PADA: According to this report, Akruranath's and his wife Jagarini "lead the charge" in defending an accused ISKCON sexual predator. And previously Akruranath has wrote a defense of the GBC guru system, where there has been a reported "industrial level of child abuse" -- saying these GBC folks who orchestrated this system are following the traditional guru parampara.
Oh wait a minute, the GBC guru system contains illicit sex with men, women and children, which is why one of the comments on this post says -- there is higher morality in prison or a brothel (because those people do not worship deviants as their messiahs).
PADA has summarized that they promote the worship of the living -- and then departed -- pedophile. Worship of the living pedophile is not the tradition as much as some would try to believe.
What is very alarming here is that the son of Akruranath was charged with being a pedophile, and he was convicted in court. There are rumors that there are even more victims than the ones he was charged with.
And lest we forget, the daughter of Akruranath's legal pal Amarendra died prematurely, some say ot was from a drug overdose. But she was struggling badly just before she departed for sure. Does PADA advocate suicide? Nope. But is this daughter in a better place now than she was here, yep, she is out of their association. Then again, according to this report, social services were called in an incident with Jararini and a child.
OK we said -- when children worship a pedophile guru system, they may become pedophiles themselves -- on the principle of "you become what you worship" -- but these Akruranath types did not pay any heed to these warnings.
Now I feel bad for the kid because he was probably coaxed, coached, ordered, coerced -- and induced -- to worship the GBC's pedophile guru system by Akruranath and his wife, without the kid having any idea what was involved when he was a kid. Evidently, no one told this kid he was going to be worshiping the pedophile guru beeja, and that could contaminate his thinking.
Fast forward to now, and their son has probably a lot of feelings of guilt, stress, anxiety and social rejection from all this. And he will have a hard time getting a job, or a stable life, or to be trusted anywhere, and so on. Never mind his victims will have all sorts of trauma issues. Perhaps the victims will be suffering for their whole lives. So all kinds of people have had to suffer for the greater cause of establishing -- the homosexual and pedophile guru tradition. Or what?
None of these people seems to understand, there is no such thing as worshiping the living pedophile, the pedophile in samadhi, the illicit sex with men, women and children guru parampara etc. Anyway, the whole thing is very sad. It looks like forcing children to worship a homosexual and pedophile guru process produces bad results, for those children, and for everyone else around in their orbit.
Akruranath was one of the people defending the GBC in the BBT case, where they said Srila Prabhupada is their writer for hire. And their court cases have continued, evidently creating a BBT printing crisis where original books are being blocked from being printed -- at all, creating a giant shortage of those books. So this is the state of affairs nowadays, and unfortunately Akruranath has helped make this mess, and unfortunately it looks like even his own family has been contaminated and infected with this bad and evil system. ys pd
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“The lady doth protest too much.”
Last week, SD shared the Child Protection Office’s (CPO) report on Pran Govinda das. And what it revealed was deeply disturbing. The report outlines multiple allegations of sexual abuse from 1986. At the time, Pran Govinda was in his early 20s and his alleged victim an 11-year-old girl.
According to the CPO findings: He repeatedly pressured her to marry him, even threatening to kill himself if she said no. He sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions — locking the door, grinding against her, opening her choli, touching her breasts.
In one case, he exposed himself and tried to pull up her sari. She cried and begged him to stop. He did — but only then. These are not vague accusations. They’re graphic, specific, and were taken seriously by the CPO, who issued a decision based on their investigation. But, as we've seen far too often in ISKCON, instead of rallying around the survivor, some in the community chose to defend the accused — loudly and aggressively.
Leading that charge were Jagarini dasi and Akruranath das (photo above).
They didn’t just express doubt — they attacked. They’ve publicly called the survivor a liar, questioned the integrity of the CPO, and doubled down with an unwarranted confidence… as they weren’t there, and have zero first-hand knowledge. That kind of over-the-top reaction strikes me as one BIG red flag!
And when I looked into their lives, it started to make sense. Because this isn’t the first time Jagarini has downplayed abuse. Let’s look at the context.
Her son, Subal Steve Smith, was convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing multiple children, including two 7-year-old girls. He pled guilty and went to prison.
https://www.mercurynews.com/.../santa-cruz-man-sentenced.../
Last week, SD shared the Child Protection Office’s (CPO) report on Pran Govinda das. And what it revealed was deeply disturbing. The report outlines multiple allegations of sexual abuse from 1986. At the time, Pran Govinda was in his early 20s and his alleged victim an 11-year-old girl.
