“Indian Supreme Court Orders Investigation into ISKCON Child Abuse claims"
PODCAST: Episode 204 – Thursday 29th January 2026
PODCAST: Episode 204 – Thursday 29th January 2026
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We’re pleased to welcome Mr Ajay Garg as our guest on this week’s podcast.
A seasoned Advocate with 29 years of distinguished practice before the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court, he is one of India’s top legal professionals with specialisms in diverse legal domains including Civil, Constitutional, Criminal, Corporate, Family, and Indian Labour Laws.
A seasoned Advocate with 29 years of distinguished practice before the Supreme Court of India and Delhi High Court, he is one of India’s top legal professionals with specialisms in diverse legal domains including Civil, Constitutional, Criminal, Corporate, Family, and Indian Labour Laws.
Ajay is well known for arguing matters of national importance before Constitutional Benches of the Supreme Court, with several high-profile judgments reported.
In 2025, Mr Garg started working with the Justice for Srila Prabhupada Foundation to investigate allegations of child abuse in ISKCON. After months of lobbying, in November 2025, the Indian Supreme Court ordered a statutory investigation into ISKCON – after hearing the stories of many survivors of child abuse who allege years of systemic abuse, rape and torture within the organisation.
This week’s podcast is not to be missed! Mr Ajay Garg explains what the investigation is about and why the Indian Supreme Court chose to intervene.
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HKC JAIPUR / Mathura Pati and Prabhupadanugas EU
PADA: Sorry prabhu, I did not see the articles on Prabhupadanugas EU web site which I never visit anymore. After they said that our reporting Krishna's children being beaten and raped is all "PADA's lies" and "PADA is a drunk and sahajiya," repeating their actual authorities -- their homosexuals and pedophiles messiahs folks like Kirtanananda -- we decided to drop having anything to do with them.
They have become parrots of the homosexual and pedophile messiahs program, whom they cite all day long. And needless to say, a number of children victims of these people are infuriated that these defenders of the beatings and rapes of children program are still calling all the abuse "a pack of PADA lies."
These folks have fully embraced the homosexual and pedophile gurus process, and they are even promoting Radhanath's cheer leaders, and Bhavananda's writer Hari Sauri. In other words, they are with the program that beats and rapes Krishna children, and -- we are not.
The good news is that the new three part series on child abuse will heavily feature the HKC Jaipur clan's hero savior "Saint Radhanath," the person whose cheer leaders they are promoting, and we think this will be a good expose of the type of people the HKC Jaipur folks think are qualified as saints and / or God's successors. OK these ARE the same people who had Sulochana assassinated.
Yep, they are not with PADA, and they even admit that -- they support the children beaters and child rapers cheer leaders and writers program because "they oppose PADA." No kidding! And no, they have never explained why they say all this abuse is all PADA lies, when everyone else is alarmed and upset by all this abuse, and they believe us and the victims, and not these GBC allied cover ups. In other words, most people think the abusers and their hand maidens like these guys are "the liars." Yep, Garg and Garg are proving, in court, that NONE of this is "PADA's lies."
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ISKCON IS DURYODHANA SAMPRADAYA
Mahaprabhu Gaura Dasa
For me Mahabharata is a manual for understanding ISKCON leadership. Some ISKCON leaders clearly fit in the category of Duryodana, Sakuni, Dusasana. These three case studies from Mahabharata speak volumes about some devotee leaders behaviour, their skillful manipulative techniques inserted within ISKCONs theocracy, yet categorically demoniac.
Other category of Karna, Drona, Bhismade are a type of ISKCON leaders, that are advanced in dharma, and/or bhakti, yet they are corrupted by ISKCONs system of meritocracy, status, privileges over others, spoiled by sitting on vyasasanas, congratulating themselves for skillfully avoiding every tipe of accountabilities. And yet simultaneously they can be advanced in bhakti.
And third group is of course Pandavas and others who are even ready to be exiled in the forest for their cause. Srila Prabhupada, Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati, Srila Bhaktivinod Thakur and others were clearly such uncompromising saints.
Mahabharata brilliantly delineates all three categories of ISKCON leadership, illustrating it through many stories, that directly correlate to all the situations and dilemmas within our devotional society.
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Mahabharata brilliantly delineates all three categories of ISKCON leadership, illustrating it through many stories, that directly correlate to all the situations and dilemmas within our devotional society.
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The GBC in Russia: An Analysis of Its Real Influence
In recent years, the legitimacy of ISKCON's GBC has attracted the attention of Russian vaisnavas. This organization, registered in 1993 in West Bengal, claims the right to manage the legacy of ISKCON, founded by Srila Prabhupada in 1966. The analysis shows that the situation in Russia differs significantly from that of India and requires a special approach.
