1) CALCUTTA TEMPLE ATTACKED (pada)

PADA has been reporting that there has been a recent rift going on within the ISKCON Reform Movement (IRM). This appears to be quite accurate. We reported recently that "the Bangalore temple is going back to work with the GBC." This of course encouraged the GBC to conduct more of their dirty tricks. "Oh look, we've got Bangalore temple back into our pocket. So, let us go after the only other IRM temple in India: Calcutta." In this way, Madhu Pandit's strategy to bring Bangalore "back into the GBC fold" is exactly like feeding milk and bananas to a serpent. He merely encouraged the GBC to make a much more aggresssive attack on the remaining IRM "hold out" enclave, which is what happened. Oddly, Madhu Pandit was apparently complaining that Adri's Calcutta lawsuit was going nowhere and it was creating "bad publicity," so let us withdraw Bangalore from the IRM and go back --to dog-head?

Madhu Pandit was sort of correct on one count. The IRM lawsuit has been very tedious, intransigent and muddled. For example, instead of Adri's "corporate styled lawsuit" they could be suing the GBC for something much stronger such as, "maligning the Srimad Bhagwat Gita and Indian heritage." "The GBC are saying that the guru, as descibed in the eternal Gita, is from a homosexual pedophile lineage. The GBC are insulting Mahatma Gandhi, an advocate of the Gita, as well as all the other Hindus, etc." Then, you'd have had a powerful case in the public eye that would be a "cause celebre" all over India. "The GBC is insulting the Srimad Bhagwat Gita"! That would have got every Hindu on the planet on Adri's side. But he did not want mass allies, rather he wanted the more diffuse, muddled approach, and it was not going forward very quickly. Adri's case was percieved more as an imbroglio over definitions in corporate documents, something that is hard even for the devotees to figure out. "Insulting Bhagwat Gita" on the other hand is something that everyone immediately understands as wrong. But Adri thinks pada's ideas like this are: stupid?

Or better yet, pada's idea is to forward that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned, again a very strong public "cause celebre." But again Adri chose the more middle of the road "muddled lawsuit approach." And predictably, it was dragging on, and on, and on, and it looked very complicated and with no clear winners for the average person to understand? So, Madhu Pandit is correct, the current lawsuit is too muddled and it is not going forward quickly. And so it is merely making a draining effect on the India preaching effort. Yet, Madhu Pandit's idea of going back to the GBC created the needed encouragement they needed to go forward with their usual plan "A," their violent attack modus. Madhu Pandit could have done this much better.

He merely could have said that what he thought is that Adri is an imperious maverick (which many others agree to). OK, he is not a team player. OK. But! If you GBC's attack Adri, Bangalore temple will assist him with BETTER lawsuits showing for example that you are malinging the Gita, that you poisoned Srila Prabhupada, and so on. So, do not violently attack him because he is still a type of ally for Bangalore. Instead Madhu Pandit made some type of 1930s "non-aggression pact with Hitler," and this merely encouraged Hitler to attack. Very predictable eh?

Of course, the good news is that the GBC has been getting into such a desperate frenzy in trying to control and suppress Adri, they went way overboard in their typical reactionary style of "sqaushing the opposition." And this has back fired in 2001 just like it did when they attacked Sulochana in 1986. And now they have been exposed very thoroughly in the media of India, and this will make the local Calcutta law enforcement agencies "be on the look out" for the GBC and their goons. And this will have the effect of clamping down and suppressing their violence approach, basically their only modus all along since we say they used poison and murder from square one. This suppression of the GBC's violence has actually already occured over here in the USA. It is very difficult right now for the GBC to pull of their old "beatings and killings" modus here in the USA, since our law enforcement are totally aware of their tactics and these authorities have the GBC pinned down to the mat. So that is for the good: the GBC will have a much harder time ever launching another round of violence, beatings, brandishing and perhaps using deadly weapons, and so on. Anywhere. Including India.

