Prayers for Bhakti Puri / Akshaya Tritiya Meaning / Clown Show / Tamal vs Ritviks 04 23 26

 

AN INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE BY DEVOTEES

FROM URMILA DASI (EDITH BEST): Certainly we wish him well and hope that he will get another opportunity for service. I also hope that he can be rectified of his grievous crimes in as gentle and joyful a way as possible. He misused the role of guru to sexually assault many of his disciples. And engaged in serious pastoral abuse. 

We report criminal activity to the police. We keep our distance from someone who is not of good character. We offer respects, at least in our mind, to all living entities, what to speak of someone who has chanted the holy name. We harbor no hatred, but we do desire rectification. As far as "reconciling" the specific mixture of good and evil of a particular individual, that I would prefer to leave to the vastly superior intelligence of God.

FROM BB: My take? Does not look like ANY GBC ... or ANY caretaker of ANY victim EVER went to ANY police. Where are the police reports? Why do none of these GBC leaders EVER get reported for sexual abuse ... and NEVER go to jail. 

After all this, we have to pray for him! And his well being! What about victims who sometimes (or many times) ... commit suicide? Who ever prays for them? Who even knows who these victims are? Or how to help them ... even if we wanted? It is always the perps who get the prayer blessings and not victims ... 

FROM RAMANANDA PRABHU: I was his disciple. I have very mixed feelings just now. It’s good to remember the great things that went on under his watch. Hundreds of thousands of books distributed. Millions of people seeing, hearing and chanting Gauranga. Hundreds of thousands, even millions donated to temple development around the world.

But also many psychologically damaged, even broken, devotees, who dedicated the very best of themselves and were bullied and abused for many years.
I’m also thinking of the leaders who let it go on even after alarms were raised, since the money was coming in and the books were going out. They allowed the abuse to continue as long as their projects were being supported and the MONEY COLLECTING scores were good. There was no concern for the bullied and abused. 

I wish him the very best but Karuna Bhavan is a very troubled place and even after he left the leadership which succeeded him was trained by him and so it is still a very troubled community. The whole history of ISKCON Scotland is a deeply sad one even to this present day. 

And yet as long as they maintain financially with the rent from houses and as long as ISKCON uk’s good ole boys club continues to look out for its friends, Karuna Bhavan will never fulfil its potential. I finally got away from there just a couple of years ago. It was a good choice which should have come much sooner.

FROM MATHEW McGOVERN: He gave Sivaram swami a million quid for his hungarian programe & the deal was sealed, you know by now, ISKCON is a business, right?

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MEANING AKSHAYA TRITIYA

(1) Lord Parashurama appeared on this day
(2) The holy river Ganges descended on Earth from the heavens on this day.
(3) This day marks the beginning of Treta-yuga
(4) Lord Krishna’s childhood friend Sudama, visited Dwarka to him and offered him a humble gift of poha (rice flakes). Therefore, Vaishnavas (worshippers of lord Vishnu) fast throughout the day and open their fasts with rice.
(5) The Pandavas received Akshaya Patra from the Sun God
(6) Sage Vedvyasa initiated the recital of the great Indian epic Mahabharata and Lord Ganesha, hearing each verse with devotion, inscribed it without pause.
(7) Kubera received his wealth and position as custodian of wealth,
(8) Goddess Annapoorna Devi appeared on this day.
(9) Banke Bihari Charan Darshan show's one's in a year on this day
(10) Chandan yatra begins on this day
(11) Making of Jagannath Rath Begins on this day
(12) Srila Prabhupada Incorporated The League of Devotees (Srila Prabhupada is the founder-acharya of ISKCON, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Before starting ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada incorporated a society in India, called The League of Devotees, at Jhansi on the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya (16th May) in the year 1953.
(13) Badrinath Darshan begins on this day (In Badrinath, the temples of Gangotri and Yamunotri are closed during winter. On the day of Akshaya Tritiya the shrines re-open for the pilgrims.)
(14) Adi Shankaracharya composed Kanakadhara Stotram on this day
(15) Narasimha Murti Darshan Divas in Simhachalam ( andhra pradesh): Simhachalam is the abode of Lord Narasimha. Here the Deity of Lord Narasimha is always covered with sandal paste. On the auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya, the sandal paste is removed and abhisheka is performed. This is the only day on which the devotees will get to see the form of the Lord. On the same day in evening, the Deity is again covered with sandal paste.
(16) In the temple of Kshira-chora Gopinatha (Remuna, Odisha) the Deities of Madana-mohana, Govinda and Gopinatha are smeared with sandalwood pulp on this auspicious day of Akshaya Tritiya.
The day known as Aksaya-tritiya occurs on the third (tritiya) day of the waxing moon in the month of Vaisakha. Every second of this blessed day is completely auspicious, and so there is no consideration of any one period (muhurta) being better than another.

Aksaya means “inexhaustible”; no ending or impediment. Anything a person undertakes on the day of Aksaya-tritiya is bound to succeed, especially the performance of devotional activities, which guarantee inexhaustible benefit. So it's considered a good day for new initiatives.

Any donation made on this day for the right cause is declared to yield inexhaustible results. Devotees consider this day as a reminder to surrender whatever they have in the service of Lord Krishna.

Things that can be done particularly on this day:

1. Read & recite from Bhagavad Gita and Srimad Bhagavatam.
2. Distribute Prasadam
3. Offer charity to worthy recipients.
4. Begin a commitment to practice spiritual life, for eg. start chanting.
6. Visit the vaishnava temple.

Many people also purchase gold, silver, property, etc on this day.
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ISKCON has become a sovereign clown show with people like Mahavisnu and his travelling circus. Corrupt characters like "The Godfather" Jayapataka and his protected gangster mafia. The deviated leaders of ISKCON India who have polluted INTERNATIONAL movement with Hindu ultranationalist racist ideology (Hindutva). 

Radhanath and his new age 'influencers' giving bogus and bad mundane "self help" lines. Bhakti Sundar “Free Meals” with his bad example of pornography addiction.

Bhaktividya Purna and the pedophiles. Bhakti Vikas with his supposed rancid orthodoxy which enables him to protect and defend liberal democrat ideals, like falling down acharyas. Jayadvaita and profiteers from acharya edited books. Guru Prasad and other sannyasis with female personal secretaries / handmaids. And so the list goes on.

Those not on the list are accomplices by omission, who carry their own hidden rot.

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TAMAL AND RITVIKS

@navinsaggam78: In this lecture recorded in Mayapur HH Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj clearly explained the deviation of Ritvik philosophy.

@pada1008: Yes, Tamal wanted his predator pals to be worshiped as gurus. And his society became full of them. And many children, probably thousands, were mistreated by Tamal's child oppressing culture.

