Visvambar Sheth "Standing by" Lokanath swami

 Visvambhar Sheth says in his letter below, "Placing more restrictions on Maharaj in an attempt to placate the situation is a band-aid solution that will not resolve the deep rooted and festering anger felt by many in my generation."

Actually, that is all that is being asked:

1. Give Lokanath Swami's case to the ICPO. 

2. Restrict Lokanath Swami from any institutional leadership positions in ISKCON.  

Doing those two things would bring long overdue accountability to this situation and go a long way towards practically demonstrating ISKCON leadership's commitment to child protection in Srila Prabhupada's Society.

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From: Visvambhar Sheth <visvambhar@gmail.com>

Date: July 16, 2021 at 11:52:02 AM EDT

Subject: Second Gen Gurukuli Aspring Disciple of Lokanath Maharaj

Dear Esteemed GBC Members, I am writing to you as a second generation Gurukuli, living in the USA (Alachua), and as someone that simultaneously has a very close relationship with Lokanath Maharaj. Maharaj has been a friend to my family and also a mentor to my father (Bhadra Das SDG), since the very beginning of my father's spiritual life (1979). 

[PADA: Oh great, 1979 is when Satsvarupa started saying our GBC gurus are falling down -- because the mahajanas ALSO fall down. And SDG was writing his horrific document "The Mahajanas Have Difficulties" -- trying to blend his illicit sex with men, women and children messiahs program -- into the sacred lives of the Mahajanas. 

And Bhadra das is following / inspired by / these people -- who blend together pedophiles with Krishna's Mahajanas? Yes, as a matter of fact the Mahajanas are illicit sex with men, women and children deviants, just like we are! That is inspiring -- to -- perhaps Satan. No Godly person would ever follow / be inspired by / juxtaposing deviants with saints. 

People following the fools who are blending together deviants -- if not homosexual pedophiles -- with the lives of the Mahajanas are -- according to Sulochan -- "the sickest puppies on earth." Who is inspired by blending together the Mahajanas with SDG's homosexuals, pedophiles, sexual predators, porno swamis, alcoholics, drug addicts and other deviants -- artificially posing as messiahs? 

OK sick puppies, not normal people. Did we forget to mention, an SDG school teacher said EVERY SINGLE KID in the SDG school was molested. How inspiring is that! In sum, Satsvarupa should be in jail for orchestrating mass child abuse programs.]

In 1990, Maharaj visited our home in Los Angeles and he inspired me, at the time a 7 year old boy, to chant 2 rounds of Mahamantra daily. I have been chanting his pranam mantra since that time (for the last 31 years). 

[PADA: 1990. isn't that when the GBC gurus were getting ghost busted by Chiteshvara? And simultaneously Narayan Maharaja came to the aid of the GBC and defended them in their 1990 "ISKCON Journal." And after that -- many of the ISKCON "kuli kids" ran off to worship NM, the topmost defender of the Tamal / GBC pedophile's guru program on the planet. NM promotes Tamal and their pedophile sex guru program -- and NM was yelling at our people in Texas for challenging Tamal's molester regime. 

Then, after NM promotes his favorite child buggery messiah's program, he just says "the children are getting their karma." Then! Many ISKCON kids ran off to worship NM and other top defenders of the pedophile messiah's program, and then -- we should rely on their judgement in the case of Lokanath? 

Many of the ex-kulis worship NM, the guy who promotes pedophile sex guru programs, and then NM says -- it is your karma. And we should listen to this group? No, these are the people we should not listen to! No it was not "their karma." 

Their leaders supported a regime that oppressed the victims, then blamed "their karma"! Blaming the victims! Again! NM is another guy who should have gone to jail for hanging out in Texas supporting the Tamal regime, at the same exact time we were getting the courts to sue Tamal / NM regime in Texas.]

I spent almost 5 years, in my early 20’s (2003-2007), traveling with Maharaj both internationally, and also extensively in India, as his personal servant and mridanga player. I have yet to take formal initiation from him, but this has only been due to my own spiritual shortcomings. I asprire to be formally initiated by him in the near future.