The bad news is that this makes ISKCON look like a small-minded cult worse than the Ku Klux Klan, since at least nowadays the Ku Klux Klan carefully does not brandish any weapons in public? Because ...they are at least a little intelligent and conscious of bad media impact? The GBC, on the other hand, thinks that arming 300 people with machetes, choppers, knives, clubs, sticks, and similar other weapons, and brandishing if not using them in the most public facility of all, the temple, is a smart move. No, it means that millions of people will never go to these temples ever again, fearing for their safety. Even here in Northern California many "hip, new age" people still remember "The Machine Gun Swami" newspaper articles from 1979. And they tell us frankly, they are afraid to go near the Hare Krishnas. For example, I told one popular local woman massage therapist (at a function we were invited to) that I was a "Hare Krishna," and she said that her heart started beating in fear and she felt faint, since she was afraid of us due to all the publicity over violence. So, this is the result of the GBC's "preaching." And then people say, well are you sure the GBC are the bad guys? Yes, they have made "Krishna" someone to be feared and avoided, so yes, they are bad.

Apparently, there are photos in the India media of the pile of weapons confiscated in the recent Calcutta raid, which includes knives, machetes and so on. This is just like the 1980 photos of the machine gun swami's gun collections which was shown in all the newspapers. We are in one sense glad that India is finally catching up to us here in the USA, albeit 20 years later. This means that the GBC will not be able to use these tactics anywhere, having been exposed all over the globe. They are a violent cult, end of story. There is no "philosophy" to discuss with them, they are violent criminals. Now remarkably, Adri is still disputing this with us. Adri still says that the GBC are nice cuddly teddy bears who are all helping and assisting Srila Prabhupada, and that is why they did not poison him?

Adri STILL does not get it? Adri, they will chop up anyone to get their aims and objectives, whether it is peanut sized ersatz devotees like you and me, or king-sized devotees like Srila Prabhupada. Adri, they will attack anyone. Your idea that they will not also attack Srila Prabhupada is not very substantial? Indeed, it is foolish and it is breaking up a more unified reform effort. We want to contain the GBC on all fronts Adri, not just the bogus appointment, although we have to give you credit for fighting that. Adri, we have to give you credit. You fed the vicious serpent milk and bananas for 20 years and then you woke up and at least tried to rectify that. Bravo. That makes you way more advanced than ninety five percent of the other ex-GBC lackeys who never tried to rectify anything.

All we are saying here is that you should go a little further here Adri. Your former "beautiful kissy dasi," your former pals and associates, have been eating poison all along they are full of venom. They will use that on anyone, whether you, me, or Srila Prabhupada. Don't keep on protecting them here Adri. And your citing the GBC still as your authority on your newsletters shows that you are still with them on some levels? And you are still citing their bogus "rock and roll record maker" as your "fully authorized audio forensics authority"? Adri, that is their authority, rock and roll recorders, and so we hope you will quit citing them. But, if you still want to compromise with the GBC that is fine with us, you will simply lose more credibility and not only Madhu Pandit but everyone else will fade out and quit working with you. So be it. We are glad that you are craking down on your own Frankenstein monster though Adri, that is good work. Bravo. thanks pd

========================

2) ADRI IS A BAD BOY (by ISKCON GBC supporters)

Dear devotees, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada!

You might have read in newspapers or on web sites some news about ISKCON devotees getting beaten up and arrested by Calcutta Police. Here is what I personally saw, heard and experienced. The devotees of Mayapur were dealt with by the police like criminals. And what was the reason? They were chanting inside the ISKCON's 3C Albert Road branch where Adridharan das who was formerly the TP and who has been suspended from the post of TP by ISKCON Bureau, doesn't want any non-IRM followers to enter.

Almost all people, including lawyers and general public are wondering on what basis the police could do such a thing. Some other people are confident that money has played a major role in this arrest, while police authorities have no proper answers to our questions on why we were arrested. In fact, some police officers privately begged forgiveness from devotees for dealing with them so rudely. They also mentioned that they are aware of the fact that Adridharan das is illegally staying in the temple and conTrolling it but they had to act following their superior's order. Many local newspapers have condemned this act of police and reported about the suspension of Adridharan das.

