Narayan Maharaja Plagiarized His "Rasika Teachings"? (ISKCON)

GH: I was in the NM camp from '97 to 2017. I witnessed firsthand the ecstasy and finally ... the agony. Many things became clear.

The elephant in the room is the failure of even the sanyasis to follow the 4 regs. One in particular was 'falling down' with regularity. After NM passed on, this sanyasi had "his own disciples" ... and he simply went on 'falling down' with his own female disciples. This 'guru' passed away in recent times and was placed in samadhi! I'm not exaggerating. It was the last straw for me. Clearly the system didn't work for this poor fellow, yet he was placed on a pedestal.

[PADA: Yes, I saw some of the internal conversations. One other leader said if he went to confront this person "he would be beaten with bamboo sticks." So it looks like they have simply created false "Krishna's guru successors" complete with sub-violent cult followers, bogus samadhis and etc. Meanwhile there is evidently at least one other "guru" in their program who cannot follow. They have become another GBC style cover up program for false gurus.]

For me, a big disappointment was the fact NM's preaching of Rasika topics came not from his personal realization, but from the classes and books of Sri Ananda Gopal Goswami (1950's) and Sri Anantadas Babaji of Radha Kund (1980's til 2000's). There is nothing wrong with sourcing others but if we don't cite our sources then it's called plagiarism. NM would source material then recall it almost word-for-word presenting it as his own.

As one of his many disciples, I was shocked. Firstly, for obvious plagiarism. Secondly, in the same breath he would say "...don't go to the Babaji's!" So there was the hypocrisy factor.

I'm sorry NM, that's dishonest. Plain and simple. Lastly, the gurukul abuse was discussed at this time (late 90's) and he said it was basically their karma. In some cultures, sexual abuses of children is not seen as all that bad. Even fall downs by sanyasis is not seen as that bad.

Now, it is a historical fact SP heard about child sex abuse and abuse of the kids as far back as 1970. Bhavananda was involved. One of SP's top Generals in the fight against Maya. What did SP do? From all accounts he was shocked. So he wrote letters telling those involved to stop. That's it. He ignored it thereafter.

After the 1972 Xmas Marathon, the emphasis was on book sales and recruitment. With the money coming in, SP ordered the opening of the Dallas gurukul. He ordered all his disciples to send their kids, as young as 2, to a gurukul. That way the parents could go on preaching unhampered by family responsibility. These are facts. After SP passed on, the money chase never stopped.

[PADA: I know it looks like Srila Prabhupada was not concerned about the gurukulas. However, I do believe he wanted -- and expected -- that his Western followers would follow the basic laws of the USA -- and to contain if not report crimes. And that simply was not being done for the gurukula abuses, the mass criminal programs that evolved after 1977, and so on and so forth. 

In my opinion, Srila Prabhupada basically expected that his Western followers would maintain law and order in his society. It is impossible for me to imagine he wanted the floodgates of crimes to be opened and unleashed in his mission. 

At the same time, I believe Srila Prabhupada (and his desires and orders) were being intentionally ignored, or suppressed -- or worse -- he was being poisoned physically by this group, so they could engage in crimes without restriction. There is NO evidence widespread criminal activity was ever approved of or encouraged by Srila Prabhupada. There IS evidence he complained of being poisoned by this sabha.

In any event, we have to pick up the pieces now as best we can and move forward. I am glad you got free of both the GBC and NM programs, neither are acting properly. ys pd]