According to the CPO findings: He repeatedly pressured her to marry him, even threatening to kill himself if she said no. He sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions — locking the door, grinding against her, opening her choli, touching her breasts.
In one case, he exposed himself and tried to pull up her sari. She cried and begged him to stop. He did — but only then. These are not vague accusations. They’re graphic, specific, and were taken seriously by the CPO, who issued a decision based on their investigation. But, as we've seen far too often in ISKCON, instead of rallying around the survivor, some in the community chose to defend the accused — loudly and aggressively.
Leading that charge were Jagarini dasi and Akruranath das (photo above).
They didn’t just express doubt — they attacked. They’ve publicly called the survivor a liar, questioned the integrity of the CPO, and doubled down with an unwarranted confidence… as they weren’t there, and have zero first-hand knowledge. That kind of over-the-top reaction strikes me as one BIG red flag!
And when I looked into their lives, it started to make sense. Because this isn’t the first time Jagarini has downplayed abuse. Let’s look at the context.
Her son, Subal Steve Smith, was convicted in 2012 of sexually abusing multiple children, including two 7-year-old girls. He pled guilty and went to prison.
https://www.mercurynews.com/.../santa-cruz-man-sentenced.../
Cops and Courts, Oct. 20, 2011: Man accused of lewd acts with children – Santa Cruz Sentinel
This is relevant, but the problem doesn't end here. It’s been alleged that around that time, a social worker was called regarding troubling behavior inside the household — specifically involving Jagarini herself. Instead of acknowledging the concern, she brushed it off. Claimed the child’s mother had “made some accusations.”
But a court didn’t see it that way. In fact, a judge barred both Jagarini and her husband from having any access to the child.
It is alleged that they reportedly co-sleptwith the child, and when she was upset, Jagarini offered her breast to comfort her.
That’s not normal. That’s not nurturing. That’s a violation of boundaries— and deeply inappropriate behavior that raises serious concerns about judgment and safety.
So to be clear: Jagarini's son is a convicted pedophile. She dismissed abuse allegations against herself. A court banned her and her husband from having contact with that child. And now she’s attacking a survivor and defending another man accused of sexual abuse. This isn’t a one-off. It’s a pattern. Jagarini’s history is relevant because it shows us exactly why she’s so quick to discredit victims and protect the accused.
She’s done it before. More than once. This is someone who repeatedly:
Excuses abuse
Minimizes serious allegations
Attacks victims
And positions herself as a voice of morality while doing so.
People like Jagarini have no place in child protection conversations. Not just because of the past — but because of what it says about her values, priorities, and dangerous blind spots. Kids deserve better. Survivors deserve better. And our communities should demand better. This isn’t just problematic. It sets a dangerous precedent for the community at large!
PD: Akruranath has been a supporter of the GBC's "guru" program, a program we had to help have sued for $400,000,000 for mass child mistreatment. And he has said that the participants and founder fathers of that program -- which we had to have sued -- and the people who branded us as trouble makers for being whistle blowers on their system; and assorted predators, deb*uchees, mass child mistreatment program managers. enablers, enforcers and orchestrators, and so on; -- are following Krishna's guru parampara system.
This is relevant, but the problem doesn't end here. It’s been alleged that around that time, a social worker was called regarding troubling behavior inside the household — specifically involving Jagarini herself. Instead of acknowledging the concern, she brushed it off. Claimed the child’s mother had “made some accusations.”
But a court didn’t see it that way. In fact, a judge barred both Jagarini and her husband from having any access to the child.
It is alleged that they reportedly co-sleptwith the child, and when she was upset, Jagarini offered her breast to comfort her.
That’s not normal. That’s not nurturing. That’s a violation of boundaries— and deeply inappropriate behavior that raises serious concerns about judgment and safety.
So to be clear: Jagarini's son is a convicted pedophile. She dismissed abuse allegations against herself. A court banned her and her husband from having contact with that child. And now she’s attacking a survivor and defending another man accused of sexual abuse. This isn’t a one-off. It’s a pattern. Jagarini’s history is relevant because it shows us exactly why she’s so quick to discredit victims and protect the accused.
She’s done it before. More than once. This is someone who repeatedly:
Excuses abuse
Minimizes serious allegations
Attacks victims
And positions herself as a voice of morality while doing so.
People like Jagarini have no place in child protection conversations. Not just because of the past — but because of what it says about her values, priorities, and dangerous blind spots. Kids deserve better. Survivors deserve better. And our communities should demand better. This isn’t just problematic. It sets a dangerous precedent for the community at large!