The good news is we had Tamal sued in Dallas in 1986 for $3,000,000, and he lost. Then we had Tamal sued again for $400,000,000 again in Dallas, and he lost again. So we were able to help hundreds of victims of Tamal's program. Now we have got lawyers at the Delhi Supreme court trying to investigate the child mistreatment that has been going on there, and it is moving forward.

Tamal thought that worshiping pure devotees is not authorized. And we need to worship his predator pals, even predators of minors. Tamal never understood the system of Krishna's guru parampara.

I also know Lokanath's female victim (who was 11 years old child) personally. And she wanted me to post her complaint letters on my blog to expose Lokanath. And we did, and at least some GBC agreed that Lokanath should not be allowed to speak at a number of USA temples.

Yes, Tamal was causing a $100,000,000 legal money loss for ISKCON. And he was always chatting with his lawyers and not us, because he could not speak to us devotees, but only his $$$ lawyers. Of course ISKCON lost hundreds of millions more -- when the donations stopped -- because of all these lawsuits. Tamal has no idea we cannot hire lawyers to fix our position in our next life. We will be held to account without Mercedes driving legal defense.

But yes, Tamal clearly said that worshiping pure devotees is a deviation. And we need to worship predators, and that is how he causes suffering to thousands of children, and giant legal and media problems for ISKCON. ys pd

@navinsaggam78: The end justifies the means, the very fact that Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj got a Samadhi near the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada in Sridham Mayapur goes to show that his life was completely dedicated to the mission of Srila Prabhupada. The worldwide community of ISKCON devotees should be grateful to Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaj for his contribution to the mission of Srila Prabhupada. Ys

@pada1008: Tamal's life was dedicated to promoting predators as acharyas. Including predators of minors. And thousands of children are victims of his process, as we proved in court -- twice. And we intend to prove same again in Delhi courts.

One of the Tamal predators of minors "acharyas" is Kirtanananda, who also has a samadhi in the dham near the acharyas. Just because a predator or a cheer leader of predators muscles their way into the samadhis, does not mean anything. The end is -- thousands of victims and $100,000,000 legal fees, and that justifies -- what?

Certainly the victims do not think any of this is justified. Some child victims took their lives from all the trauma. And that means Tamal has to account for those lost lives in his next life, as well as the $100M he stole from ISKCON to pay his San Fernando lawyers. He will have to pay all that back.

Oddly, Tamal was avoiding going to India but Ravindra Swarupa insisted they had to discuss our court case, so Tamal reluctantly went. And he left his body there. Then his clown car followers blamed me for his departure, saying -- I forced him to go there. I had no say in his going or not going. The end justifies the means? He went there to discuss our court case, and that was the end. ys pd

@mahotsahachaitanyadas1104: Srila Prabhupada explains about the bug who sits on the king's lap in the throne, and the soldier who fights for the King at the battle front. Anyone with common sense knows about this bug. And the bug drove away thousands of sincere foot-soldiers from Lord Chaitanya's commander-in-chief's army.

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USA AND TRICKLE DOWN REAGANOMICS

PADA: Not entirely correct. The first person to open trade with China was Nixon. But it was very limited. Ronald Regan opened it up and dropped most of the trade restrictions. And that caused millions and millions of USA jobs to go offshore to China. Reagan is credited with "de-industrializing" the USA. 

Of course the Democrats did not help much either, also true. Trump did almost nothing in his first term about trade. In fact China trade grew on his first term. And he has not been doing anything of substance to fix the issue now. 

The tariff idea is not making manufacturing come back here hardly at all, and it is making things more expensive for the common people. But worse, the deficit is climbing and now Trump's new plan is to spend $100 billion on Iran, and make the deficit even worse. This is not making USA greater again, it is making the prices of fuel and everything go up more and more. 

Which means -- less money to invest in USA. But you can research this yourself on Chat GPT, Reagan's whole idea was international "free trade." And that in real terms means -- freeing up buying manufactured goods from China. Which is what has been done. And we never recovered. Trump is now asking Ford if they can make their factories produce our military gear. And that is because we gave up our real substantial making military gear a long time ago. 

The Reagan plan of giving huge tax breaks to large corporations has worked out great. For China. Globalism? 

The tax break money went to invest in factories in China, and still is going there for that matter. In other words, the globalist's large multination corporations are running the world economy. And they bought out people like Reagan with election donations, and the rest is history. And now the family unit cannot function in the USA because young people cannot afford to have kids. Marriage rates are going down more every day. This is the social problem they created with their economic policy. ys pd

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IMPLICATIONS OF IRAN MESS

PADA: A friend in India said to PADA: The idea of bombing Iran into the stone age has already happened to India, we have no cooking fuel. And transport and power producing fuel is in short supply. It is making life harder and harder -- and it was already intolerable for most people.  

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And it's all Srila Prabhupada said years ago, 14.5.1973 that this modern economy is going to collapse within the next 50-60 years!

And whose alternative, the spiritual economy was started in 1967, which the useless followers of their own organization didn't continue it, but sold some or most of the farms!

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Creepalachia / PADA vs Gurukuli Holocaust / BBTI Director list 04 21 26

CREEPALACHIA VIDEO ON NEW VRNDAVAN

PADA: Yeah a lot of devotees have had no idea what has been the long term public image / historically recorded result / lasting effect / of promoting homosexuals and pedophiles as gurus cults. A program which incidently has a track record of banning, beating suing and killing dissenters. And making pedos into messiahs! 

So many devotees have told me: go away; you are not our authority; stay out of ISKCON's affairs; shut up; do not criticize; be humble and tolerant; it is your karma prabhu; you are an offender; you are criticizing seniors and pure devotees etc.  And they thus helped the regime by suppressing dissent. And as a bonus, have us dissenters made into targets for violence, assassinations and untimely deaths etc. 

And they made all sorts of rationalizing and justification types of arguments, to allow, enable and defend all this deviated process to continue. Well now what? The average Joe citizen from Apalachia is looking at all this and wondering, WTF is going on with these whacked Hare Krishnas? 

And that is why it is said, history it like looking at pottery in the pottery shop. You break it, you own it. I am glad at least some of us said, "wait, do not break all the pottery," and a small fragment of ISKCON or a few pieces were saved thereby. But yeah, the people who caused this -- and enabled it -- are part of the karma of making this result. They own it, or at least part of it. 

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com 

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PADA: GURUKULIS HOLOCAUST

PADA: The whole system of India Bureau program folks -- like Basu Ghosh, Bhakti Vikas swami, Radhanath etc. has all along been big -- if not lifetime -- supporters of their predator gurus like Jokernath. And along with that -- supporting all the associated side programs like burying predators, porno swamis and similar others dubious folks in samadhis and etc. And propping up Mayapur's worse case child welfare fraud leaders like Jayapataka etc. 

