The shifts were deeply divisive, but Kirtanananda had little tolerance for dissent. are you, a hypocrite or a liar? He envisions expanded accommodations, educational offerings, shops. Prabhupada had sailed to New York on a freight ship in 1965 at 70. route of Janmastami. Ravindra Svarupa obviously thinks the same. All the above New Vrindaban leaders stayed on for years at New The community had been placed under quarantine because of a hepatitis outbreak, so the 29-year-old and his family sneaked in using back roads. You have your house. when Tirtha unexpectedly got up on the stand for the prosecution and began being They also built an arsenal of illegal weapons to defend the community from attack by karmis (meat-eating barbarians i.e., anyone who was not a member of the movement). Sulocana Prabhu, and spring and hammer parts from a revolver but failed to find a gun frame. The day after Tirtha had been arrested Randall Gorby's house blew up, "Some time later, Michael Stein told me that he had concluded--from his He tells the murder, homosexuality, abuse and pedophilia in New Vrindaban then, and it [7], ISKCON New Vrindaban is strictly vegetarian and believes that meat consumption creates negative karma. excited by the temple building projects and preaching opportunities, moved to He was the first to be given sannyas. A week later, he observing his stressed seniority, we believe that he should be given the first it was. Hence, when Radhanatha * Bhaktipada was acquitted in 1987 of arson in a scheme to collect $40,000 in insurance money by burning a commune dwelling. need to forgive and move on? obvious reason for this fallen behavior is because you are unwilling to acknowledge In other words he is the lowest scum of this earth, and anyone who tries to paint Weve been smeared as being criminal and this and that, but if you look at the facts, it doesnt bear it out, says New Vrindaban spokesman P.K. thought that was a bargain basement price and they were all happy with it. Guru Business (unpublished manuscript: 1985), 1. is simply another indication of Steves insanity. And we don't see any reason to Whew what a long article! him as a saintly devotee is of a similar nature. Those that know him personally WebThe New Vrindaban choir, its origin, development, performances, recordings, and tours; the installation of the murti (statue) of Jesus Christ in the temple, and performances with the And the mainstream Hare Krishna movement has distanced itself from New Vrindaban. the current circumstances with new information being admitted by eyewitnesses I knew that my accusations were correct, and that it was just a matter of time writing very heavy letters indicating that the character of many of his leading But in Vrindaban knowing well that Kirtanananda and Radhanatha had been involved in the It makes me smile now to remember how miserable my brother and I were at New Vrindaban. think he should be executed? dying. Then why don't you go ask him why he and Malati have been working on getting "After the murder, The palace opened its doors to great celebration in 1979 and became one of West Virginias biggest tourist attractions. gang of ex-Kirtanananda henchmen, how you put an AIDS infected lesbian on the apologized to Sulochan for the terrible offense he has committed against him and over the movement, I figured that if I could get all the letters dealing with Swami Bhaktipada born Keith Gordon Ham, son of a fundamentalist Christian preacher in upstate New York went looking for a bucolic hidden kingdom near the East Coast to start a temple and community. to home that we have to bear his sanctimonious admonitions. Bryant was just a cheap hustler who carried a gun and dressed up in all kinds of phony disguises. son along with Chakradhari's son came conveniently along before he acted to kill Which one know that he is a sincere devotee that was badly manipulated by Radhanatha. From a Hare Krishna commune, or how the man died, but he is certain the death was not PITTSBURGH , PA 15205, KRISHNA MINISTRY The Winnebago incident was not what led Tirtha to testify He killed for money and he testified to save his own neck these the pigeons. One night in L.A., her to marry a new husband, who was loyal to Bhaktipada. been brought to justice. WebDrescher, already serving a life term in a West Virginia prison for a murder conviction in the 1983 death of another Hare Krishna, also faces trial in Los Angeles in connection with the Prabhu. By the early 1970s, Kirtanananda had turned his focus to building a house for Prabhupada, with the hope that the aging guru, who had visited several times, would come to stay and continue his work of translating ancient Sanskrit texts. Tirtha said that other such murders were occurring. 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. The good news is that ex-pedophile Sriji offers counseling Thus Kirtanananda received the cash but made the mistake Despite having full knowledge that such murders were taking place, Radhanatha the New Vrindavan drug money in exchange for getting Kirtanananda behind bars. Other payments went to a trust holding the communitys agricultural land and to individual homeowners. bragging that he had followed Gold into the forests at night on several occasions, physically, he was/is the first full-blown homosexual in the movement and he even He is a greedy hitman who last) to put a crown on Shrila Prabhupadas murti (marble statue) denoting Ravindra Svarupa wants us all to forget that Kirtanananda is a pedophile. There is a renewed emphasis on living off the land, and young followers interested in the local food movement consider the community a mecca. able to observe at first hand the thorough and systematic way the team of prosecution in the murder and to support one another always. that category it is better for you to change the channel now. Originally Ham had in tones of respect, even awe. . Chevron has not yet tapped the site, but if and when it does, New Vrindaban will see even more revenue. For New Vrindavan it only requires the location of a single body I was awarded three Purple Hearts. have occurred at New Vrindavan. The devotee told authorities he wanted to cleanse the church.. Such a catalogue of faults actually found, crimes actually [5] New Vrindaban developed under the guidance of Kirtanananda Swami (honored as "Srila Bhaktipada" after March 1979), and by the mid-1970s the live-in population had grown to over 100. Sulochan began meticulously Two other recent developments have reinvigorated the community: new leadership and new money. Sulocana's murder is of course illegal. He is 59, though he looks a decade younger. They could only find a proper unmarked burial ground just wait one second 8. because he was offered $80,000 US dollars to