PD: Akruranath has been a supporter of the GBC's "guru" program, a program we had to help have sued for $400,000,000 for mass child mistreatment. And he has said that the participants and founder fathers of that program -- which we had to have sued -- and the people who branded us as trouble makers for being whistle blowers on their system; and assorted predators, deb*uchees, mass child mistreatment program managers. enablers, enforcers and orchestrators, and so on; -- are following Krishna's guru parampara system.
I had to be put into law enforcement protection, and was forwarded to the FEDS who offered me FED witness protection, because I was opposing "members of Krishna's guru parampara"? Sorry, whistle blowers are most often given very ill treatment in their system, and the perps and their enablers are often as not -- given protection. There is a pattern here. And Jokernath is simply another of many persons who are allowed a free pass, and he gets a giant golden seat, servants, and so on, while we are given boots out the door treatment. Sorry these people are helping the perps and enablers and not the victims, or us whistle blowers, and this has gone on all along. ys pd
Jagarini Dasi: This is FALSE!!
PD: Jagarini Dasi:
Jagarini Dasi: This is FALSE!!
PD: Jagarini Dasi:
(From) Akruranatha Das: ISKCON's GBC has reviewed the much-debated argument concerning guru succession for many years and has repeatedly declared it to be a heresy, not supported by scriptures, prior acaryas, or Srila Prabhupada's books and lectures, which always emphasized the traditional "parampara" system in which successive generations of disciples become gurus for the next generation in an unbroken chain (see, e.g., Bhagavad-gita 4.1-3)
PD: ISKCON's GBC? What is "the guru tradition" of fallen, debauchee, predator -- gurus, and a guru parampara that empowers and defends predators and their enablers? And Jokernath is one of their gurus. And yeah, we had to help victims sue the guru program in Akruranath's "tradition" for $400,000,000.
And did I forget to mention, the FEDS put me into Fed protection -- because the guru enforcers in the Akruranath program were coming after me, after they dispatched my partner.
And without me getting help from the FEDS, I would no longer be on this planet, at least not in my current manifested presence. Please tell me what specifically is false here. I have been interviewed by the FEDS, Berkeley law enforcement, Sherif Bordenkircher, Fed Marshalls in several states, Los Angeles law enforcement, CBS TV, Rolling Stone Magazine, Monkey on a Stick Book, Time Magazine, and several movie documentaries, the Dallas Courts (twice), and I have helped a number of other lawsuits. Not once did any of my statements ever come into question subsequently. You need to be specific. ys pd
Jagarini Dasi: So because I disagreed with the outcome of a CPO decision my husband and I are now being slandered and someone is making up awful stories about us! I’m sorry I ever tried to have a dialogue on this thread. I was naive and mistaken to think the participants were Vaisnavas.
AP: Jagarini Dasi it may have something to do with the fact that you did not behave like a Vaishnavi when you attacked and slandered the victim, without providing a shred of proof to back your ludicrous claims... Or perhaps it is because it is unbecoming of a child protection officer to defend child abusers?
I don't know...
T Devi: Jagarini Dasi Even in this reply, you are defending yourself in a clearly passive aggressive and manipulative way. Just that alone speaks volumes.
AP: I'm glad you caught it. Her comment is a smoke-screen that she's using to try and paint herself as the victim.
VV: Jagarini Dasi Playing the victim card as we know lady ... you are cooked.
SD: Jagarini Dasi For the record, do you believe the victims of your own son? The children that he sexually abused?
AP: I was wondering the same thing.
SD: I co-slept with my babies and nursed them, and would happily nurse another baby if the mom could not produce milk. However, the circumstances seemed a little different in the case of Akruranath and Jagarini with their young grand-daughter, enough that accusations were made and an investigation happened.
Jagarini Dasi: So because I disagreed with the outcome of a CPO decision my husband and I are now being slandered and someone is making up awful stories about us! I’m sorry I ever tried to have a dialogue on this thread. I was naive and mistaken to think the participants were Vaisnavas.
AP: Jagarini Dasi it may have something to do with the fact that you did not behave like a Vaishnavi when you attacked and slandered the victim, without providing a shred of proof to back your ludicrous claims... Or perhaps it is because it is unbecoming of a child protection officer to defend child abusers?
I don't know...
T Devi: Jagarini Dasi Even in this reply, you are defending yourself in a clearly passive aggressive and manipulative way. Just that alone speaks volumes.