And doubling down on re-supporting and re-propping up guys like Bhakti Vidya Purna swami, just at the same exact time I am having them sued for $400,000,000. These are essentially the same sabha folks that were trying to silence us, and shut us down for objecting to Kirtanananda -- when we reported Kirtanananda was "servicing" boys in his motorhome. 

Evidently, their program to have me hunted to be placed into the morgue untimely was all "my bad karma." Yep, everyone who is in favor of their program has good karma, everyone else's karma is bad, especially victims or us whistle blowers. And that justifies any and all of their process. There may be some gray area nuances here and there, but to me, it looks like "the enforced cult ritualistic worship of predators as messiahs project," emphasis on enforced. Same as it always was since we began protesting in 1978. 

As soon as I peeped up, the iron boots came down on my head, and have ever since. And that is why my gurukuli friend said to me recently, out of 500 kids at the 1997 festival, 145 are deceased, at least, maybe more. In other words, the entire GBC strategy the whole time has been, run out the clock, and spend $100,00,000 on legal fees to help keep the clock from timing them out. Sulochana called this "a smash and grab robbery." And he said after that, they will run, hide, evade, obfuscate, use lawyers, and using every trick in the book -- legal and not so legal -- to avoid being exposed. And they have. ys pd

PADA My gurukili friend said that out of all the 500 children at the Los Angeles meeting in 1997, 145 of those gurukulis are now deceased. It is probably more than that, maybe way more, because he has no means of record keeping. And a few of those currently surviving are hanging on by a thread with trauma and opiod problems etc. He told me, the GBC knows all about this and does keep track of them. They know very well they created this holocaust for these kids. 

And they are keeping it hidden because it will harm their Hindu money making scam. They want the meat eating Hindus to take over ISKCON, and they want these kids excluded from ISKCON, because if they include these kids, they will have to answer why these kids have been treated so badly on their control and watch. 

He said, the word comes from the Greek holokauston, meaning “a thing wholly burned”, originally referring to a burnt sacrificial offering. And that is what happened, these kids had to be offered up and sacrificed, so the GBC could make a Hindu money making retirement scheme for themselves. He said there is a good reason "no one knows what is happening to these kids," the GBC is covering it up just like they cover everything else up. ys pd

YEP! The gurukuli Holocaust. Some gurukulis told me this was Auschwitz for kids. Prithu's son made a movie "Burnt Laddus" about the children being like burnt milk sweets (Satanic child sacrifice offerings)? 

And how did you guess, the main people [apart from GBC folks] who opposed PADA in helping these children from being in Auschwitz were -- the Hitler-anugas: Mukunda UK, Prahlad das and Mathura Pati / Prabhupadanugas EU, and their India holocaust lover's branch Dayalu Nitai's HKC Jaipur. They even made a video using Radhanath's cheer leader as their defense team mate. Yep, oral sex with boys in the motorhome-pada's program is being offended by PADA!   

And we had to almost complain to the government that these guys are connected to the Racial Supremacist Nazi type programs. Who better to defend Auschwitz and the holocaust of children program, than the Nazi lover's club? OK unfortunately also IRM's Krishna Kant Desai helped these guys, and they all were upset PADA was inteferring with their lovely Auschwitz / Holocaust for kids program. Wow, kids are being treated brutally, and dying, and they are against saving them. Now you know how all this Satanic child sacrifice happens, it is enabled and empowered. Told ya! ys pd

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BBTI IMBROGLIO

Just found the following 2 documents in the files folder on my mobile phone. Have never seen these before, but thought worth sharing...

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● SPIRITUAL NAMES OF BBTI DIRECTORS ●

Confirmed identifications

Emil Beca → Svavasa Das A legal filing directly identifies Emil Beca as "Svavasa das" in parentheses alongside his legal name. Wordpress Svavasa is a Sanskrit name meaning "self-luminous" or "dwelling in oneself." He is one of the most central figures — Svavasa Dasa was named as one of the four post-settlement trustees of the BBT, meaning he simultaneously held roles in both the BBT trust and the BBTI corporation.

Norman D'Costa → Naresvara Das A legal document directly identifies Naresvara (Norman D'Costa) by both names, confirming he is the BBTI director also known in the devotee community as Naresvara das. Wordpress Naresvara means "Lord of men," another name for Vishnu/Krishna.

Jay Matsya → Matsya Avatara Das / Jayadvaita Swami connection. "Jay Matsya" on the 990 filings appears to be Matsya Avatara Das, a devotee name meaning "servant of the Fish Incarnation of Vishnu." Matsya Avatara Dasa is mentioned in a BBT publishing context as being from Gopiparanadhana Prabhu's Sanskrit school in Govardhana, connected to BBT editorial work.

Separately, Jay Israel (a different person) is the civil name of Jayadvaita Swami, who was a major but now former director. Jay Israel received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1968, was given the spiritual name Jayadvaita Dasa, and later took sannyasa in 1978. He served as a BBT director from 1988 until resigning in 2017. Wikipedia

Massimo Brioli → Madhusevita Das -- The Italian director Massimo Brioli is known in the devotee community as Madhusevita Prabhu, who served as head of the Italian GBC and was connected to the Italian BBT operations. Madhusevita means "one who serves the sweet honey" — a name of Krishna.

Greg Stein → Gopal Bhatta Das / Gopal A 1999 GBC resolution refers to "Naresvara and Gopal Bhatta Prabhus" in a BBT administrative context, and the same documents identify Greg Stein as the BBTI president at that time, suggesting his devotee name was in that circle. ISKCON Governing Body Commission. However, this identification is not definitively confirmed in available sources.

Not yet publicly confirmed in available sources

The following directors' spiritual names could not be confirmed from publicly available records:

Legal Name Status

Govinda Cordua (Secretary -- "Govinda" itself appears to already be a Sanskrit / devotee name — it is a name of Krishna meaning "one who gives pleasure to the senses and cows." His surname Cordua suggests Latin American origin.

Robert Burnside (Treasurer) No spiritual name found in public records

Scott Krieger (Director) No spiritual name found in public records

Michael Auggenthaler (Director) No spiritual name found in public records

William Suczek (Director) Vaisheshika Das

Manogaran Ranggasamy (Director) No spiritual name found — name is Tamil / Malaysian

Ramchunder Singh (Director) No spiritual name found — name is already a Hindu/Sanskrit name

How to Find Remaining Spiritual Names

Since not all are publicly documented, here are your best avenues:

1. The Folio Vaishnava Reference Library — a comprehensive database used within ISKCON with devotee records including initiated names.

2. ISKCON Desire Tree devotee directory at iskcondesiretree.com — you can search by first name or location.

3. The BBT's own contact page at bbt.info — they list trustees and staff by their devotee names.

4. VNN (Vaishnava News Network) archives — historical articles often identify devotees by both civil and spiritual names.

