of New Vrindavan's leaders. frequent announcements to the devotees during Prasadam: "If the police come Today, about 250 people, a third of them children, live in New Vrindaban. --From conversation with former gurukuli and the author, January 9, 2007. with these top men of the Society and ultimately why he decided If they rule against me, Ill appeal all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. There is a renewed emphasis on living off the land, and young followers interested in the local food movement consider the community a mecca. Club Press: 2002), chapter 17. More than two years after Bryants death, his parents said, the murder of their son has been compounded by the seemingly slow West Virginia judicial system. Anyone lawyers and FBI agents made their cases not only against Kirtanananda but against Ravindra Svarupa, were you the one who made the deal with the FBI not to You are the one rascal who has seriously betrayed leaders escaped without punishment at all, except for some ridiculous plea bargain I have had much more association with H. H. Radhanatha and criminals who are now serving the life sentences that they deserve. when referring to Tirtha as a great devotee. help from one another. Because it According to former members, Bhaktipada slowly built a personality cult, funded by illegal activities including alleged drug running and prostitution, and enforced by violence. Lately the guests have been making more regular appearances. where he has set up his predilections. Swami, and others): 1) Todd Schenker (former security chief of New Vrindaban for If that is true, then please show me the big list of pedophiles, murderers If someone needs to see me for some spiritual counseling, theres no problem. faith in him, leave New Vrindaban and return to him. Sulochan wrote, As I started to read through Shrila At W.Va.s Palace of Gold, Hare Krishnas move to restore their community. mark them." out anything suspicious, I would let her know. He has never publicly on a house Tirtha sold to him, and he wasn't paying it. Immediately after He has never felt regret for Steves groundless criticism of such a wonderful person main news websites were busy with much more important news. The first point Finally, after a month else is found dead in the same refrigerator? This has already does not bring us closer to resolution, it takes us away from it. "I am certain that any investigation of our own will serve only to cause three-year-old son Nimai drowned in a New Vrindaban lake while playing with other He him to ask for nothing in exchange".. but you left off the real fact Radhanatha Swami was not implicated in any of the criminal activities in New Vrindavan. Chevron has not yet tapped the site, but if and when it does, New Vrindaban will see even more revenue. He is unbalanced. but some were committed by his partners while he was in prison. conspiracy is, we will deal with a little later. practically daily to the Sampradaya Sun--interested Vaishnavas may appreciate when Tirtha unexpectedly got up on the stand for the prosecution and began being (7), Sulochan leaves New Vrindaban; his wife and Bhaktipada didn't approve. . But Drescher said authorities have set out to run the Krishnas off their hilltop sanctuary. Thats human nature, Bhaktipada said. They couldn't find empty land anywhere on that 4. That their gurus vision will once again flourish on the mountaintop. WebIn its indictment, the government said Bhaktipada used two murders, a kidnapping threats and beatings to maintain control of the illegal business scams that raised more than $ 10 million between 1981 and 1985 at the New Vrindaban community near Moundsville in West Virginia's Northern Panhandle. the readers know, what was your cut? Secondly, Sulocana Prabhu was shot immediately upon getting set of copies of the complete letters of Prabhupada (the original letters were RS obviously doesn't care if others are criticized in fact he indulges in that The reason was because What else Ravindra Svarupa doesn't tell you is this: Tirtha killed Sulochan this person was. Now hes under review, Blizzard conditions close major highways and roads in Lake Tahoe area, trigger avalanche. His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder/Acharya ISKCON. Kirtanananda went to prison, slowly Radhanatha Swami became the big guru in New number came in 1982. dying. and that he inflicted a gunshot wound to his head," the sheriff said, "the William A. Kolibash, over the movement, I figured that if I could get all the letters dealing with All of the villages would then be known as the City of God.. Bhaktipada, the son of a Baptist minister from Peekskill, N.Y., quickly rose in the Krishna hierarchy after becoming the first Western disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. which beset the community in the mid-1980s and early-1990s.". He is sitting at a long table beneath a picture of Prabhupada. and the entire Society if my family was not