Some newspapers mistakenly reported that the ongoing dispute is between Calcutta branch and Mayapur branch. This is wrong. The real dispute is between Adridharan das and the highest legal authority of ISKCON India, i.e. ISKCON Bureau. The devotees who were inside the temple then are just those who want to see that law and order is maintained within ISKCON and president/s like Adridharan das is/are not allowed to act independent of ISKCON authority at the cost of ISKCON property and fund which is meant for serving the Supreme Lord Krishna as per Srila Prabhupada's instructions.

On 2nd March 2001, ISKCON Bureau suspended Adridharan das who was acting as the Temple president of ISKCON Calcutta's 3C Albert road branch for several years. This action had become inevitable as Adridharan das, ignoring repeated warnings from various ISKCON authorities continued to perform many unauthorized activities inside and outside the temple. At the time of suspending Adridharan das, ISKCON Bureau empowered its Chairman to appoint a committee to manage all affairs of this branch by taking up the responsibilities of the temple president; the Chairman also intimated Adridharan das of the same.

In the past, Adridharan das first continued to ignore ISKCON directives under various lame excuses and when he had no more excuses left, openly rejected the Bureau as his authority and filed court cases against ISKCON Bureau. Adridharan das unauthorizedly continued to represent ISKCON as the temple president before various media including newspapers and other ways.

However, to implement the order of the ISKCON Bureau, on 27th April afternoon when some members of the above committee, along with a few other devotees, went to 3C, Albert Road temple for taking charge of the temple, Adridharan das attacked them with the help of gundas (anti-social elements) who are hired by Adridharan das to do jobs that he legally cannot accomplish. When I requested Adridharan das that he should not stop me from entering the temple as the ISKCON Bureau had suspended him, he said there was no such authority as Bureau and that he was the authority because he was in physical possession of the temple. He personally, physically pushed me and other devotees and ordered his IRM assistants to push us out. While ISKCON devotees were thus being pushed and beaten by those gundas, and were trying to defend themselves, Adridharan das called local police station and accused ISKCON devotees of attacking the Temple!

When the police arrived, HG Sachinandana Prabhu, who is one of the elderly committee members for managing the Albert road temple showed important legal documents to the police who seemed to have understood the actual position of Adridharan das. The situation was quite normal. But all of a sudden more police came in and started beating up devotees! Knowing that Adridharan das will use any amount of money to keep ISKCON devotees from staying in the temple, we also expected that he would make false charges and so, for our legal protection I was advised to carry a video camera and had recorded the events as and when I got the opportunity. This included Adridharan das physically pushing devotees, guiding his men what to do, etc. One police officer tried to snatch my video camera but I humbly refused to give it. At that time Adridharan das told the officer to arrest me and so I was arrested, for peacefully recording the event!

When HH Bhakti Purushottam Swami, who is one of the Bureau members as well as a committee member, and HG Jagadartiha prabhu, who is also a managing committee member, tried to explain the situation the police advised them to go to police station saying they would discuss the matter there. But when they went there at Shakespeare Sarani Police Station with the police they were also arrested! In total, four of us and three of Adridharan das' gundas were arrested on the first day. While in police custody one police officer took away the video cassette I had recorded. Then they put all of us in jail. They also took away our chanting beads although we continued chanting in the jail.

After some time our lawyer arrived and immediately after that HG Dayaram prabhu and Vidvan Gauranga prabhu came and started to deal with the matter. Later on some more devotees came to our help. HG Caitanya Das Prabhu also came with another lawyer. Some congregation members also arrived. Finally, by the mercy of Lord Krishna we all were released on bail.