5. GBC resolution archives at gbc.iskcon.org — resolutions consistently use devotee names, so searching the legal name alongside "BBT" in those archives is very productive.

It's worth noting that some directors — particularly those from South Asia or with already-Sanskritic names like Ramchunder Singh or Manogaran Ranggasamy — may not have Western birth names that were replaced, and may use their devotee names in a more integrated way with their original names.

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Excellent — that ProPublica data from the IRS Form 990 filings is very revealing. Here is what you were missing, plus the full picture on directors:
What You Were Missing in the Comparison

1. The BBTI Is Officially Based in Florida, Not California

Despite being incorporated in California in 1988, BBTI is currently located in Alachua, Florida, and has been tax-exempt since December 1990, with EIN 95-4184400. ProPublica This is significant because ISKCON's North American hub shifted to Alachua, FL, and the BBTI followed.

2. The BBTI's Official Self-Description (vs. Critics' View)

The BBTI itself describes the situation as: "The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT) is a California religious trust that owns the copyrights to the works published by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada during his lifetime. The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International (BBTI) is a California corporation that has acted as an authorized agent of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust since 1988. The BBTI also owns the rights to some later works. The BBT and BBTI work together to protect Srila Prabhupada's rights and serve his will." Bbti

Critics strongly dispute this framing, arguing the BBT never legally authorized the BBTI to act in this capacity.

3. The "Global BBT" Layer — A Third Tier Many Miss

There has always existed a "Global BBT" trustee group made up of some of the trustees of the trusts formed by Srila Prabhupada and, after 1988, directors of BBTI. This group is described as the spiritual governing body of the BBT worldwide. This is a layer most people are unaware of — it blends the original trust structure with the post-1988 corporate structure into a de facto combined governing body.

4. The BBTI's Financial Scale (IRS Data)

From ProPublica's IRS Form 990 data, the BBTI's finances show it is a relatively modest operation:

In fiscal year 2024, BBTI reported revenue of $768,331, expenses of $760,811, total assets of $3,004,487, and net assets of $1,949,828. Notably, 94.8% of revenue came from contributions, with only small amounts from royalties ($2,000) and investment income. ProPublica

This is a key gap in the comparison — the BBTI is not the large publishing house most assume. It functions more as a copyright-holding and licensing body, with the actual publishing done by regional BBT divisions.

5. No Executive Compensation (Recent Years)

In 2024, BBTI reported zero executive compensation and zero salaries and wages paid. ProPublica All directors serve without pay. This has been the consistent pattern since at least 2021.

BBTI Directors (from IRS Form 990 Filings)

These are the current and recent directors sourced directly from official IRS filings via ProPublica:

As of fiscal year 2024 (most recent):

Name Role

Emil Beca President & Director

Govinda Cordua Secretary

Robert Burnside Treasurer

Jay Matsya Director

Manogaran Ranggasamy Director

Ramchunder Singh Director

Massimo Brioli Director

Scott Krieger Director

Michael Auggenthaler Director

William Suczek Director

Previous directors/officers also on record:

• Greg Stein (former President, 2013–2020)

• Jose Fornos / Jose M Fornos Vicens (Director, multiple years)

• Norman D'Costa (Director, multiple years)

A notable pattern: Several core figures — Emil Beca, Michael Auggenthaler, William Suczek, Govinda Cordua, Robert Burnside, and Ramchunder Singh — have appeared continuously on filings from 2013 through 2024, suggesting a very stable and insular leadership group with little rotation. ProPublica

How to Find Director Names Yourself

For current and historical BBTI directors, you can search these free public sources:

1. ProPublica Nonprofit Explorer — projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/954184400 — Shows Form 990 filings year by year with officer names.

2. IRS Tax Exempt Organization Search — apps.irs.gov/app/eos/ — Search "Bhaktivedanta Book Trust International."

3. California Secretary of State — bizfileonline.sos.ca.gov — For the original incorporation documents and registered agents.

4. Florida Division of Corporations — search.sunbiz.org — Since BBTI is currently based in Florida.

5. Charity Navigator — charitynavigator.org — For governance and accountability ratings.

For the original BBT trust (not BBTI), there is no comparable public corporate registry because it is a private irrevocable trust — its trustee appointments were made personally by Prabhupada and are documented in the trust agreement itself, not in state corporate filings.

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ISKCON's Rukmini Krishna Swami / Krishnapath / Child Abuse Legal / Ex-Gurukulis Plight 04 20 26

SECRET TO SUCCESS: PEDOPHILE GURU LINEAGES 

PADA: Oh oh pilgrims! Worshiping pure devotees (ritvik system) "is never found in any shastra." OK what do we do instead then? Yep! We worship the GBC's illicit sex with men, women and children / homosexual / pedophile messiah's project. 

And why would we do that? Because the illicit sex / anal reconstructive surgery epidemic / Vodka drunk's messiahs program -- just 2/3 show of hands -- voted me in as another one of their co-messiahs. I am now an official messiah the oral sex with taxi drivers in the dham guru lineage! 

It is always amazing to us that these people cannot find even one example of anyone ever worshiping a pure devotee, but there are plenty of examples of worshiping oral sex with men in the dham "Vishnupada" sampradayas? What shastra is that? 

The good news is -- even the hamburger eating mlecchas know that illicit sex with men, women and children messiahs programs is ONLY found the modes of ignorance and is not EVER found in God's successors. ISKCON really has to search high and low, to find advocates for their homosexual pedophile messiahs project. Did I forget to mention this guy is in Vrndavana, where they buried one of their homosexual pedophile messiahs in a samadhi? ys pd 

angel108b@yahoo.com 

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Krishnapath Is back! 

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JUSTICE FOR SRILA PRABHUPADA LEGAL ISSUES

DND: If the Justice for Srila Prabhupada group can provide sufficient evidence, both the institution (ISKCON) and its leaders (GBC members and Temple Presidents) could face criminal liability in India—though the specific legal routes and burdens of proof differ.

How Indian Law Addresses Institutional & Leadership Liability

Indian courts have established clear precedents for holding both an organization and its management accountable. The legal principles at play include:

· Corporate Liability: The doctrine of attribution holds that the intent of key decision-makers (like the GBC) can be imputed to the organization itself as the "directing mind and will". This means if senior leadership knew or should have known about abuse and failed to act, ISKCON as an entity can be held criminally liable.

· Failure of Mandatory Reporting: The POCSO Act imposes a strict duty to report child sexual abuse. If those in charge knew (or had an "apprehension") and failed to report, they could face imprisonment of up to one year and/or a fine.

· Criminal Conspiracy & Negligence: Leaders could also face charges for a systemic "cover-up" under the IPC/Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) for Criminal Conspiracy (Section 120B), Criminal Breach of Trust (Section 405), or Criminal Negligence (Section 304A), depending on the evidence.

