you are continuing with the process of Krishna consciousness.       

Anyway, you are right, its almost amazing how little concern these people have for others, that's a fact. You are also correct, someone like Hansadutta and these other big shots would not survive for 12 hours in your situation, they cannot survive without manipulating their own comforts -- before -- they hit the door. 

Hansadutta eventually kicked himself out of ISKCON, he now lives in a trailer park. This is sort of amazing really, these once giant acharyas of the jagat -- like Hansadutta, Ramesvara, Bhagavan, Harikesh, they all pretty much live outside ISKCON now and have little to do with it. Hrdayananda has his own little thing now, Krishna West. Most people, even many of the GBC, think that program is another deviation to add to the pile of deviations.  

Meanwhile Kirtanananda, Jayatirtha and Tamal have all departed. Jayapataka is apparently next on that list, he is on his last legs. Bhavananda says he does not expect to live much longer. Satsvarupa is barely hanging in there with a couple of supporters, he admits to watching football etc. 

Its almost like -- they started the whole ISKCON place on fire, and then, they just walked out the door and left the place to burn to the ground. This is an amazing situation all by itself, they were all once the giant acharyas of the jagat, but now, --- they are watching football? And ISKCON has never recovered from this bomb throwing sabha. 

Karma is an amazing thing to observe. At the same time, I am accepting all this as mercy, since its my karma to be in the same place at the same time with all these people. Its called accepting your fate, which cannot be changed, as Queen Kunti says. The good news is, Krishna has blessed me with at least some feelings for Him, so, in that sense -- it was all worth it. We have to pick up the gold from the filthy place. I am thus so glad to hear you are a survivor. All of us ISKCON plane crash wreck survivors need to encourage one another, and keep on going. Thanks for giving us your association, ys pd