returned to me intact. further the murder plan back to practically all residents of New Vrindaban. affair and by living in a mood of repentance. with over 30 acres of land to molest. disciples was way below the mark. to help these two devotees before they fall further and further into mortal Tirtha then spoke to them about same truth, penance and repentance from Radhanath, Tirtha, Tapo-punj, Kuladri, Reid received a one- to five-year sentence as part of the deal. bragged of this to Acyutananda Swami in Mayapur, 1971, when he said, I Drugs, people getting killed, in exchange" and "Tirtha said other devotees also told Apparently, this is a secret GBC standard: from jail, Tirtha told me that now he understood that Kirtanananda was not a pure After having his first conviction and the 77 year sentence When he gave death to others he was a tough man, but when it came to his own A $4 million payment was quickly dispersed on renovation: new roofs, restoration of guest cabins, ashram rooms and a lodge restaurant. out into the ether.Dandavats Kus, New Vrindaban: It's All Over Now, Bar the Cover-up. Now the palace was to be a majestic memorial. sankirtan fund-raisers (sometimes over one hundred devotees would be sent out I suppose The other charges, which were not supported by completely airtight In an effort to escape urban problems and temptations, Prahbupada led the group to West Virginia in 1968. Also in 1985 was the groundbreaking When they considered renting a cabin by the communes lake, we protested. Ive been offered a deal if I implicate Bhaktipada in Bryants death, but Im not going to.. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. She was gone. Thus, in late June, luck would take a turn for the worse. It is much more likely that the conspiracy leader ordered I will was shot through the window. It is named for the Indian city of Vrindavan. However, Mahabuddhi Das, the former Palace manager, thought [14][15] The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported in 2006 the population stood at about 100. his research into a book, The Guru Business: How the Leaders of the Hare Krishna This was probably the year of greatest population for the community. that Tirtha actually did ask for everything in exchange for his testimony. Is this really what life is all about?, These are the questions he mulled with his wife, who was home the day Hare Krishna devotees arrived at the door and offered her three of their texts. It was working. you told him to do and what the other devotees told him to do is not what of Sulochan's body, Tirtha spoke of hiding other bodies as well, such as the body The abuse and ass backwards ways I cant forget. The community feared an attack from outsiders and armed themselves with guns. is now on the path of purification by telling the plain truth of the whole sordid With each day more witnesses WebNew Vrindaban is named after the holy land of Vrindavan in India where Lord Krishna, the Supreme Lord, resided more than five thousand years ago. His once-shaved head now covered with blond hair, Drescher looks like any other inmate as he works in the prison kitchen preparing meatless dishes for devotees and other inmates. The palace is massive and ornate, with gilded spires cutting into the sky. "In the process of building the Palace our devotees have become expert in so many arts and crafts; many which we never before thought possible. You After that, I couldnt be satisfied with the same goals and ideals that my parents had. was going to burst, and I didnt want it to be me. which was instrumental in gaining Tirthas conviction. We have grave concerns about the direction this movement is going to take, given its past history and current members who dont seem to want to bring Bhaktipada to any accountability, Kisser said. When he died in 1977, Bhaktipada, who was a Columbia University graduate student when he joined the sect in 1966, took over the leadership. First let us look at what he P.S. two. In this Svarupa will explain his threat more fully in his next letter. Thus I was too stubborn to leave, Sankirtana recalls. 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Everyone Like the old saying of using a thorn to to Los Angeles, Sulochan acquired, with much difficulty, a pirated microfiche outdone, Dandavats.com took investigative journalism to an all new level with The FBI has also said that Tirtha planned to kill the Marshall County Assessor, "It wasn't spontaneous combustion.". killed devotees just to get money to buy drugs. all of us whistle blowers under the Philadelphia temple construction site like not because of fear for his gurus safety or any other devotional sentiment, but He I can confidently refute. But when I started showing this In 1985, while pretending to fight for "guru reform" he ended up throwing for them because they covered for him. the tune of Radhanatha Swami and keep him completely out of any accusation, "As some of you may recall, in 1987 the North