The Legal Path Ahead for Leaders

The GBC's institutional authority makes them potentially more vulnerable to charges of conspiracy and dereliction of duty. Meanwhile, Temple Presidents and local managers could be directly charged under POCSO for failing to report incidents, especially if they were aware of the abuse and did not inform the police.

Critical Challenges to Proving Liability

While the legal framework supports such charges, there are significant hurdles that make this a difficult path:

· Proving Intent: Prosecutors must prove beyond a reasonable doubt that GBC members had specific knowledge of the abuse and consciously chose to ignore it or actively conceal it.

· The Factional Dispute Defense: ISKCON's legal team has argued that the petition is part of an ongoing internal dispute between the Bangalore faction and the central GBC. The court has sought to keep this matter focused on child protection.
This case is now at a critical juncture with the Supreme Court ordering the NCPCR to investigate the claims, ensuring the allegations will be examined by a neutral, statutory authority.

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“𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗲 𝗴𝘂𝗿𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘀?”

An answer to this is given in the work Kali-viḍambana (“The Hypocrisy of the Age of Kali”):

Sanskrit (Verse 9):

agatitvam atiśraddhā
jñānābhāsena tṛptatā |
trayaḥ śiṣyaguṇā hyete
mūrkhācāryasya bhāgyajāḥ ||

Translation : 𝗛𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 (𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗻𝗼 𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲), 𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲—𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿.

Explanation of Terms

𝗔𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘃𝗮𝗺 — Helplessness

A condition in which the disciple feels he has no other option ,no alternative teacher, path, or possibility of departure. Even when he perceives flaws in the teacher, he remains bound and continues to stay.

𝗔𝘁𝗶ś𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗵ā — Excessive / Blind Faith ,A form of devotion bordering on fanaticism. 

Such a disciple does not engage critical thinking, does not ask questions, and accepts even the teacher’s misconceptions as absolute truth.

𝗝ñā𝗻ā𝗯𝗵ā𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗮 𝘁ṛ𝗽𝘁𝗮𝘁ā— Satisfaction with the Shadow of Knowledge The word ābhāsa means “semblance,” “reflection,” or “shadow.” The disciple is so superficial that eloquent speech or external displays of wisdom are enough to satisfy him. He does not seek genuine realization, and thus is easily deceived by imitation knowledge.

These qualities in foolish disciples allow an ignorant teacher to flourish. From the standpoint of genuine spiritual learning, they are serious defects—but for a mūrkha-ācārya (foolish teacher), they are a stroke of great fortune.
A false teacher can maintain authority only among those who are unable or unwilling to to think independently.

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WHY EX-GURUKULIS ARE NOT INTERESTED

PADA: Yes, most -- almost all -- of the ex-gurukulis around here are not interested in being publicly interviewed, because they basically want nothing AT ALL to do with the whole situation. Nor do they want their name or their story to become public. They do not want to be publicly associated with the institution, past or present. 

A small group of them used to show up here at Rathayatras, but lately, almost none show up at all. I think just a few came -- and it is less every year. Basically, they see the ISKCON situation as hopeless as long as the current admins are in charge. They think the current admins are corrupt to the core. 

And unless we can change the core, nothing else of substance will change. They also notice that the GBC is still shunning, abandoning and ignoring them. And thus the GBC is handing off future admins of ISKCON to the Hindus. Including, making Hindus the legal signatures on the local temple property and corporations. 

One temple here on the West Coast has 7 Hindu legal corporation signers on the property board, and one Caucasian GBC man. And that means his one vote can be silenced and annulled by the other signers. And a number of the Hindus who come to ISKCON are mayavadas and many eat meat. So many ex-gurukulis think they were used as stage props to build a giant Hindu congregation hall business. 

And then get rid of them once the Hindu money was lining the GBC's pockets. In other words they feel used, and they think the leaders used them to make a giant Hindu business so they can profit financially, at the expense of the victims. I cannot argue with them about any of this. 

But yeah, mostly they do not want to be known even as ex-members, because they think being associated with any of this is going to make them look foolish or worse, contaminated. Because? ISKCON is public known as foolish, corrupted and contaminated. Unfortunately, many of the parents of these kids in the 1980s and 1990s were telling me to shut up and mind my own business when all this was going on. Many parents helped make the situation worse, for their own kids. And that is why most of them also do not want to be interviewed, their hands are dirty. ys pd

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False Gurus Created by Yogamaya? 04 18 26

PADA: Guru Tattva like we never heard of before? Sorry, we have all heard of the Gaudiya Matha's false gurus, and Narayan Maharaja then saying Sridhar and the other founders of their 1937 bi-sexual deviant acharya program are also acharyas. 

I did not listen to the whole thing but did catch Mukunda mentioning 1986. OK that is when Narayan Maharaja was helping Satsvarupa write the "Guru Reform Notebook," where they were going to vote in more illicit sex with men, women and children deviants as acharyas, and keep the current ones in office. And they reinstated sex with taxi drivers in the dham as Vishnupada. Nothing "new" here, it is what false acharya programs have done in many examples. 

And simultanesously, the Satsvarupa "reformers" excommunicated Sulochana, to demonize us and make us targets. Sulochana was killed and I would have been without help from the FEDS. Then Mukunda mentions 1997, which is when we were writing about all the child abuse going on in Tamal's empire. Around the time Narayan Maharaja was in Texas boosting Tamal and saying we are bogus and poison ritviks. Around the time we were getting lined up for the $400M child abuse case.

There is nothing new here at all. It is the same recycled illicit sex with men, women and children messiah's program Narayan Maharaj supported the whole time. And look at the misconceptions of these folks, deviating acharyas were created by Yogamaya, God's internal energy. And the internal energy is personified as Radharani, Krishna's consort. And she is making false gurus? 

Say it ain't so folks! This is why the previous article from these folks said, we made a false acharya and it was like sticking our hands in stools. And now the smell is everywhere. OK smelly stools and Yogamaya are not in the same category, which unfortunately us mleccha-heads have to point out to these folks.

ys pd angel108b@yahoo.com

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Shyam Das Babaji (Narayan Maharaja)

Deviation is Yogamaya (Radharani's domain)?  

𝐁𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟒 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 “𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐤 (𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦) 𝐨𝐟 𝐌ā𝐲ā𝐝𝐞𝐯ī 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐅𝐚𝐥𝐥-𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐂𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐕𝐚ṁ𝐜𝐚𝐧ā-𝐦𝐚𝐲ī 𝐋ī𝐥ā.”

[𝐄𝐗𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄] - 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊-𝐔𝐏 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐀𝐔𝐃𝐈𝐘𝐀 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐇𝐀: 𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐀 𝐕𝐀𝐒𝐔𝐃𝐄𝐕𝐀?