AP: I'm glad you caught it. Her comment is a smoke-screen that she's using to try and paint herself as the victim.
VV: Jagarini Dasi Playing the victim card as we know lady ... you are cooked.
SD: Jagarini Dasi For the record, do you believe the victims of your own son? The children that he sexually abused?
AP: I was wondering the same thing.
SD: I co-slept with my babies and nursed them, and would happily nurse another baby if the mom could not produce milk. However, the circumstances seemed a little different in the case of Akruranath and Jagarini with their young grand-daughter, enough that accusations were made and an investigation happened.
My big concern is: how objective is Jagarini given that her son sexually abused multiple children, and how objective is Akuraranath if it's true that as a high school student (minor), he lived with a woman twice his age engaging in sexual relations with her, who was in an authority position in his life.
Any ethical teacher in good standing will keep a professional boundary between them and their students. I feel like Akruranath may be justifying his teacher's actions in his head, and that spilled over into Pran Govinda's case in which Pran Govinda also misused his position of authority to prey on and take advantage of a child in a sexual manner.
Akruranath may be conflating the two as the same. The best situation would be for Akruranath and Jagarini to have zero involvement in Pran Govinda's CPO case, and any CPO case for that matter. These two should not be involved in any sort of child protection matters at all. None. Zero.
PD: Yes. When I was helping put together the Windle Turley lawsuit in Los Angeles, some of the ex-children were infuriated with me, claiming that I had included some of their disliked peers. They told me, don't you know this ex-child was a former "GBC enforcer" in the gurukula, and he was treating us very badly? And he was one of the perps? Why are you including that person in the lawsuit?
PD: Yes. When I was helping put together the Windle Turley lawsuit in Los Angeles, some of the ex-children were infuriated with me, claiming that I had included some of their disliked peers. They told me, don't you know this ex-child was a former "GBC enforcer" in the gurukula, and he was treating us very badly? And he was one of the perps? Why are you including that person in the lawsuit?
First of all, I have had no control over who could or could not sign up, that was out of my hands. However, what I said in 1979 is, if we force our children to worship intoxicated people and / or predators, then by the principle of "you become what your worship," some of these kids may themselves become predators. And some of them did. Akruranth's son is evidently a victim of this principle.
Akruranath's program has been forcing little children to worship all manner of deviated people as their gurus, and the results have been tragic. And this was easy to predict in 1979. We become what we worship, and if we worship a predator as a guru, then beware of the results. My lawyer friend says that forcing little children to worship deviated predators as their gurus is illegally corrupting the morals of minors, and he is shocked no one ever sued ISKCON for this process. ys pd
SR: 1000% It is becoming increasingly common that those who are so quick to jump to the defence of child abusers have their own skeletons to justify and hide.
One thing is for sure, Jagarini Dasi hasn't explained why she decided to attack and vilify the victim. That was truly disgraceful.
AB: I am not surprised someone has posted this anonymously! We see all the time that the GBC (should be renamed the NFP - Not Fit for Purpose) circle the wagons around various accused. Why?
- Fear of loss of privileges
- ISKCON Pensions
- Coudos
- This has been their life, how else could they live? Where else could they live?
- They love a flower garland!
It’s sad, beyond sad when we think of our Dear Srila Prabhupada and the danger and sacrifices he made to deliver the most wonderful message! Someone posted ‘Drain the Swamp’, I still hope future generations, great devotees of which there are more of then bad can somehow grab the mantle and reclaim Srila Prabhupada’s mission!
KS: I don’t know why the cops and courts legal system was not involved in first place.
CH: These kinds of people are the reason I can't give anymore any respect or credit to anybody just for being dressed as a devotee and especially with a garland in their neck. They destroy trust and Prabhupada's hard work.
SF Dasi: So glad more female perverts are getting exposed.
TKK: Drain the Swamp.
PR: Tip of an ice berg.
CM: I really can't understand how rampant the child abuse is in this community. And its the spineless bysters who allow people like this to live freely and come in and out the temple around the children that are making me even more sick. never going back again. you'll find better morals in a prison or brothel.
AP: Disgusting. When Akruranath Das was in high school, he wound up having a romantic relationship with his teacher who was in her 30s and even moved in with her. At the time it was laughed off because he was a boy. Even in relatively recent times he has been known to say that it was the best time of his life. Is it really that surprising that he's decided to come out guns blazing in defense of a child abuser?
Jagarini Dasi: Where do you people come up with this stuff?? I guess spreading fake news is trending now.
AP: Akruranath himself shared this. If you're not familiar with this incident ask him to enlighten you.
