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The title of this presentation arises from a simple, glaring fact: There is
an anomaly in ISKCON that arises from a large fraction of the GBC. (I feel
a good number are misinformed or uninformed.) Some have been, and
are continuing to mislead ISKCON and the devotees by directly voiding --
and avoiding -- Srila Prabhupada's instructions and directives for BI and
in other matters. Thus, this is a 'battle' on the field of (Sanatana)
Dharma.
At the very last GBC resolution -- bottom of the list -- there is small
mention of BI. Actually, 16 GBC members -- a majority -- voted on the
recommendation of a smaller panel to sanction H.H. BhaktiSvarupa
Damodara Maharaja (henceforth, BSDS):
He called it…' our most important preaching arm' and 16 GBC are
endeavoring to wreck it, and for what -- an extremely egregious,
offensive ritvik, concocter and a person guilty of definite moral turpitude,
who tries to extort BSDS to change BI Mumbai to his liking to gain Indian
government support. Later he, or one of his minions try to forge a
devotees signature, and possibly bribe a police official. (Just recently, the
Mumbai Charity Commisssion upheld BSDS challenge to this forgery.)
(See my critique of Rasaraj's 05 VyasaPuja 'offering')
'The Institute will be primarily for those who have not entered
our temples. The subject matter will not be different
from what is taught in our temples. There will be no
difference between our temples and the Institute, but the
Institute will be official for the general mass.' Letter to
Svarupa Damodara
Sept 30, 1975
'You have to smash them by their, Tora lati na, tor çilä torna
amora tora bäëi däntera gora….. You have to simply catch
their words, and with their words kill them. That is
intelligence. We are saying plainly. You say with these words
which is their sona, mortar and pestle, and break their teeth.
That's all. Tora çilä tora nora tora bäëi däntera gora.(?) This
policy should be adopted.'
May 12, 1973 morning walk
What did he say of BSDS' realizations-Savijnanam-for BI:
'I have read the aims and objects of the Institute and it
is done very nicely. I am satisfied that you are properly
understanding the philosophy. The analysis you have
given in the section "What is the Bhaktivedanta
Institute'', regarding the scientists, technologists, and
other so-called authorities is most accurate. According to
Bhagavatam, they are all asses and cows, sa eva gokhara….
Therefore I am suggesting examinations. Bhakti-sastri-(for all
brahmanas) …These titles can correspond to entrance, B.A.,
M.A., Ph.D. So just consider how to organize this Institute. At
Mayapur we shall finalize everything.
Hoping this meets you well.
Your ever well-wisher,
A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Letter to: Svarupa Damodara
Bombay 10 January, 1976
The GBC may advise, facilitate and help manage some aspects of BI, as
requested, but they cannot -- nor should not -- try to command
adherence to what BI modus operandi is, particularly when there is a
salient violation of Srila Prabhupada's clear-cut orders and instructions.
Further, such commands by the GBC are adharmic since they are
functioning in the role of administrators - Ksatriyas -- and BI is a
brahminical institution and it's Director, a sannyasi, is clearly acting in
that capacity. This would clearly violate the principles of Varnashram so
dearly desired by our Gurudeva. Again, this command to accept their
philosophical position, or suffer consequences can be construed as a
collective Vaisnava aparadha since it expects a compliance that violates
Srila Prabhupada's orders and BS Damodara Maharaja service and loyalty
to Him and His purpose!)
'And still, they will set aside the business to some future and
take the credit. Yes. "In future we shall be able to do it." And
that future will never come. And still, they will take the credit.
(laughter) Just see. Therefore müòha. This is the explanation
of müòha. It is just like somebody offered you a post-dated
check, and then he wants to clear his debt. Suppose I am
debtor by hundreds of dollars to you. I give you a post-dated
check, and still I say, "Now I am clear of your debt." And that
post-dated check will never be paid. This is their theory. Na
mäà prapadyante müòhäù duñkåtino narädhamäù [Bg. 7.15].
Australia RC June 28, 1974
Prabhupada calls Gomatam a rascal and a fool and now he has become a
force for evil in that he wants to pervert ISKCON from within -- a Trojan
Horse -- and try to destroy Guru Parampara. By the same token, Srila
Prabhupada calls those who want to accept his post-dated check, fools!
('So why these fools accepting this post-dated check?') The cheater and
the cheated; this is a majority of GBC? 'Kick him out immediately on his
face with boot. Rascal.'
If Srila Prabhupada was the Father of BI, Sriman Rupanuga prabhu was
it's 'Godfather' and BSDS is the spiritual son. (I was donated to BI/BSDS
by my GBC, Rupanuga prabhu, in 1976.) I should give you some history
of my service to Srila Prabhupada, in connection with BI, in the last year.
I felt a clear anomaly arising in the BBT/GBC in regard to BI and I started
a long journey -- a year ago -- to see what might be done. ('My ISKCON,
right or wrong, if right to be kept right; if wrong to be set right'.) I
wanted to inform and implore the GBC to act. I requested the GBC's
postal addresses, late summer/early fall 2005, in order to extend the
courtesy of sending hard copy. (A series of exchanges via-email with
Lilasuka prabhu and the EC ensued. The EC patently refused my request
and asked me to await the outcome of the mediation. (This was last fall.)
I had to bite the bullet and humbly accept their request. By the time
'mediation' was unsuccessfully concluded, in Alachua in early February, I
desperately tried to get the materials to the GBC. I had repeated e-mails
with Hari Sauri prabhu, who did what he thought he could, and overnight
mailed my materials to Hari Vilasa, who gave it to BSDS' disciple
Jivamukta when he got to Mayapura What became of it I do not yet know,
but it is somewhat apparent that it was not distributed during Mayapura.