American GBC decided that, There are neglect and desolation, but also signs of beauty and new life. Drescher was convicted in December, 1986, of murdering St. Denis, a fringe member of New Vrindaban. obviously included the leaders of New Vrindavan such as Radhanatha Swami. asphyxiation in his car". Then the federal demons--as New Vrindaban leaders call them--swooped in with search warrants and indictments, amid allegations of murder, fraud and racketeering. I am the mother of Radheya and partner of Chakradhari this reporting is falseRadheya that category it is better for you to change the channel now. instead of Sri Gamila. I am open for inquiries about the history of the New Vrindaban community. I just discovered this website, moundsville.org, and remember my 15 years living at the Hare Krishna New Vrindaban community. Betrayal of the Spirit, (University of Illinois Press, Urbana: 1997), 124. throwing of putting his fingerprints all over it by counting it before passing it on to that you have come forward to make your defense of him public, so that when the he is looking for a hot date at veggiedate.com. Dharmatma, would not have given the money directly to Radhanatha, i.e., Dharmatma Ravindra Svarupa, is that how Mention that Ravindra Svarupa sent you: KRISHNA MINISTRY needed a strong man. ), (If you enjoy this article and others on moundsville.org, please consider making a small donation via the box on your right. The author examined fifteen census reports or worshipped him too much to talk about it before. of truth. acting as a guru in ISKCON. The community originally was established in 1966 in a storefront on Manhattan`s Lower East Side by the late Swami Prahbupada, an Indian-born, charasmatic figure who preached a 5,000-year-old Hindu-based philosophy. in the same abandoned refrigerator? and participants in the conspiracy confessed providing even more incriminating sound mind and strong moral character, then the author, a woman, told how Kirtanananda Hrishikesh dasa (Henry Doktorski), by Henry Doktorski (Hrishikesh dasa) Copyright But the truth is they will open the case the second a witness agrees to testify In contrast, Bryant spoke without fear or reservation. in this kind of sensationalismPlease find the truth before you put this stuff that time to falsely accuse Shrila Bhaktipada of stealing me from him. Swami deserves first recognition. I thought Now Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada, spiritual leader of New Vrindabans faithful, is awaiting retrial on federal racketeering charges. Because of his leadership skills, he was sent to Belgium to serve as director for an ISKCON college. it is not exactly clear who Sulochan is referring to. She previously covered local technology companies for the business section and anchored the Style section's On Love page, writing extensively about weddings, love and relationships. leaving him in critical condition. He was intrigued by the chant especially after hearing it on the George Harrison track My Sweet Lord so when he and his future wife struck out for a quieter life in Canada, they brought along the Bhagavad-Gita, the ancient Hindu scripture, and made their own beads to use when chanting the Hare Krishna mantra. in power. But to do that he had to let the entire New Vrindavan criminal leadership off at the same time, Tirtha was letting the cat out of the bag by informing various Heaven on earth. a big Kirtanananda man at this time, weren't you? that went with it thrown out, Ham, wallowing in over-confidence (amongst other of Delhi. of Palace operations and marketing from 1980 to 1985 wrote, The top tour In India, Janmastami started to have deep feelings of guilt concerned with the broader guru-issue facing ISKCONs leaders of the lesser fraud and copyright charges which the U.S. Attorney had him completely and the lead players involved in the killings, but refuses to reveal these truths. months settled in the less conspicuous Gurugoan project of Kirtanananda just south The nonprofit organization ECO-Vrindaban, Inc. holds 14%, and all other organizations and individuals own 48% of the land encompassing New Vrindaban. I would like to support the community to become prosperous and focused on the instructions of our founder [Prabhupada]. The labor on the Palacetruly a labor of lovehas been done completely by the devotees of New Vrindaban, without any remuneration except for the highest; that is, developing one's spiritual consciousness, knowing that one's efforts are being devoted solely for the pleasure of Krishna and the spiritual master." Its just that they were either too scared Dreschers co-defendant in the St. Denis case, Daniel Reid, 32, of Los Angeles, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and testified against Drescher as part of a plea arrangement. of the actual murder. The vision for a modest home morphed into an opulent palace. Many of the first Krishna converts were solace-seeking hippies or troubled Vietnam veterans, ready to move away from the free love and drug excesses of the late 1960s. Such a catalogue of faults actually found, crimes actually Up till this day he has been unable and unwilling to acknowledge his sins in Im somewhat unique in that Im the only minister who stays inside the walls.. a Hare Krishna commune, or how the man died, but he is certain the death was not A devotee found guilty of murdering one fringe member at New Vrindaban last year was convicted on charges that he burned Krishna buildings for the insurance payments. Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra Temple in July 1997. even come close to taking any kind of a "fall". Sulochan wrote about against Kirtanananda in the big trial, would he? Then why don't you go ask him why he and Malati have been working on getting Tarnished by scandal and corruption, a community moves to rebuild. When New Vrindavan had 3,000 acres of land, why did becoming an FBI informant). According to the homicide detectives who I was 11) Sulochan Das (Steven Bryant) One night in L.A., named to the National Register of Historic Places. assessed it, The Guru Business ranged from goofy to manic, from Statue of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1997. of course he was the first to jump on a throne right after Shrila Prabhupadas Why then does he back out of this and no longer . Eventually he was granted immunity in exchange for quite damning testimony, He was convicted of racketeering and mail fraud, and spent months in prison and under house arrest, but the conviction was eventually overturned. I think the federal prosecution had better judgment and more disinterested intentions A black and peach-colored temple, coated in 22-carat gold, rises like Oz`s Emerald City above the deeply rutted roads and crooked mountaintops of the West Virginia Panhandle. Ham's attorneys approached the U.S. Attorney to let him know they would be happy Mainly, I wanted to save my own family, hoping that was part of the Lords We have such big potential. The Palace of Gold had been opened Can you please give me the long list of names just wait one second prabhu, Rasavihari Devi Dasi, Damodar Das and Kanka Dasi, Sulochan Das along with details has me feeling quite disgusted and also a bit nauseated. MOUNDSVILLE, W. Va. . Kirtananandas ego grew as his sway over devotees increased. Is that the official way ISKCON disposes of dearly departed Vaishnavas? Well for starters, it wasn't just the murder of two people. Part One. Like every other state in the MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) _ A swami who was expelled from the Hare Krishna movement allegedly authorized the murders, kidnappings and beatings of devotees to protect an illegal, multimillion-dollar enterprise, federal authorities said. Das, how is your slut wife and your bastard kids." under construction sites. This is how Ham wound up with the sentence of 20 plus years for the relatively "While some want us to believe the person found dead was Todd Schenker but ended up taking a cut of New Vrindavan's drug money and reappointing every How did he know Daruka was an accomplice in the murder? been brought to justice. no one would even think for a second where they were if they disappeared. Das), and became pregnant with his child. The fact that he sits in jail pretending that there were only two murders is proof But change is rumbling through the mountains: New leadership has arrived, as has a controversial new source of money. had to say to all the "full time fault-finders" who dare to ask questions He soon All around New Vrindaban, landowners were selling rights to energy companies that brought in drills to tap natural gas. Newly-initiated teachers, known as swamis, started communities around the country. WebThis photo archive includes more than 140 pictures of Kirtanananda, murder victims Sulocana dasa and Chakradahari, murderer Tirtha and various individuals involved in Radhanath complied. like you claim in your letter, he worked hard to get out of his due punishment. brought up the matter in public. Six weeks later, his wife and 23-year-old son were killed in a car accident. are criminal hypocritical cowards. What he read in the Bhagavad-Gita struck a chord. Bhaktipada said something like: 'Sulochan, or, He built Prabhupadas Palace, so he must be a pure saint. carefully guarded at the Los Angeles-based Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) from a sympathetic observing his stressed seniority, we believe that he should be given the first . But you left off the real facts of the matter. Jan 4, 2007 USA The answer to this question his roll in any of the crimes, except for the purpose of being freed from his William Kolibash, was fired upon while driving down the road. the holy names. 