GP: Jagarini Dasi does this mean that you acknowledge that the other allegations in the post are factual and accurate?
ZZ: People have the right to remain anonymous if it makes them feel safe when speaking about just difficult subjects.
AP: As a consequence of showing their face in their courageous advocacy, SD and DD have received death threats and are currently embroiled in a messy and expensive litigation in Indian courts. They are being sued for 350k$. It isn't just the criminals, sometimes heroes also need to wear masks... Does this help?
BB: I’ll admit it’s true that sometimes superhero’s wear masks, yes.
SDD: I’m going to put this out there and I may be attacked for it. I don’t think that this post is relevant to the CPO decision about Pran Gopal. Looking into the backgrounds of the lawyer and his wife has no relevancy to the case whatsoever. Apparently the case needs to be reviewed or appealed as more facts have come to light or were not included.
SR: 1000% It is becoming increasingly common that those who are so quick to jump to the defence of child abusers have their own skeletons to justify and hide.
One thing is for sure, Jagarini Dasi hasn't explained why she decided to attack and vilify the victim. That was truly disgraceful.
AB: I am not surprised someone has posted this anonymously! We see all the time that the GBC (should be renamed the NFP - Not Fit for Purpose) circle the wagons around various accused. Why?
- Fear of loss of privileges
- ISKCON Pensions
- Coudos
- This has been their life, how else could they live? Where else could they live?
- They love a flower garland!
It’s sad, beyond sad when we think of our Dear Srila Prabhupada and the danger and sacrifices he made to deliver the most wonderful message! Someone posted ‘Drain the Swamp’, I still hope future generations, great devotees of which there are more of then bad can somehow grab the mantle and reclaim Srila Prabhupada’s mission!
KS: I don’t know why the cops and courts legal system was not involved in first place.
CH: These kinds of people are the reason I can't give anymore any respect or credit to anybody just for being dressed as a devotee and especially with a garland in their neck. They destroy trust and Prabhupada's hard work.
SF Dasi: So glad more female perverts are getting exposed.
TKK: Drain the Swamp.
PR: Tip of an ice berg.
CM: I really can't understand how rampant the child abuse is in this community. And its the spineless bysters who allow people like this to live freely and come in and out the temple around the children that are making me even more sick. never going back again. you'll find better morals in a prison or brothel.
AP: Disgusting. When Akruranath Das was in high school, he wound up having a romantic relationship with his teacher who was in her 30s and even moved in with her. At the time it was laughed off because he was a boy. Even in relatively recent times he has been known to say that it was the best time of his life. Is it really that surprising that he's decided to come out guns blazing in defense of a child abuser?
Jagarini Dasi: Where do you people come up with this stuff?? I guess spreading fake news is trending now.
AP: Akruranath himself shared this. If you're not familiar with this incident ask him to enlighten you.
GP: Jagarini Dasi does this mean that you acknowledge that the other allegations in the post are factual and accurate?
ZZ: People have the right to remain anonymous if it makes them feel safe when speaking about just difficult subjects.
AP: As a consequence of showing their face in their courageous advocacy, SD and DD have received death threats and are currently embroiled in a messy and expensive litigation in Indian courts. They are being sued for 350k$. It isn't just the criminals, sometimes heroes also need to wear masks... Does this help?
BB: I’ll admit it’s true that sometimes superhero’s wear masks, yes.
SDD: I’m going to put this out there and I may be attacked for it. I don’t think that this post is relevant to the CPO decision about Pran Gopal. Looking into the backgrounds of the lawyer and his wife has no relevancy to the case whatsoever. Apparently the case needs to be reviewed or appealed as more facts have come to light or were not included.
As faulty as our systems of justice may be, we need to let it run its course. If we think justice has not been served, then we appeal or write letters to support it. Attacking the lawyer and his wife is of no help. Hare Krishna.
SF: Your post makes perfect sense if adressing the case going through State run Criminal Court, where perpetrator faces prison time; or in case Florida now and one other federal unit, Death Penalty - due to one victim beimg under the 12 years of age. We almost have none of that system of justice in ISKCON.
MB: SD you are one brave person u hav my support
NS: She is a disgrace.
SF: Your post makes perfect sense if adressing the case going through State run Criminal Court, where perpetrator faces prison time; or in case Florida now and one other federal unit, Death Penalty - due to one victim beimg under the 12 years of age. We almost have none of that system of justice in ISKCON.
MB: SD you are one brave person u hav my support
NS: She is a disgrace.
