ISKCON Leicester Bans Devotees (ISKCON) VIDEO

PADA: Yep. There is a lot of skullduggery going on here, hee hee. He saves the temple from falling apart, and then they get rid of the guy. Yep, as soon as he makes a devotee, the GBC gurus "pinch" (steal) his new members. 

We knew that was going on already in 1978. 

Sivarama helped the guy temporarily, but then Sivarama resigned. After Sivarama left, "the [GBC] vultures started to circle" to take over his program. And the GBC folks wanted to install an Indian bodied manager and get rid of the live-in [Western bodied] ashrams. They wanted to make an Indian style program, which is the same "Indian bodied congregation" that they have at the Bhaktivedanta Manor. 

Narada says "this sound like racism to me." Well yup! And this is perhaps why the Indian ICC people called me a bogus Western mleccha. And when Western people complained about Lokanath, same thing, this is all "white bodied mleccha people" complaining. This is bodily platform. And then they made this guy homeless, after he had done so much service. And that has happened to so many people. 

Then they also tried to cut him off from working with Parasurama das, who has been doing the free food program all along. Then they called the police because he was using "Hare Krishna Center" as his charity. 

And then they tried to have them arrested for distributing books -- without have a registered charity. Fortunately, his charity was just then registered. Then they said they cannot advertise they are "dedicated to Prabhupada," and so on. In other words, they harass anyone who tried to preach. 

But yes, getting away from the GBC is a blessing in disguise -- for him and all of us. And now they just have classes of Srila Prabhupada's recorded lectures, and they distribute his books, and so on. But they are still getting harassed, thus anyone who visits his temple becomes personna non grata from ISKCON. 

Well goody. Get away from them, and go independent. If all of us do that, the GBC will have less and less support. Narada says, an organization that has such a high amount of leaders who are predators, and people who support predators as leaders, almost no one wants to be known as being part of that organization. 

And he would not want to have to deal with all these issues either. Better to be independent. Anyway, people are realizing the GBC regime is corrupt, and gradually -- they are moving towards promoting Srila Prabhupada.   

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“The GBC made me homeless: A story of lies, betrayal and deceit at ISKCON Leicester” 

PODCAST: Episode 99 – Tuesday 19th December 2023🎙 We’re delighted to welcome Gauranga Sundara dasa as our guest on this week’s podcast. Born and raised in a Catholic family in Germany, he first met Hare Krishna devotees in 1975 whilst searching for something much ‘deeper’ in life. His journey took him to New Mayapur in France where he met Srila Prabhupada in 1976 – an encounter that would have a profound impact on his life! 

For the last 35 years, Gauranga has been a leading figure in the Hare Krishna movement in Leicester having first served as Temple President at the city’s ISKCON Temple. And, now for almost 20 years, he has been running the Hare Krishna Centre – a growing group of devotees who meet regularly in service to Srila Prabhupada. 

Now, in his first sit-down interview, he talks publicly about the events that led to his removal as ISKCON Temple President and the “skulduggery” that surrounded it. “It was awful,” said Gauranga Sundara, “just because my face didn’t fit, and I would question the GBC’s inappropriate behaviour, I was removed from all my services and made homeless.” 

A BLESSING IN DISGUISE 

Since leaving his post at ISKCON Leicester, Gauranga and a group of devotees have established ‘The Hare Krishna Centre’ – a project which practices strong values of respect, inclusively and acceptance of others. For more details about The Hare Krishna Centre in Leicester visit www.prasadam.co.uk.