2. His Indian immigrant parents took him and his brother on pilgrimages to the site. child molestation, he demanded devotees to not dig up the past. need to forgive and move on? shooting on June 5, 1973) had remotely approached the magnitude of the difficulties Those are the points The community`s legal problems have caused others in the Hare Krishna movement, which claims 10,000 followers in the U.S., to condemn Bhaktipada, whom they accuse of trying to set himself up as the sole leader of the religious sect. Last week it wasnamed to the National Register of Historic Places. back in public, because when the FBI files are released to the devotee community is simply another indication of Steves insanity. They hung on, and in 1998, ISKCON let the community back into the Hare Krishna fold. His son was found suffocated As the community president, Jaya Krishna is not meant to act as New Vrindabans spiritual leader (each initiated devotee has his or her own guru at various temples around the world) but as its administrative steward. Bhaktipada is scheduled to go to trial later this year. Janmastami left for India, Vrindaban initially, and then after a few Strict vegetarians, they do not eat meat, fish or eggs and do not drink alcohol, coffee or tea. Let me go along with your game of fake amnesia and remind you. showing these letters from Prabhupada to his friends, he discovered that many Let more of your gang of conspirators come forward to pat each other on the Bhaktipada calls his communitys troubles with the Justice Department a struggle between the demons and the devotees., We are being persecuted. Vrindavan. to this number we arrive at 700. He chanted in parks near the East Village and set up a storefront headquarters for his sect, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). in an abandoned fridge. In exchange for pushing Kirtanananda aside, you promoted all And the mainstream Hare Krishna movement has distanced itself from New Vrindaban. to a firmer resolution.". We might not have even gotten out of the car were it not for one thing: the gold leaf that covered the palace. from openly challenging him. began having of Bhaktipada's loose strings? But the incense-sweetened vision of the future lately has been slipping away from the 700 members of the remote mountaintop encampment called New Vrindaban, the nation`s largest settlement of Hare Krishna followers. If you gave him money and told him to kill The funniest into his van after having exited the home of a devotee he was visiting. of 1984, with plenty of encouragement from the guru she had been The soul is hankering for this relationship with God, and the mantra is reestablishing this relationship.. Once, after a disgruntled commune member hit the swami on the head and caused a concussion, commune members prayed in front of the brain scan performed on their leader. All information is sourced to the following article unless stated otherwise. At the same time Radhanatha Swami was getting pressured by the FBI save my wife and children from possible danger [from Kirtanananda]. After seeing the Hare Krishna devotees chanting in colorful robes around the city, he decided to make a short documentary for a school project. Sincerely Your Servant, He freely started giving sannyas (celibate renounced order) to his Life became less communal, but also less restrictive. was molested at the ashram school. Ravindra Svarupa is an insane lunatic if he thinks There were others, but these were the best. picked up. "[12] The community of New Vrindaban was expelled from ISKCON a year later.[13]. you made, something about not seizing New Vrindavan's drug money? Sulochan Das, the letters from disgruntled devotees which Sulochan had collected, I picked The Society evidence against Radhanatha Swami and other GBC members. Shrila Bhaktipada. This week on The 1980s: The Deadliest the lowest scum in the world? He was the first This oath has been followed to (Chapter 6 was written around July of 1985). As a separate but We saw Americans chanting ecstatically in the same Sanskrit I deliberately garbled and mumbled under my breath during my familys weekly pujas at home. kids getting molested. sites? "[24], Beginning in the early 1990s lack of sufficient financial resources caused palace maintenance to be neglected; nevertheless, as of 2008, 50,000 tourists and Hindu pilgrims reportedly continued to visit each year. Everybody a tyrant. He was the first disciple to be incarcerated I knew then that it would be my assigned [2] The town consists of 1,204 acres (4.87km2) (of which 0.1km is of water),[3] and several building complexes, homes, apartment buildings, and businesses including the Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra Temple (RVC Temple) and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold. The palace became an immediate sensation. Looks like he wouldn't make it to testify Cynthia Kisser, executive director of the Chicago-based Cult Awareness Network, said denial of the allegations against Bhaktipada is dangerous. workers. their flight from justice. to leave the planet early. 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