Legally, the 1993 ISKCON GBC is not the direct successor to 1966 ISKCON.. It is a separate organization created by a group of private individuals. In Russia, such structures are often called "screen companies": they formally use the brand or name, but do not have the automatic right to manage the property or spiritual legacy of the original organization. The implication is clear: the 1993 GBC regulations are not legally binding for Russian communities if they are based on internal decisions of the council and not on official Russian legislation.
The economic aspect reveals that financial flows are the only real lever for control of the GBC in Russia. Russian funds channeled to foreign entities ensure the functioning of Indian bureaucracy, plagued by internal conflicts, lawsuits and scandals. The creation of independent Russian foundations allows for total control over the distribution of resources and reduces the dependence of communities on the foreign council. Thus, economic sovereignty becomes a key element for its autonomy.
Besides the legal and financial, the spiritual and moral component is crucial. Public access materials show that the GBC faces several problems: litigation and conflicts within and outside India, incidents of financial opacity, and scandals with the fall of individual leaders. In the Russian context, these factors reduce confidence in the organization. Direct adherence to Srila Prabhupada’s instructions, without intermediaries, is perceived as a more transparent and reliable approach to spiritual practice.
The combination of legal uncertainty, economic dependence, and internal problems creates a unique situation for Russian communities. Any influence of the GBC is limited here: its 1993 directives are not legally binding, financial flows are easily controlled by independent foundations, and moral and ethical opacity undermines the organization's authority. Consequently, Russian communities have the opportunity to build autonomous activities based on direct adherence to Srila Prabhupada's instructions and compliance with local laws.
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Between February 10-12th, 2019, HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami ("BVKS"), A GBC-ELECTED ISKCON INITIATING GURU, GAVE A THREE-PART SEMINAR TITLED "UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING SRILA PRABHUPADA'S TEACHINGS", AT THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF ISKCON IN MAYAPUR, INDIA. :
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Between February 10-12th, 2019, HH Bhakti Vikasa Swami ("BVKS"), A GBC-ELECTED ISKCON INITIATING GURU, GAVE A THREE-PART SEMINAR TITLED "UNDERSTANDING AND APPLYING SRILA PRABHUPADA'S TEACHINGS", AT THE WORLD HEADQUARTERS OF ISKCON IN MAYAPUR, INDIA. :
The Parampara Principle
"So, my point here is that everything that Srila Prabhupada said can be harmonised [...] if we employ the principles of understanding that he himself taught [...] that a guru has to be understood in reference to the previous acaryas."(BVKS)
By claiming that Srila Prabhupada has to be understood "in reference to the previous acaryas", BVKS has stated the opposite of what Srila Prabhupada taught. It is not that Srila Prabhupada is understood in reference to the previous acaryas, but rather that the previous acaryas are understood in reference to Srila Prabhupada:
"You cannot imagine what my spiritual master said. Or even if you read some books, you cannot understand unless you understand it from me. This is called parampara system. You cannot jump over to the superior guru, neglecting the next acarya, immediate next acarya." (Srila Prabhupada Lecture, 8/12/73)
SD Dasi: It has been the same thing ... just about all over the world. Anyone who complains of abuse is "a liar."
ReplyDelete"Is ruining the name of ISKCON."
"Is making offense to the gurus."
And a thousand other excuses ... which we have all heard. And heard endless times. Mr. Garg is right ... all this should have gone to the police and courts ... long ago. Devotees making complaints on the internet is good, gives some encouraging to victims.
Sadly, not much concern in GBC ivory towers. They only care when the big stick is used. We are ... unfortunately ... not significant sticks.
It is sad that in order to save ISKCON ... they let all the abuse go rampaging ... called all of us liars ... which is actually what destroyed ISKCON. Youth are done with ISKCON around here.
The youth cannot be brought back ... even if you give them money. They are done with all the abuse and cheating and lies used to cover it up. They know who the real liars are. The leaders only save themselves and do not save ISKCON.
Or the children.
And the children know all that by now. ISKCON needs a complete sewer cleaning operation ... because it is so plugged up with smelly crap right now, starting with all the lies used to cover this up.
I hope Mr. Gargs can unstuck at least some of the crap here. It just stinks that all this plugging up has gone on for so long. Everyone is just tired of it. Many children could not live with all these liars and lies ... and they left their bodies. Lets hope some of the unplugging can start soon ... to save at least some victims ... and stop others from being future ones. It is sad that Mr. Gargs has to clean up the GBC's decades of mistreating others, because no one else would.