Thema: 35 - GBC Fail Again In Second Expulsion Attempt
Datum: 29.09.00 17:07:06 (MEZ) - Mitteleurop. Sommerzeit
From: Adri@cwcom.net (Adridharan das)
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Newsletter of the Iskcon Revival Movement (IRM) Issue 35

1. GBC Fail Again in Second Expulsion Attempt
2. Jayapataka Admits He is on The Run
3. ISKCON Singapore Continues Expansion Into Chinese Community



1. GBC Fail Again in Second Expulsion Attempt
As we reported in the previous newsletter, the GBC have issued an
expulsion notice for the second time to remove me as the Temple President
of Calcutta, a post I have held for over 20 years. Their plan was as
follows:

1) The courts close in Calcutta on September 28th for the holiday season.
They do not open again until November 15th.
2) We receive the expulsion notice from the GBC on September 19th. This
leaves us only *7 working days* before the courts close.
3) The expulsion notice is 500 pages long so that it will take us many
days to wade through it and draft a reply, suitable for filing in court.
4) The GBC then filed a 'caveat' with the Calcutta High court. This means
that even after we manage to wade through the 500 page document, and draft
a response, we have to allow at *least 4 days* just for the response to
reach the opposing party.
5) THEN, only after all this has happened, can we even apply for a hearing
in court, to get the expulsion notice stayed.
6) And we only have 7 working days to get all this concluded - which of
course makes it impossible for us to get the expulsion notice stayed by
the court before it closes for 6 weeks.
7) Then once the expulsion has taken effect, the Indian Bureau (which is
the actual legal entity that controls all of the properties of ISKCON in
India), orchestrated by Gopal Krishna Swami, passes a vote confirming the
expulsion.
8) And just to make sure this all takes effect, Mayapura has 200 hired
thugs ready to forcefully take-over the Temple.
This is a very sneaky and fool-proof plan, right? WRONG.
On September, 28th, at the end of the day just as the courts were closing
for 6 weeks, by some miraculous mercy of Krishna, the High Court was
pleased to give an order that stays the expulsion notice!!!

The GBC's plan which is set out in the following note from Ravindra
Svarupa is now in shreds:

"Accordingly, I have sent a Show Cause Notice to you at the temple at 3C
Albert Road. Federal Express confirms that the notice was received at the
front desk of the Albert Road ISKCON temple at 12:40 PM on 19 September
2000 and signed for by "Bikash." (In addition, Gopal Krishna Goswami
reports that you told Jasomatinandan Prabhu that you had received the
Notice.)
As stated in the Show Cause Notice, you have an opportunity to reply.
Your written reply should reach us no later than fifteen days (4 October,
2000) after your receipt of the notice."
(Ravindra Svarupa dasa, Chairman, GBC, 21/9/00, COM Message:3561619)

Instead the court has stayed this notice and stated that 'no further step
in the matter would be taken'.

Rather it has called a case hearing in December, wherein we have filed
for a motion that will ensure that the GBC can not take such an action
like this ***ever again, against anyone***.

The last expulsion notice was issued on February 14th, 1999, and then was
rescinded by the GBC themselves on the 27TH March,1999, following the
filing of our court case against the entire GBC and all ISKCON Gurus. Thus
the GBC's last attempt at expulsion survived a mere 41 days. This time we
received the 'show of cause' notice of expulsion on the 19th September, and
it was stayed on September 28th. This means that they have even beaten
their previous record in that this time the expulsion was stayed in just 9
days! The GBC have made one last desperate throw of the dice and scored
another classic 'own goal'. Their last move at expulsion was so disastrous
that they had to rescind the expulsion notice themselves! This time all
their expulsion notice has achieved is the following:

* Further alienated the Indian Yatra, who had yet to recover from the
consequences of their first expulsion attempt
* Wasted precious time and resources putting together a lengthy expulsion
notice
* Provided evidence of their aggressive and combative stance, which
will ensure that they have no credibility left for any future 'peace'
efforts
* Given the green light for JUSTIFIED retaliatory DEFENSIVE measures
to be taken by the IRM
So as usual the GBC's malevolent and fiendish plot has failed and
back-fired. The stay order and the motion we have filed are just the
beginning. This is just the first of many motions that will be filed.
Please look out for the details of even more far-reaching suits that will
be filed, in future newsletters.


2. ISKCON Singapore Continues Expansion Into Chinese Community

We reported in newsletter No.27 ('Big Breakthrough For Krishna in
Singapore') on the first ever penetration that ISKCON had made into the
large and influential Chinese community in Singapore. Buoyed by this
success, the ISKCON temple in Singapore has now moved its temple to
larger premises, specifically in the heart of the Chinese community.
Whereas the Indian community are already our well-wishers, Srila Prabhupada
was particularly keen for the movement to be spread amongst the local
native
population. The temple is now located at 23 Lorong 28 Geylang, a largely
Chinese-populated area bustling with cultural activities, and already many
Chinese have taken darshan of Sri Sri Radha Madana Mohan, bought Srila
Prabhupada's books and relished Krishna prasadam. Within a mere week
since the temple's shifting, 2 events of significant importance have
occurred much to the pleasure of the Vaishnavas there.