PADA: The followers of Sridhar Maharaja and Narayan Maharaja are now trying to say that promoting a false acharya after 1937 was "Yogamaya" or the desire of Krishna and / or the internal potency of Krishna (personified by Radharani). Nope. Krishna and His Yogamaya does not desire that people worship lusty dog predators, homosexuals, bi-sexuals and people who reject their guru and call Srila Saraswati a deviation. Nor is it the Yogamaya desire of Krishna that Sridhar and Narayan support the GBC's homosexual and pedophile messiah's club. 

Yogamaya is said to be controlled and operated by the personality of Srimati Radharani and is not subject to material contamination. The fact that these people assume Yogamaya creates contamination, indeed homosexual acharyas, means they have no idea that Yogamaya and Mahamaya are different energies.

An event that is not very well known, but can help us to better understand the reasons for the split of the Gaudiya Matha and also the many dangers we faced in the past and will face in the future

During the 1980s and 1990s, there was a sequence of scandals in our movement, with devotees in high positions falling down in troublesome circumstances. This was of course an eye-opener that made us understand that it is not so easy for someone to become a pure devotee with just a few years of practice, as well as a warning about the consequences of electing unqualified people for positions of leadership in spiritual organizations.

PADA: Correct. And who helped elect these unqualified people to the post of guru? We all know, Sridhar and Narayan have been among the biggest cheer leaders of making these false ISKCON GBC acharyas, and they were helping them write bogus position papers, giving them rasika classes and etc.

What many may not know was that half a century earlier devotees in the Gaudiya Matha suffered from a similar event, whose repercussions were even more serious. This is an event that is not very well known, but it can help us not only to better understand the reasons for the split of the Gaudiya Matha but also to better understand many dangers we faced in the past and that can appear again in the future. 

This is also an essential topic for understanding the challenges followers of Srila Prabhupada face when interacting with devotees from the different Gaudiya Mathas. Often things are not so black and white as they may seem at first as followers of different Gaudiya Mathas may be affected by different philosophies to different degrees.

In a conversation from 18/06/1976, Srila Prabhupada mentions:

"One of my Gauḍīya Maṭha Godbrothers, big, he became the head of this Bhag Bazaar Gauḍīya Maṭha. So his wife was debauched, and she was bringing new paramour, and the child protested. And the boy, he was ten years or twelve years old, he could understand: "Who is this man?" So he protested and said, "I shall tell all these things to my father." And he was killed"... "His wife was a regular prostitute, and she killed her child, and on this shock, he took poison and died"... "He became shocked, that "This is my family life—the wife is prostitute and son is killed. What is the value of my life?" This was his spiritual realization. Just see. And he was made the chief."

Here he is speaking about his godbrother Ananta Vasudeva, who was elected the acharya of the Gaudiya Math after the disappearance of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Srila Prabhupada apparently didn't have good a consideration about him, since later in the same conversation he even accuses him of being "homosex and everything".

In his poem entitled "Viraha Astaka" composed in 1958 Srila Prabhupada is even more direct when addressing His spiritual master:

"Your so-called disciple, the jackal named Ananta Vasudeva, disobeyed your final instructions to keep the mission united, and thereby created a scandalous fiasco. The result of this philosophical deviation is evident to this day as imitative sahajiyas are being worshiped as gurus in your temples."

Srila Prabhupada spoke some harsh words to some of his godbrothers in certain circumstances, reacting to some of their actions, but nowhere do we see him directing such direct personal attacks on any of them, especially on a deceased person. Who was Ananta Vasudeva and what terrible thing did he do?

This story is described in a document entitled "The Sons of the Son: The Breakup of the Gaudiya Matha", written by Jalakara Prabhu, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada who collected a great volume of citations connected with these incidents. This is a document that can still be found online.

As described by him, Ananta Vasudeva was one of the most prominent disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, who used to call him "My Ganesh" because he helped him so much in his writing and in other aspects of his preaching. He also had the opportunity of associating with Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura. 

He had an extremely sharp intelligence and was described as being able to remember everything he heard. Often other disciples of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura would ask him to explain lectures of their spiritual master that they could not understand, and Ananta Vasudeva could remember and properly explain to them. 

Because of this gift, he became the chief editor for all the publications of the Gaudiya Math. From these descriptions, we can understand he was not an ordinary soul. His downfall shows thus how even very elevated devotees can fall later if they deviate from the path and start criticizing their spiritual master.

PADA: What it shows is that no one is authorized to imitate the acharya without being a pure devotee himself. Srila Prabhupada says imitating the acharya causes one to eventually become degraded, and we have seen that over and over. Just because a person can cite some shastras does not mean he has already realized and attained perfection. But even after knowing all this, Sridhar and Narayan Maharajas went ahead and endorsed the ISKCON GBC guru's program knowing these people are not qualified. And knowing the result is very odious, creates bad publicity, if not beatings and murders and so on.

The Gaudiya Math started as a revolutionary movement, and the devotees were well respected for maintaining strong sadhana and living austere lives. However, as time passed, money and properties started to accumulate, and devotees started to fight over material facilities. At some point, there was a fight over which rooms each would use, something that Srila Prabhupada also commented on occasion. 

In a famous lecture in Mayapur (06/10/1974), he said:

"My Guru Mahārāja said. Personally he said that "When we were living in a rented house, if we could collect two hundred, three hundred rupees... We were living very nicely at Ultadanga. And since then—Jayavidatta has given us this marble palace, Gauḍīya-Maṭha — there is friction between our men. 'Who will occupy this room? Who will occupy that room? Who will be proprietor of room?' Everyone is planning in different way. So Guru Mahārāja said"... "He was personally instructing me that "If I could sell this marble of this temple, and secure some money, and if I could print some books, that would have been better. That would have been better."

After Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura passed away in 1937, these conflicts came to the open. He had left instructions for the disciples to form a governing body to manage the mission (just like Srila Prabhupada later implemented in our Iskcon society), but this proved difficult to implement, and as a result, most of the leaders in the Gaudiya Math went back to the idea of having a single acharya managing the mission. 

This resulted in devotees dividing into two factions, one smaller, supporting Kunjabihari Vidyabhusana Prabhu (who later became Tirtha Maharaja) and another bigger, supporting Ananta Vasudeva (who later became Bhakti Prasad Puri Maharaja, and eventually Puri Das).

There are a lot of different details connected to these disputes, but the result was that the Gaudiya Math split into two factions, centered around these two leaders. Eventually, Ananta Vasudeva was voted as the acharya of the Gaudiya Math by most of his Godbrothers, leading to a decisive split between the two camps that started fighting over temples and other properties.

PADA: OK and most of our God brothers ALSO all went along with the illicit sex with men, women and children messiah's club. And many of them later ran off to the spin offs made by the GBC's "advisor" cheer leaders like Sridhar and Narayan. 