[PADA: OK so by the year 2000 you all should have known about the Windle Turley child abuse lawsuit, the suicides, and the "industrial levels of child abuse" project that Lokanath is a primary advocate / supporter / enabler / leader of. And he is in fact one of their chief defenders, apologists, enablers, scholarly advocates, and participants of said regime. Perhaps only a few people like Narayan Maharaja could boast being bigger defenders of the "industrial level" child abuse pedophile's messiah's club.]

Over the last couple of months, previously unreleased details concerning the case of Maharaj abusing an 11 year old girl have surfaced, after some 30 odd years of being suppressed and minimized. This has disturbed many people. As a second generation Gurukuli, I appreciate my peers for calling out the inefficient way this case has been dealt with from the beginning. 

That said, I do not agree with their methods of public slander and gossip on social media, even though I understand their mistrust in our society and their desire for justice. My generation, particularly those older than me, lived through many atrocities that no child should ever experience, and this has left many of them ever vigilant to fight against abuse. 

[PADA: Right, while the "industrial levels of abuse" has been going on -- left, right and center -- Lokanath swami has been patting the key orchestrators of that regime on the back and giving them high fives. "Job well done." Again! He has been one of their top most scholarly defenders, apologists and enablers. 

Sulochan said they are a "child buggery messiah's regime" -- and Lokanath has been with that regime all along. In sum, Lokanath swami is a chief enabler of the molester messiahs project. Worse, Lokanath swami says the ritviks are bogus, of course, because they worship pure devotees and not his illicit sex with men, women, children and -- evidently -- cats -- as messiahs project?]  

Meanwhile, while understanding and appreciating my fellow second generation brothers and sisters, I am standing with Maharaj, my guru, who remains dedicated to Srila Prabhupada and ISKCON, upholds an excellent exemplary standard of sadhana and service, and continues to inspire tens of thousands of devotees in their Krsna Consciousness. 

[PADA: You are "standing with" the top leaders of the child buggery messiah's project? OK well there is your problem right there, you are another apologist and enabler. We had to sue your wonderful program for $400,000,000, because the victims of Lokanath's molester messiah's program were committing suicide at the time. You are "inspired" by the program that is causing its children -- to kill themselves?]

I understand that he made a major blunder thirty one years ago, and that it will remain as a stain on his reputation. Being exposed to more details of the incident has served to deepen my fear about the potency of Maya, and highlighted that I must be very careful, because even the most sincere practitioner, my guru maharaja could become liable to momentary fall downs. 

[PADA: Srila Prabhupada says it is the mad elephant offense to consider that gurus fall down. The guru is shaksat hari tvena, as good as God. To say that the "good as God" are sometimes fallen if not pedophiles, is foolish and offensive. 

Fortunately for us, any average citizen in the USA knows that an illicit sex with men, women and children messiahs program is bogus. In sum, gurus do not fall down, much less fall down into pedophile activity. Nor are gurus sued for $400M for mass molesting on "an industrial scale."] 

Given mine and my family’s close association with Maharaj, and witnessing his impeccable character over so many decades, I continue to trust him as a bonafide guru and I aspire to become his qualified and initiated disciple. 

[PADA: Which is why my karmi friends think most people in ISKCON are brain dead, they continue to worship a regime that has to be sued for "industrial levels" of child abuse, of their own children no less.]

Of course, I cannot presume to advise senior members of the GBC and would not want to be in your positions, given the tough decisions you have to make. Yet, the sudden response of a third round of the same restrictions that have twice previously been placed on Maharaj will not satisfy the demands of the ‘justice seekers,’ nor will it avoid demoralizing tens of thousands of devotees who have taken shelter of, or are inspired by, Maharaj. While one side will always feel that any punishment is not enough, others don’t even want to hear or believe that anything happened.

[PADA: That is what they told me about Jayatirtha in 1979? Oh prabhu! He has thousands of followers! We cannot take him out of the guru post -- or his followers will be discouraged. And then they said the same things about Bhavananda, Bhagavan, Harikesh, Hansadutta, Kirtanananda, Satsvarupa -- and so on and so on. When does this end?] 