E-mail the BBT trustees to request this compliance with Srila Prabhupada
and to stop paying funds to Gomatam! (YOU SHOULD NOTE THAT BSDS
HAS NOT RECIVED ANY FUNDS FROM BBT-BY 'GBC' INSTRUCTIONS --
SINCE 2000 OR BEFORE. Gomatam has received $37.5K, or more, yearly
for nearly ten years or more, Sadaputa for a long period, and Drutakarma
gets 14.5K, BSDS NOTHING,, nor for the publishing of SAVIJANAMA-BI
JOURNAL-REQUESTED BE DONE BY BBT!
bbt.in@krishna.com for Brahmamahurta bbt.in@krishna.com
Gopasl Krishna Goswami Maharaja bbt.it@krishna.com for
Madhuasevita Svavasa.ACBSP@pamho.net
Also cc them on their pamho accounts.
In the mid 1990s Sadaputa's 'camp' severely rebuked BSDS for his
service in BI and mounted an unsuccessful assault on BSDS's/Gomatam's
budget. (Drutakarma was one of the culprits but later saw the error of his
ways and wrote to apologize to Maharaja. ) Chief among the touts -- 'To
solicit customers, votes, or patronage, especially in a brazen way'. -- was
Ravindra Svarupa prabhu, who penned a diatribe called, THE
BHAKTIVEDANTA INSTITUTE: HOW IT WENT WRONG - AN EYEWITNESS
ACCOUNT
Than he continues this serious mistake in the third line of his paper:
'Prabhupada had personally appointed five-man Board of Directors for BI.'
WRONG, WRONG! You will not find any mention of this so-called 'Board' in
Vedabase. (Hence anything that follows in his paper starts with a false
premise.) Additionally, both BSDS and Rupanuga prabhu told me that this
was a hastily drawn up document-followed years later by a meeting in
Atlanta- to get Srila Prabhupada to sign it to formally establish BI with His
blessings. (I got a copy as a member of BI. I tried to scan but OCR is not
working properly.) Rupanuga prabhu further elaborated to me that the
only reason that Ravindra was invited was because he was a friend and
his TP in Philly (Ravindra signed it 'Dr' but it would be the better part of a
decade-two?-before he got his PhD in philosophy from Temple.) Note here
that Ravindra and Gomatam both received 'scholarships' from BI funds
with little return on investment. Both their PhDs are in the philosophy
fields, and not in the sciences as were the three original signers to the
above, mentioned document. (I also attach the first page of Ravindra's
paper.)
I've also always been very appreciative of Ravindra prabhu when I first
spied him in 76 on the Harrisburg, PA Capitol steps, in conjunction with
Three Mile Island. (I was on my way to the glorious Gita Nagri .)
However, he has held an historical animosity toward BSDS, imho, and
epitomizes one of the fallacies of the GBC or how some choose to act:
They act or think GBC and ISKCON are synonymous. This is NOT so.
ISKCON is Srila Prabhupada's legacy to us. It is His Spiritual House, an
abode we can all reside in. It is all the matajis sewing so conscientiously
for Their Lordships, all the dedicated and reliable pujaris, the latrine
cleaner, the fired-up SKP devotees, the temple TP and officers and all of
you out there in cyberspace who keep Prabhupada in their hearts. The
GBC-at least some members-act with the notion that it and ISKCON are
the same thing. In reality, ISKCON is so much more: It is all those
humble matajis sewing for the Deities, the faithful pujaris, the SKP
devotees, the TP and so many others, like those who reside in
cyberspace. How can the GBC excommunicate Maharaja from ISKCON out
of ISKCON? After all, he is appointed Director for Life and this principle of
Lifetime Directorship has already been upheld in a US Court of Law in the
Case of Hanasadutta prabhu and Jayadvaita Maharaj's created entity.
Those who do not learn from their mistakes are condemned to repeat
them.
If we get no response in a month then all devotees who read this can
advise him they will not purchase any books or materials. 'Boycott'
(Better by love and devotion.) I have, very frequently, been a
gadfly to Sadaputa prabhu, begging him to recant, to see him
empowered. I would feel amiss if he is allowed to do service on
the Mayapura project as long as he has such a negative state of
devotional mind. He can produce many great books, establishing
the principle of Vaisnava Siddhanta-literatures in pursuance of the
Vedic version-but will he, can he sell them well?
This ISKCON IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME. IF RIGHT TO BE KEPT RIGHT, IF
WRONG TO BE SET RIGHT! So I say to all the children of ISKCON:
If ISKCON last the promised 10,000, golden years, history may say that
this is their finest hour! Let us storm the Bastille that is some segment of
GBC, a call to arms, let your voices be heard. If the 16 GBC or five BBT
Trustees and RGB CANNOT be persuaded by love and devotion, I am
reminded of what the colorful LBJ said, 'If you grab them by the------,
their hearts and minds will follow.'
BSDS and all the past and present BI members, Jayo das
jayo.das@sbcglobal.net
jayo.acbsp@pamho.net
News flash: I just talked to a GBC, 26 June, and he stated the RGB-Indian
GBCs will take up the matter of Gomatam and his co-dependents, last
week of July. 'ISKCON' will be watching. Jivanmukta prabhu and BSDS'
Kolkata office staff have done a fine job of presenting ACBSP versus
Gomatam's vision for BI. It is .pdf called Protecting the Legacy of
Bhaktivedanta Institute. I will attempt to find out about uploading it here.
I also plan to post my previous papers, BI and ISKCON and two combined
papers, Rasaraja and Critique 05 Vyasa Puja 'offering'/BI Berkeley. I will
also send this or the others via attacment if you e-mail me to so request
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Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami Sripad Maharaj’s intended presentation to the GBC
titled: “Protecting the Legacy of Bhaktivedanta Institute” online: www.bi-legacy.on.to