But what these deviated God brothers did not realize after 1937 and 1977 is: they have no authority to rubber stamp, select, elect, create, concoct and / or "vote in" Krishna's guru successors. The acharyas are descending from the higher plane, they are not ascending by the votes of mundane committees, and / or our God brothers who are barely getting weaned from eating at Mc Donalds.

This led to the fratricidal legal disputes that drained the funds of the mathas and resulted in a serious volume of offenses being committed on both sides. This politicized environment also seriously affected the preaching and especially the publication of transcendental literature. At this point, even the press opened by 

Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura was sold to pay for legal expenses.

PADA: And the GBC guru program spent millions on lawsuits, some Jayapataka people told me -- $100,000,000.  

Srila Prabhupada wrote his view on these events on his purport on CC Adi 12.8:

"In the beginning, during the presence of Oṁ Viṣṇupāda Paramahaṁsa Parivrājakācārya Aṣṭottara-śata Śrī Śrīmad Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda, all the disciples worked in agreement; but just after his disappearance, they disagreed. One party strictly followed the instructions of Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, but another group created their own concoction about executing his desires. Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura, at the time of his departure, requested all his disciples to form a governing body and conduct missionary activities cooperatively. 

He did not instruct a particular man to become the next ācārya. But just after his passing away, his leading secretaries made plans, without authority, to occupy the post of ācārya, and they split into two factions over who the next ācārya would be"... "Despite the spiritual master’s order to form a governing body and execute the missionary activities of the Gauḍīya Maṭha, the two unauthorized factions began litigation that is still going on after forty years with no decision."

Apart from the legal disputes, there was another factor that caused a lot of confusion: the actions of Ananta Vasudeva, who gradually became critical towards Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's teachings and eventually left the sannyasa asrama, getting married to a society girl and becoming a Babaji in Vrindavana. Jalakara Prabhu quotes the following:

"He insisted that all his disciples cease preaching activity and study the Bhakti Sandarbha. He especially criticized the use of texts like Gaudiya Kantha Hara, which give scriptural quotations for various philosophical positions, but which do not present the arguments. He and Sundarananda Vidyavinoda eventually came to the conclusion that Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati's diksa was invalid, and he advised all his disciples to seek initiation elsewhere. 

"Many of them did, and some became leading Vaisnavas in Vrindavan. Puri Maharaj [Ananta Vasudeva] sealed his infamy in Gaudiya Math circles by getting married and moving himself to Braja."

The events connected with his marriage were also the source of a scandal. It is described in the document by Jalakara Prabhu that he had an affair with the sister-in-law of a rich devotee, who was later discovered because of the interception of a love letter. The scandal went on for several years, as Ananta Vasudeva (now Bhakti Prasad Puri Maharaja) tried to maintain his post. This affair, which later led him to leave the sannyasa asrama and become a grihastha Babaji (and later kill himself after discovering the betrayal of his wife) is confirmed by Srila Prabhupada in the first quote.

PADA: Yes, some post-1937 dissenters intercepted some of these love letters and exposed them. And thus some of them were beaten, had their faces pushed into dog stools, and some were killed for "dissenting." That means everyone knew that making the same fanatical false guru process in ISKCON could be dangerous for us dissenters. And it has been.   

The most serious problem however was not the sexual scandal, but his rejection of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura's teachings. This is also quoted by Jalakara Prabhu:

"Now, every action has a gross cause and a subtle cause. One action is that he suffered a fall down from the brahmacari platform. The other is that he openly criticized and ultimately rejected his guru and rejected his initiation and line."

"Ananta Vasudeva and his close friend Sundarananda Vidyavinoda began to formulate criticisms of their guru, Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati. The were unhappy about the lack of siddha-pranali at initiation and felt that neither they nor their guru were linked to that vaishnava line by initiation, that the initiation as practiced by Sri Saraswati Thakur, both diksha and sannyasa, were invalid, eventually coming to the conclusion that only those born in certain families can be initiated, and can initiate. 

They also considered the wearing of saffron and Brahmin threads incorrect for those in the vaishnava line."

"In this way they began an active program of scholarly criticism of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta’s philosophy, abandoning the literature of their guru and concentrating on the original works of the Six Goswamis. Ananta Vasudeva therefore eventually rejected the initiation given by Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati, and urged his disciples to take diksha from what he called accredited acharyas, thereby rejecting his guru. 

Thus he justified on the basis of his understanding of the early writings of the followers of Sri Chaitanya Mahaprabhu. Sundarananda Vidyavinode wrote an essay on the subject entitled “The Characteristics of the Guru According to Vaishnava Theology."

"Ananta Vasudeva and Sundarananda Vidyavinoda defected from his lineage and wrote books criticizing a number of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati’s policies several years after he left the world"… "all opposition to Bhaktisiddhanta also includes the fact that he did not receive siddha pranali from Bhaktivinoda or Gaura Kishora. Some critics go so far as to question whether he was initiated at all.”

"Ananta Vasudeva / Bhakti Prasad Puri Maharaja then went to Vrindavan, married one of his disciples - although it is not clear if that was to the sister-in-law of Sri Jagatbandhu dasa - and lived out his life in a reclusive manner, calling himself Puri dasa, writing a number of books. His criticism and rejection of Sri Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati has caused him to be viewed with repugnance by the Maths to this day. His supporters and defenders were left disillusioned."

"Many of his former disciples became renounced residents of Radha Kund. Puri dasa (Ananta Vasudeva) had promulgated a style of kirtan known as ‘Sri Krishna Chaitanya Gaura Gunadhama’, and that kirtan can be heard there to this day, although it is interesting to note that Puri dasa eventually believed that congregational chanting of the Hare Krishna mahamantra was unauthorized."

This succession of scandals led to the collapse of the camp led by him, although many of the Sannyasis continued preaching by opening their own mathas. The smaller faction, left by Tirtha Maharaja (previously Kunjabihari Vidyabhusana Prabhu) was able to continue as a unified mission, although plagued by politics. When Srila Prabhupada came to the United States he wrote to Tirtha Maharaja offering to cooperate with him, but after receiving a discouraging letter he proceeded to create his own organization in the form of our Iskcon society, counting just with the help of his first disciples.

Ananta Vasudeva spent his remaining days living in Vrindavana, writing books with his interpretations of the writings of the Goswamis under the name "Puri Dasa". These books were not accepted by most of his Godbrothers, since they openly disagreed with the teachings of Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. However, they became popular amongst other babajis and some scholars and devotees associated with them.

Nowadays these books are seeing a resurgence, as devotees from Iskcon and different Gaudiya Mathas come to study them, assuming them to be authorized translations and commentaries of the works of the Goswamis, something they aren't. One important thing to keep in mind about translations is that translations, and especially commentaries of Sanskrit works, including works of our previous acaryas are strongly susceptible to interpretation. 

