[PADA: It has been reported to PADA that this Navina Shyama Jani fellow was one of the helpers of the India ISKCON ICC Bureau who wanted to keep a known pedophile (Lokanath swami) in the post of guru / messiah for ISKCON. I'd like to know if anyone has anything further to add to this story. Can anyone verify this one way or other?
And! Can anyone explain why ISKCON is training its children to worship pedophiles as its messiahs, at all? And! Can anyone explain why anyone from Texas would support a TKG academy, after we had Tamal sued for $400,000,000 for mass children abuse IN TEXAS.
Why would anyone worship the founder father of a pedophile acharya's club, that has to be sued for mass children abuse? According to Jayadvaita swami their gurus are sometimes found -- engaged in illicit sex with men, women and perhaps children. And Lokanath is one of the people voted into that parampara.
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Navina-Syama Dasa
Navina-Syama Dasa (Navin Shyam Jani) grew up going to ISKCON temples, first in Cleveland, Ohio, and later in Laguna Beach, California. He became serious about spiritual life while studying at Stanford University, and after graduation he spent time in several North American temples and farm communities. Later, he traveled to India with his wife, Krishna Priya Devi Dasi, where he earned a Bhakti Shastri degree with High Honors from the Mayapur Institute of Higher Education. He ultimately found shelter at the feet of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, from whom he has taken first and second initiation.
Navina-Syama has a passion for Vedic culture. He is particularly interested in the ancient Indian art of spatial design, Vastu Veda, on which he has conducted research at the University of Florida and the University of California, Irvine, and for which he offers freelance consulting services through his website,
Navina-Syama Dasa
Navina-Syama Dasa (Navin Shyam Jani) grew up going to ISKCON temples, first in Cleveland, Ohio, and later in Laguna Beach, California. He became serious about spiritual life while studying at Stanford University, and after graduation he spent time in several North American temples and farm communities. Later, he traveled to India with his wife, Krishna Priya Devi Dasi, where he earned a Bhakti Shastri degree with High Honors from the Mayapur Institute of Higher Education. He ultimately found shelter at the feet of His Holiness Bhakti Charu Swami, from whom he has taken first and second initiation.
Navina-Syama has a passion for Vedic culture. He is particularly interested in the ancient Indian art of spatial design, Vastu Veda, on which he has conducted research at the University of Florida and the University of California, Irvine, and for which he offers freelance consulting services through his website,
VastuShyam.com.
He lives in ISKCON's Radha Kalachandji community in Dallas, where he is an attorney with the United States Department of Labor and where his daughter attends TKG Academy.
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NAVIN SHYAM VOTED TO CLOSE LOKANATH’S CHILD MOLESTATION CASE
He lives in ISKCON's Radha Kalachandji community in Dallas, where he is an attorney with the United States Department of Labor and where his daughter attends TKG Academy.
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NAVIN SHYAM VOTED TO CLOSE LOKANATH’S CHILD MOLESTATION CASE
I previously postulated Champakalata was the GBC Ad Hoc Panel’s deciding vote to close Lokanath’s child molestation case “with no further action.”
I was wrong.
Last August, the GBC assigned 5 members to an Ad Hoc Panel to review Lokanath’s child molestation case:
1. Mahaman das, part of Indian leadership who had previously petitioned to have Lokanath’s child molestation case dropped: VOTED TO CLOSE CASE
2. Bhaktarupa das, part of Indian leadership who had previously petitioned to have Lokanath’s child molestation case dropped: VOTED TO CLOSE CASE
3. Navin Shyam das, lawyer: VOTED TO CLOSE CASE
4. Tamohara das, previous CPO Director: VOTED TO GIVE CASE TO CPO
5. Champakalata dasi, previous CPO Director: VOTED TO GIVE CASE TO CPO
It is puzzling why the GBC felt their Panel was appropriate, with two members openly biased in favor of the perpetrator. It was predicted Mahaman and Bhaktarupa, longtime leaders of ISKCON in India, would vote to close Lokanath’s child molestation case, and they did.
It is puzzling why the GBC felt their Panel was appropriate, with two members openly biased in favor of the perpetrator. It was predicted Mahaman and Bhaktarupa, longtime leaders of ISKCON in India, would vote to close Lokanath’s child molestation case, and they did.
It has been confirmed Navin Shyam was the third vote recommending Lokanath’s child molestation be closed, with no further action, and that despite sexually abusing a child, Lokanath remain an initiating guru in ISKCON. It is nebulous why Navin Shyam was chosen by the GBC to be part of the panel as he has no background in child protection.
For CPO Review Panels, members must undergo basic child protection training.
This was not a requirement for the GBC’s Ad Hoc Panel to review Lokanath’s child molestation case. In fact, only 40% of the panel members had a background in child protection. Is it a coincidence the only panel members who voted to have the case handled by the ISKCON Child Protection Office had child protection training?
Multiple sources said that Navin Shyam was the deciding vote to swing the majority in favor of closing the case. I asked Navin Shyam, twice, if this is how he voted, and as of this post, he has refused to answer.
It’s been over a year since the GBC Executive Committee promised to let their Child Protection Office handle this case. We are still waiting for this to happen.
The GBC's Ad Hoc Panel summarized here:
https://lokanath.net/lokanath-case-ad-hoc-panel-report...
The GBC's Ad Hoc Panel summarized here:
https://lokanath.net/lokanath-case-ad-hoc-panel-report...
M Dasi: I really don't get it either. Tamal is the Grand Wizard of the GBC's guru program. He gets sued for $400,000,000. He bankrupts ISKCON .... and destroys the lives of thousands of children with his program.
ReplyDeleteSome of the victims commit suicide and most of the victims reject ISKCON. And then we have a whole temple that worships him in the TKG Academy? Beggars belief. I need to know also, who are these people, I need to know myself?
We already know the India ICC program likes to have dead pedophiles buried in samadhi, so we know how they vote on these issues already. I did not think that people in North America were part of their team. Not looking good so far.