The first was Sri Radhastami. During the festival, the devotees had
invited the Chang Clan committee (located just below the temple) to
participate in the Jhulan (swing) festival for the pleasure of the Deities
and honour Krishna prasadam. (The Chinese people in Singapore organise
themselves according to their clans, with the Chang group being one such
important clan). Over 50 of them attended the festival. Those who attended
were very impressed with the prasadam and subsequently within a very short
period of time, a good rapport was established between them and the
devotees. As a sign of their appreciation, the devotees were in turn
invited by the Chinese clans to participate in their annual lantern
festival, which is one of their most important Chinese festivals in
Singapore, attracting the whole Chinese community. Many Chinese clans
conjointly held the lantern festival on the 9th of September just below
the temple premises. The Guest of Honour was Mr Chan So Sen, the
Parliamentary Secretary for Health. On the actual day, the ISKCON Temple
had both the book and prasadam tables set up together with the other
Chinese tables and stalls. Following the customary lion dance to invoke
auspiciousness and welcome the chief guest, Mr Chan came to the
Association Building within which our temple is housed. All the devotees
shook hands with the minister. Following the greeting protocol, Chandra
Devi Mataji presented the minister with some of Srila Prabhupada's books.
He was astounded by the fact that Vedic-oriented Indians were present for
a Chinese festival. After having explained the existence of our new temple
within the premises, the devotees accompanied Mr Chan to the various
stalls. He very gladly stopped at the prasadam stall and relished Krishna
prasadam to his full satisfaction. He then proceeded to the bookstall to
view the various books of Srila Prabhupada. The minister was very warm and
friendly. After the minister's departure, the devotees were invited to
present further books to some of the leading donors of the clan societies.


The programme ended at 10 pm and to the devotees' happy surprise, all the
prasadam had been distributed. Prasadam was obviously a big hit with the
Chinese people! For many of the Chinese people attending, this has been the
first time that a tangible and solid contact with Indian spirituality and
culture has been made. Their appreciation has burgeoned and they are
coming forward to help us in many ways.

Further evidence of this progress was that on the 7th of September, the
devotees were invited to present the pastimes of Lord Krishna at the world
famous Asian Civilisations Museum here in Singapore. Entitled "Krishna -
child, lover and divinity", the talk was a systematic presentation of Lord
Krishna's pastimes from the time of His appearance till the time of His
disappearance. His Grace Sundar Gopal Prabhu, the President of the
Singapore Temple, touched upon the significance of the Lord's pastimes and
the purely spiritual and transcendental nature of His personality. Topics
ranged from Vraja lila to the Bhagavad Gita and the entire presentation
was based on Srila Prabhupada's Krishna Book. Srila Prabhupada was also
duly given credit and his contribution rightly pointed out to the audience
before and after the presentation. The audience consisted of people from
various cultures and backgrounds and many pertinent questions related to
Krishna Consciousness were posed.

On the 13th of September, devotees again graced the museum for a musical
performance centred on Vaishnava music and Harinama sankirtana. This was
on the whole a wonderful opportunity to present Krishna Consciousness and
Vedic culture to the public through a variety of mediums ranging from art,
culture, music and philosophy. A radio station - FM 93.8 has also
approached the devotees to broadcast regular thrice weekly programmes
regarding Krishna Consciousness and music.

The devotees in Singapore have not obtained this level of enthusiastic
response in all of the many years that they have been preaching in
Singapore. Srila Prabhupada very much wanted the Chinese in Singapore to
take up Krishna Consciousness and help fulfil his desire for Singapore. We
see this now taking root. By strictly following His Divine Grace's
instructions and by firmly placing him in the centre of their spiritual
lives, the devotees in Singapore are witnessing so many hitherto
unfulfilled goals becoming gradually manifest to them. This active
propagation of Krishna Consciousness into the heart of the Chinese
population, instead of just living off the immigrant Indian population, is
just further evidence of the IRM's program of reviving ISKCON according to
Srila Prabhupada's actual instructions.