The Officer In Charge at Shakespeare Sarani police station ordered that no one would be allowed to enter the temple. Some police were appointed at the main gate to ensure this. Those devotees who were not inside the temple had to spend the whole night outside the temple. The Officer In Charge invited Dayaram das and Adridharan das for a meeting with him on 28th April. When Dayaram das went to meet the Officer as directed by him, Calcutta temple's suspended president Adridharan das was not there. This happened on the 28th of April.

Surprisingly, just around that time, a group of police surrounded the ISKCON devotees who were waiting outside the temple from previous night for getting police permission to enter the temple. The police, without giving any reason and hearing anything from ISKCON devotees, dragged them into a police van and sent them off to police station. Then a bigger police van came and they tried to enter the main gate which was kept locked from inside. Not being able to open the door, the police got another reason to charge devotees and jumped in from another gate. Nothing unusual was happening in the temple at this moment except kirtans by the devotees who were practically without food from previous night. THE POLICE BROKE OPEN THE MAIN SACRED ENTRANCE OF THE TEMPLE, ENTERED INSIDE THE KIRTAN HALL IN FRONT OF SRI SRI RADHA GOVINDA WITH THEIR SHOES AND WEAPONS.

When the police entered, the devotees were chanting Nrisimha prayers. The police then started to beat up the devotees with sticks, pushed them into their van and forcefully took them to the Central lockup at Lal Bazar police station. In the meanwhile, the devotees were continuing with the kirtans, even after they were detained in the lockup.

Adridharan das came with the police to identify ISKCON (non-IRM) devotees and asked the police to arrest the devotees. Sridam pr, Kripalu Kesava pr, Nitai Prasad pr, Parjanya pr, Panchatattva pr and others protested, and asked the police on what grounds they were being arrested to which the police replied by beating them up more. In total, 67 devotees, including Bhadracharu pr, Nitai Prasad pr, Sridam pr, Akhilatma priya pr, Vedasara pr, Padmanetra pr, and some congregation members/devotees were arrested.

The whole day was very tense. Dayaram prabhu, HH Bhaktipurushottam Swami, Jagadartiha prabhu, Caitanya das prabhu, Sudipto prabhu, our lawyers, and many others worked hard to take care of the situation and get the devotees released. After about twelve hours in the Central Lockup, at around midnight, by the mercy of Lord Krishna all devotees were released on bail. Later on we were informed that Adridharan das was planning to get us arrested under rape charge and illegal arm cases which are non bailable!

Certainly by Lord Krishna's arrangement he couldn't do it. We also learnt from Albert Road devotees that later on Adridharan lamented that he could not implicate "JP [Jayapataka Swami] and Bhakti Charu [Swami]" in his complaints to the police. We are confident that Lord Krishna is always in control. Whatever may happen to us is either due to our bad or good karma or by the supreme will of the all merciful Lord who has His own ways of handling the situation and bringing His devotees closer to Him. We are thankful to all those who are supporting the truth. We are requesting the international community of devotees and well wishers of ISKCON to take this event seriously. Please try to see that we don't create more Adridharan das's in ISKCON or on the earth.

We do not want to offend devotees but we must present the truth and we must be faithful towards Srila Prabhupada and Lord Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. WHATEVER ADRIDHARAN OR ANYONE ELSE SAYS ABOUT THIS, our statements are true because the events were witnessed by SRILA PRABHUPADA and SRI SRI RADHA GOVINDA, and other Deities!!!

We are very thankful to all devotees who were praying for the devotees' release from the lockup caused by the police and Adridharan das. We especially feel indebted to Jananivas Prabhu and Pankajanghri Prabhu in Mayapur who were praying to the Deities till midnight for the release of the devotees. We pray at the Lotus feet of all vaisnavas to kindly forgive us if we have committed any offense in presenting the truth here. We do not want to compromise with the principles of Sankirtan movement. We need your support so that one day we all together can chant the holy name of the Lord in bliss, following the teachings of Srila Prabhupada.