I don’t think that the second generation devotees who have exposed this issue are angry at Maharaj particularly. They are angry about decades of cover-up, disengagement, lack of concern for them, and a lack of responsibility on the part of the leadership. Placing more restrictions on Maharaj in an attempt to placate the situation is a band-aid solution that will not resolve the deep rooted and festering anger felt by many in my generation. 

[PADA: OK now you are arguing with -- yourself? We need to keep maharaja, but by doing that -- we will not solve the deep rooted anger and resentment towards him and his regime.]  

Please instead consider using this as an opportunity for the leadership to make amends to those who have been hurt, molested, or abused. Their grievances must be heard, sincere apologies must be conveyed, reparations must being made, and a humble offering of continued support should be given.

[PADA: OK but if the leadership continues to turn a blind eye to abusive people in high posts in ISKCON, that will make the victims more upset. I cannot even print statements from some victims about all this, and their burying Kirtanananda in a samadhi, and their making Radhanath a guru etc. -- because we have a policy on not reproducing curse words.]

Placing travel / initiation restrictions on Maharaj is a disservice to ISKCON in North America, specifically to second generation devotees like myself. Even if they are not disciples / aspiring, many of my generation have experienced Maharaj’s kirtans and his saintly personal interactions.

[PADA: Promoting an industrial level child abuse guru regime is not saintly. It is criminal, and all of these enablers are just about as guilty as the perps, because without these Lokanath / Narayan Maharaja et al. apologists, enablers and "shastric defenders," the illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara would never have stood for one second.]

I can confidently say, having traveled extensively through North America with Maharaj on every one of his trips to the USA over the last twenty years, that most second generation devotees in ‘good-standing’ from Los Angeles, Dallas, Houston, New York, New Jersey, DC, Alachua, etc, would be able to look beyond the issue from 30 years ago and joyfully have Maharaj’s association. I know many second generation peers feel as I do although their voices may be silenced due to fear of being ostracized or ‘taking sides.’ 

[PADA: No need for a few people here and there to take a side, since already billions and billions of people on earth already know that illicit sex with men, women and children, pedophiles etc. are not EVER a guru lineage FROM GOD. It is a guru lineage FROM HELL. And it will go back there -- where it came from! 

It does not matter if a few people continue in the illusion that deviants are or were gurus, that will always be a minority teeny cult who want to worship deviants. The mass of people will never accept a pedophile guru cult, full stop period.]

Please know that I personally still aspire to become a qualified ‘official’ disciple of Lokanath Maharaj. The ICPO has already declared that they would ‘remove Maharaj’s status as an initiation spiritual master.’ This would be a great impediment on my spiritual path and the spiritual lives of many second generation peers who are inspired by Maharaj. Please don't ignore all of us, just because we don't take to social media to air our grievances.

How can the leaders and the second generation devotees work together to heal the old wounds? How can we move forward with brave conviction and transparency? Can we also forgive the indiscretions of those that are trying their best? I trust that you are taking many view points into account and will approach this specific issue appropriately.

Your Servant,

Visvambhar Sheth

Parents: Bhadra Das (SDG) & Ananga Manjari (ACBSP)

Service: The Mayapuris and other Kirtan projects

Current Residence: Alachua Florida USA

Contact: visvambhar@gmail.com  +1 352-316-1559

Visvambhar (Vish) Sheth

352-316-1559

www.visvambhar.com

हरे कृष्ण हरे कृष्ण कृष्ण कृष्ण हरे हरे || हरे राम हरे राम राम राम हरे हरे||

[PADA: The molester messiahs project is failing. Humpty Dumpty GBC sat on a wall. Humpty Dumpty GBC made ISKCON people worship their illicit sex with men, women and children as messiahs project. Humpty Dumpty had a great fall, because industrial level child abuse was the result. And then, all of the Kings horses and all the King's men, could not put their Humpty pedophile messiahs program back together again.]    

http://krishna1008.blogspot.com/2018/11/iskcon-alachua-fl-defends-molester.html

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