No translation is "clean" of interpretations, since it is practically impossible to keep the meaning of the text in a literal translation. When we read a " translation" of a Sanskrit work, we are thus actually reading an interpretation that conveys the beliefs of the author. A follower of Prabhupada will translate according to his conclusions, a Mayavadi will translate emphasizing the impersonal aspect, while a Babaji will translate according to their philosophy. 

One should thus consider carefully not just the qualification, but the philosophical understanding of the author. In general, only Vaishnavas who have a very clear philosophical understanding can write bonafide translations and commentaries of anything. Members of different apasampradayas, as well as Mayavadis and ordinary scholars, will always distort the texts.

Once, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada received an offer to exchange a collection of Srila Prabhupada's books for a set of the works of Ananta Vasudeva. Not knowing the whole story, he thought it was a good idea and accepted the exchange. When Srila Prabhupada knew about it he was very displeased and ordered him to immediately return the set books and get his books back. He didn't want anything to have with them.

It's also interesting to note that these same points raised by Ananta Vasudeva about Siddha-Pranali and other points continue to echo today amongst devotees who go to Vrindavana and get in contact with this literature or who come in contact with it indirectly. As a result, a huge number of otherwise innocent Iskcon and Gaudiya Matha devotees come in concept with these concepts, and due to an immature philosophical understanding accept them, without knowing they come from a line that is offensive to their own spiritual masters.

The fact is that there are lines in Vrindavana that are much older than the Gaudiya Math and had thus time to establish their ideas through numerous books. Many of these books are well written from a scholarly viewpoint, but their conclusions are incorrect, as exposed by Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura, Srila Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura, and Srila Prabhupada, as well as Srila Jagannatha Das Babaji and Srila Gaura Kishor Das Babaji. 

The reason these five acaryas had to come and do their preaching was precisely to put the sankirtana movement back into its tracks after centuries of deviations introduced by caste goswamis and babajis.

Many contemporaneous Vaishnavas now get in contact with such books, but the demise of Ananta Vasudeva, who after all his actions ended up killing himself after discovering that his wife was not only betraying him but had killed their child, serves as an important eye-opener in this connection.

Source: https://www.ccdas.net/p/ananta-vasudeva

𝙀𝙉𝘿 𝙉𝙊𝙏𝙀:

Dandavat pranam dear devotees!

Although we are not followers of Svāmī Mahārāja, we acknowledge that he is respected and accepted by many. Therefore, we have presented his opinion regarding Ananta Vāsudeva for consideration.

We have shared this external article solely to highlight this particular point and to bring attention to the truth. While we do not agree with everything expressed there, we recognize that, in this instance regarding Ananta Vāsudeva, Svāmī Mahārāja has made a valid point.

At the same time, we do not endorse all of the article’s statements. For example, we do not accept the claim that the Gauḍīya Maṭha “broke up.” As is well understood, Gauḍīya Maṭha is an eternal reality—non-different from Vṛndāvana—and was manifested in this world by the endless mercy of Śrīla Prabhupāda Sarasvatī Ṭhākura.

Please find out a clarification on the matter of the "break-up" of Gauḍīya Maṭha in this Q&A (question n5):

𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝟓:

Material nature always holds complete power in this material world. What His Divine Grace said about the breakup of the Gauḍīya Maṭha — has not the same thing happened to ISKCON? If not worse…

𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐖𝐄𝐑 𝟓:
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What Svāmī Mahārāja said about the breakup of the Gauḍīya Maṭha, mostly when he was already hostile towards his godbrothers, is not so important, because he was not actively participating in the life of the Maṭha, nor actively serving the mission of his Gurudeva. His information was that of an outsider (as a gṛhastha busy with his pharmaceutical business).

PADA: Srila Prabhupada did not know that their making a bi-sexual deviant as the acharya was wrong, because he was an Grihastha and an outsider? Srila Prabhupada said his bogus God brothers called him a "paccha Grihastha" (Rotten householder). 

Why are his complaints not important or not valid? Sorry, his complaint is 100% valid, making deviants into acharyas is not authorized. And the people who cheer lead false guru programs like Sridhar and Narayan are also not authorized.  

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What happened in the Gauḍīya Maṭh after the disappearance of Śrīla Prabhupāda was arranged by Yoga-māyā. ​

PADA: Yogamaya is the internal shakti of Krishna, sometimes said to be managed by Srimati Radharani. And this shakti has nothing to do with material contamination, or the homosexual and pedophile gurus created by these contaminated and degraded beings.

Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda left so many powerful qualified Gurus that they could not all stay together in one place like lion. They had to open different branches in order to serve the mission of their Guru to the maximum most level of their capacity and according to the sevā entrusted to them — it was a must.

PADA: Srila Prabhupada says, among my God brothers NO ONE is qualified to be acharya. 

What happens in societies managed by bonded souls is entirely the responsibility of Mahā-māyā and completely a separate issue.

PADA: OK sorry, when the Gaudiya Matha folks endorse homosexuals and deviants as acharyas, that is Maha maya and not Yogamaya. An acharya is a servant of Radharani direct, and is therefore not a deviant, pervert, predator, pedophile, criminal etc.

It is true that some renowned disciples of Śrīla Bhaktisiddhānta Sarasvatī Ṭhākura Prabhupāda fell down due to offence — but this too is under the jurisdiction of Mahā-māyā, and it is a great warning for all of us that even very elevated personalities (even a jivan mukta) can commit mistakes and can fall down.

PADA: Some of them fell down and the rest of them did not fix the problem, make a Governing committee, and re-establish the mission. 

But if we accept Śrīla Bhakti Rakṣaka Śrīdhara Deva Gosvāmī Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhakti Dayita Mādhava Gosvāmī Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhakti Hṛdaya Vana Deva Gosvāmī Mahārāja, Śrīla Bhakti Vilāsa Tīrtha Gosvāmī Mahārāja (Kunjada), Śrīla Bhakti Pramoda Pūrī Gosvāmī Mahārāja, etc., as pure devotees or Prabhupāda-pārṣadas, then yāhāṅ Kṛṣṇa, tāhāṅ nāhi māyāra adhikāra — where there is Kṛṣṇa, there Māyā has no right to remain. So how could Mahā-māyā ever influence all those great personalities?

PADA: Mahamaya has had control of these people because they first made a false acharya and then when he fell, they declared themselves to be acharyas. And Srila Prabhupada said they never implemented a Governing Body, and instead they made many artificial gurus. 

"Another man comes to be guru, then another then another, and another and in some camps the guru is being changed three times a year." "Kill guru and become guru" is how Srila Prabhupada summed them up. Sorry, these folks were aiding and abetting false gurus in 1937 and they just started doing that again by promoting GBC gurus after 1977. ys pd