A shout-out to my godbrothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers

R Dasa: A shout-out to my godbrothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

Leadership scandals, deviations, crimes and coverups have been ongoing in ISKCON for almost 45 years, since our Acharya, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada ended his manifest pastimes. A book as wide as a barn wouldn’t cover the entire history of the good ship ISKCON heading way, way off course since Srila Prabhupada’s departure.

Crimes against gurukulis are again being brought to light – and so they should be. There are many child abusers in ISKCON who were never held accountable, whose crimes were covered up, and who were moved to different temples by leadership wanting to hush any disquiet from the devotees. I pray that the perpetrators repent, apologise, reform, and remove themselves from any position of authority for life, preferring instead to clean the toilets. If not, karma and Yamaraja will take charge of the situation – and it won’t be pretty.

I come from a different generation – the lost generation – disciples of the magnificent 11 between 1978 – 1986. We joined with an open mind and were duped from day-1 by leadership telling us that the 11 were all uttama adhikari pure devotees. The chaos this caused was immense, and although our generation didn’t have it quite as tough as the gurukulis, the end result is just as tragic, and I bow to my many devotee friends who left the world prematurely, violently, and unnecessarily. The present uproar online, as most devotees know, is just the tip of the iceberg.

Today, almost all Srila Prabhupada’s original disciples stay away from ISKCON activities. Same goes for those initiated by the magnificent 11. Same goes for ex-gurukulis. Most of us don’t want to tear ISKCON down, we simply want accountability and reform. Unfortunately, when leadership consists of conditioned souls posing as uttama adhikaris, and those who take shelter of Srila Prabhupada are banished – there is no hope for the floundering ship.

The higher a person is in an institution, the more they will know about corruption within the institution, and the less likely they will do anything about the corruption, as they have more to lose by upsetting the status quo.

Mostly I just want to thank many fine God brothers, God sisters, seniors and gurukulis who have inspired me for the last 40 years. Your association, friendship, comradery, and example are hugely appreciated. Thank you especially Srila Prabhupada. Your guidance and association is real, even for one who never met you in person, and I am forever indebted as your servant.

Your servant, R Dasa

PADA: Wow! "I bow to my many devotee friends who left the world prematurely, violently, and unnecessarily. The present uproar online, as most devotees know, is just the tip of the iceberg." Devotees of God were banned, beaten, molested, sued and assassinated, all so that they could make deviants and pedophiles into "God's successors" artificially. 

A number of victims left the world prematurely. That means they have the blood of all these Vaishnava victims on their hands. Says it all don't it? Badrinarayan Goswami is worried about their "legacy." We all know it already -- that is their legacy, they try to forcibly make illicit sex with men, women and children into their messiahs -- and then orchestrate to ban, beat, sue and kill those who disagree. Yamaraja knows their legacy as well. ys pd