Hare Krishna.
Your servants,

Bhadra Balaram das (author)
Sridam das
Jagadartiha das
and others

please also see:
JAYAPATKAS THUGS ARRESTED FOR ATTACKING CALCUTTA TEMPLE
ADRIDHARANS REPLY TO THE ATTEMPTED TEMPLE TAKEOVER

SITES TO CHECK OUT:

NEW SITE: http://members.tripod.com/gurupoison (Tamal indictment)

* pada's alternative email: angel108b@yahoo.com
* pada's new pager number is 707-973-0372
* press in your number then press pound, and pray that it works.

* Book For Sale "Someone Has Poisoned Me," You can get it from: New Jaipur Press/ POB 208/ Mayodan NC 27027 $10.00 requested donation

* Seattle, Wa (Dhamaghosa dasa 360-856-5411) dasdasdas@aol.com

* MONTREAL, Canada, Hasti Gopala Dasa (for details write to: hasti90@hotmail.com)

* BERKELEY California. Hare Krishna Youth, 510-389-3346 conducts regular harinam parties, arotikes, cooking classes, college preaching, Prabhupada video nights, and so on.

* NEW YORK "Prabhupada Sankirtana Society" Headquarters 48 Ave. B NY, NY 10009 (212) 674-0680, PSS108@juno.com

01) http://members.tripod.com/gurupoison (Tamal indictment)
02) http://mitglied.lycos.de/pada/ pada newsletter archive

03) http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/3933 Poison tape
04) Poison tape transcript:
04) http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Parliament/3933/19990519.htm
05) http://www.winink.com/tkg/ Poison whispers
06) http://www.islandnet.com/krsna/vada/poison/poison.htm Poison issue
07) http://www.egroups.com/group/Vaisnavacouncil (Visoka cyber istagosthi)
08) http://www.krsna.tv (underground Hare Krishna web site)
09) www.prabhupada.cc Prabhupada samkirtana site
10) http://tsa.ppp.ripco.net/padaweb/puranjan.html Puranjana's Site
11) http://mitglied.lycos.de/gbc GBC expose
12) http://pages.infinit.net/pragosh/home.html French site
13) http://members.aol.com/gauridas Gauridasa's site
14) http://www.islandnet.com/krsna/ Rocana's site
15) www.harekrsna.de "Hare Krsna Homepage" (German)
16) http://members.nbci.com/prabhupada/ ISKCON Reform (German)
17) German translation of Final Order (pdf)
17) http://members.nbci.com/prabhupada/final.htm
18) http://members.xoom.com/prabhupada/ (German Expose)
19) http://www.equalsouls.org/tkg Srila Prabhupada wanted to be poisoned?
20) http://www.surrealist.org/gurukula/ Nandini's history site
21) http://www.krishnabooks.org Guptas KBI Books (he is a cheat)
22) http://mitglied.lycos.de/gbc/ GBC
23) "illicit sex guru" rationalizations:
23) http://www.islandnet.com/krsna/vada/iskcon/right.htm
24) http://www.artnet.net/~yasoda/index.htm Appointment tape fraud
25) http://www.asitis.com Original Bhagavad-gita As It Is
26) http://krsnabook.com Original Krsna Book
27) http://www.krishna.org Prabhupada Hare Krishna News Network
28) http://folio.bhaktivedanta.org S.P. Folio Infobase CD-ROM
29) http://realaudio.bhaktivedanta.org Prabhupada RealAudio Archive
30) http://mp3.bhaktivedanta.org Prabhupada MP3 Bhajans, 2 CD set
31) www.domgbc.org (Direction Of Management)
32) www.acbspn.com/ Prabhupada Network
33) www.ROOPA.org (Raghunatha dasa's world economics proposal)
34) http://www.prabhupada.com/ BBT archives site
35) http://www.govinda.net (first editions of S.P. books)

36) http://www.JitendriyaBooks.com Trading original SP. books
37) http://krsna.kgb.cz/hlavni.htm Prague Czech-devotees (english site)
38) http://tsa.ppp.ripco.net/das/articles.htm (DAS)
39) http://www.com.org/hb/ptd/cyber_gurukula.htm (Cyber gurukula)