3. Jayapataka Admits He is on The Run

We have been reporting on how Jayapataka has been on the run from the
Indian Police following a court order which prevents him from leaving the
country. Both JPS and his camp have been trying to fool ISKCON that this
is not actually the case, but that actually he is just on a 'normal
preaching tour'. We have the following statements from JPS:

"By the way I am not on the run. I am doing my normal preaching tour as
every year."
(Jayapataka Swami, 15/9/00)

He again confirmed this story in his 'Statement of Innocence' which he
sent to CHAKRA last week:

"I am not fleeing or hiding from anyone and there is no reason to do so. I
will soon return to India and deal with the legal matters pending."
(Jayapataka Swami, 21/9/00)

This false message has also been communicated to his already demoralised
disciples to try and keep their morale up. Thus we have the following
message from Bhakti Purusotamma Swami, a fanatical disciple of JPS, and
one of the leaders in Mayapura:

"Have you arranged any preaching program for HH. J.P. Swami? Why are you
so much interested to know about his arrival? Police never ask any of
other about HH arrival. There are other 7 devotees are here who are accused
by Sattivik who has appealed to judge for not allowing these 8 persons to
go out of India. Police have never come to them. Every one is well
protected here including Guru maharaj. There is no fear for HH to come to
India as there is no such problem. Except he may not be allowed to go out
of India once he come in. But what is problem with that he can stay here
and preach. Now HH staying abroad because of his preaching programs and
we all know when he will come to India. You do not have to be worried."
(Bhakti Purusottama Swami, 25/9/00)

We now present the truth from JPS himself. Disgusted with JPS's continual
lying, and his pretence that nothing is wrong, one of his loyal disciples
has leaked the following message which JPS sent out as early as the 6th
September, wherein he reveals the real position to other leaders of the
Indian Yatra:

"Had I been in India I would have gone there immediately and met with all
the devotees. Since Adri and Sattvic dasa have manoeuvred and managed to
get a court order restricting my movement from India as an alleged abettor
to suicide/murder. Therefore my legal advisors advised me not to enter
India right now until that order is removed/vacated. They are targeting
me with criminal cases although I have never done the same to them. Since
I am their prime target it is not advisable to make myself available for
their harassment at present."
(Jayapataka Swami, 6/9/00)

We had been waiting to release this message so as to give JPS a chance to
reveal just what a liar he is. And sure enough he has not let us down. So
there you have it. The situation is NOT that everything is fine, and that
JPS will return 'soon' from his 'normal preaching tour' as he claims. The
situation is NOT as his disciples claim that he is happy to preach in
India even if his movement is restricted. Rather the fact is, as he
himself admits that:

"Therefore my legal advisors advised me not to enter India right now until
that order is removed/vacated. [...] Since I am their prime target it is
not advisable to make myself available for their harassment at present."

Compare this with his lie that:

"I am not fleeing or hiding from anyone and there is no reason to do so."

As JPS admits above, he IS on the run, and there is EVERY reason for him
to be so. Obviously this admission will come as a big blow to his legion
of disciples. Not only is 'Guru Maharaja' a big liar, but he is also not
the fearless, transcendental warrior they think he is, who is happy to
simply depend on Krishna and his supposed 'innocence' to see him through.
Who would simply "stay and preach" in India if his movement was
restricted. (After all what does it matter where you are, and India is a
big country). NO. JPS is none of these things. Rather, as he admits, he
will remain on the run until he can get the court order against him
removed. Well we have some news for those who are hoping to see 'Guru
Maharaja' again sometime soon. If JPS is waiting for this order to be
vacated before he returns to India then it is going to be a VERY LONG time
before he comes to India again. Because the case has not even BEGUN yet,
and in any case it will be very difficult for him to have the order
removed without himself coming to court and protesting his innocence.

All this deceitful behaviour of course begs another question. Where is the
importance of the 'living' Guru now? JPS has been more than happy to have
Srila Prabhupada ditched on the pretext that Srila Prabhupada can no
longer give 'living guidance'. Well what 'living' guidance is he able to
provide to the many hundreds of his disciples in India, now that he
intends to be on the run for a long time yet? And if the answer is that
they can just take shelter of Srila Prabhupada and other senior vaisnavas,
then why do we need JPS at all! In other words he is behaving exactly like
a Ritvik - gives the name never to be seen again - while the initiates
depend of Srila Prabhupada's teachings and the ISKCON Society - which is
exactly what was going on whilst Srila Prabhupada was on the planet, and
which is exactly what was ordered should continue in ISKCON in the July
9th directive, and which is all the IRM asks should go on in ISKCON
anyway!

So please keep the 'fugitive watch' reports coming in with news of JPS
sightings as well as his future travel plans. We need to catch him if he
tries to sneak into India at any point. We are now getting to the stage
that we know where he is going before he even gets there, based on reports
of the Visa's he is applying for! Please note the following tip-off we
have received regarding his whereabouts:

"He will be arriving at either Heathrow or Gatwick airport, England on
Wednesday 4th October 2000 at 5am. He will then go to either Heathrow or
Gatwick airport (the one he didn't arrive at) and fly to the Middle East."

Obviously all is not well in the JPS camp if such detailed travel
arrangements are being leaked to us from those closest to him. It is clear
that faith in JPS is rapidly eroding, as the true facts about him, and his
lying, are now coming to light.

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