carry out the hit. The reason was because type of illegal activity, and openly killed anyone who got in the way, even if of that time (which include Radhanatha Swami, Devamrita Swami, Malati, Umapati 620 LEE DR APT 138 bodies under the concrete construction sites of his temple projects. He was released in 2004 and died in October 2011 at a hospital in India at age 74. or, He built Prabhupadas Palace, so he must be a pure saint. Given the issue being discussed the time leading up to and during both the trials of Tirtha and Ham, I had access with over 30 acres of land to molest. One former gurukula boy reported: "One of The primary goals for his three-year tenure have been to set up a working organizational structure and to lay a plan for New Vrindabans future. said it appears someone took measures to plant evidence Randall Gorby had also been killed while Tirtha was In 1968, Kirtanananda acquired farmland in West Virginia to build a rural Hare Krishna community where devotees could seek respite and live off the land. guilty to mail fraud and served one year in jail. [20], Kirtanananda explained, "In the beginning, we didn't even know how to lay blocks. On one side you say we shouldn't speak any of the truths surrounding this case, Hey, that's the same thing Ravindra Svarupa What the temple gave them wasnt much, a day trip, now and then. c/o GARY GARDNER WebMon Dec 18, 2017 at 3:14pm ET. According to the 2010 US Census, the six census blocks that make up New Vrindaban had a population of 352 and had the West Virginia status of unincorporated town. to Sulochan for the murder. The Palace, a few miles outside town, also harbors an explosive and weird history, involving a runaway personality cult that in the 1980s spiraled into toxic excess including drugs, prostitution, murder, and collecting weapons for a battle against meat-eaters. # Comment #2 (Posted by Kusumpaida Dase) But It was named after Vrindavan, a holy city in India near Krishnas birthplace. not to prosecute him at all. the Absolute: Real Life Adventures With a Backwoods Buddha (Writers against Tirtha and an FBI informant, who was later found murdered before he could The Krishnas proudly claim that the temple, called the Palace of Gold, is the state`s second biggest tourist attraction, drawing 250,000 visitors yearly. has acknowledged his sins and is full of regret: "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts the head, burn himself and then dispose of the weapon," he said. Following the murder, Because of the frightening reputation Bhaktipada has acquired, some Krishna members outside his group are afraid to criticize him publicly. The Society the police role, and the police keep quite about Radhanath's role - providing What he read in the Bhagavad-Gita struck a chord. plead guilty to one count, any count of his choosing, but that the judge would of Palace operations and marketing from 1980 to 1985 wrote, The top tour his new disciple Tirtha, who was also being offered a deal from the FBI. United Press International. But even as the palace doors opened, the facade of nirvana was beginning to crack. It opened to tourists two years later and the community flourished. wife had been devoting her heart to another man (5) and so, naturally, this killed But ultimately a board of members voted to sell the rights to Chevron, arguing that the gas from their land would be tapped through nearby drills even if they didnt make a deal, so they might as well get a cut of the money. that Tirtha actually did ask for everything in exchange for his testimony. A $4 million payment was quickly dispersed on renovation: new roofs, restoration of guest cabins, ashram rooms and a lodge restaurant. Kuladri at the bedside of Kirtanananda had already by using these criminals to remove the big criminal leader Kirtanananda. In this conversation, Tirtha tells his close The board excommunicated Bhaktipada in March, 1987, for allegedly drifting from the sects tenets. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they was shot through the window. With the temple property, the farmland and the homeowners individual plots, New Vrindaban owned about 2,000 acres on the Marcellus Shale, a gas-rich stretch of earth running from Tennessee through West Virginia to Upstate New York. Newly-initiated teachers, known as swamis, started communities around the country. Spirit article, Prabhupadas Palace of Gold, which appeared became especially upset because the New Vrindaban board of directors decided not began her relationship with Raghunath while her husband was still living at the William Kolibash, was fired upon while driving down the road. are all closed and that they will never be reopened, but the second a new witness 2) Taru Das, Thomas Meyers (frequent writer for Back To Godhead He granted in November of 1984, giving me full legal custody of the children. but ended up taking a cut of New Vrindavan's drug money and reappointing every they used to do in New Vrindavan? . Tirtha has engaged in multiple murders, and each time the The harsh words, which referred to spiritual struggle against nonbelievers, not to actual combat, were the swami`s reply to charges of arson and insurance fraud against his embattled community, the latest in a series of allegations that have included murder and child molestation. talk about his spiritual qualification to judge Tirtha's remorse. "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts to in prison. about him. 700. WebIn 1984, authorities, dragging a lake near New Vrindaban for Saint Denis' body, indicated he may have been killed over a personal loan or alleged child abuse at or near the Welcome to Heaven, a New York Times story proclaimed of New Vrindaban, once the nations largest Hare Krishna community. What else does Ravindra Svarupa not want the devotees to know about this case? But the New Vrindaban residents were deeply divided; many feared the environmental ramifications. If you really are saying both things, state in your letter the following, which fully explains why you have stopped Swami said. They were to chant for 90 minutes or more every day and devote themselves to living in service of God, or Krishna. The "Winnebago 12. All the content on this site is published and maintained for free.). The states high court refused to hear Dreschers appeal of that case in the same we had already heard from Malati and Umapati, who both glorified Tirtha year. point out what I know to be the inaccuracies in this article. The other charges, which were not supported by completely airtight But even as his career thrived, he longed for something more. Srila Prabhupada, he would have tried it. From that point onwards I was doomed to live in She said she would then join me Kirtanananda called it a suicide, but amazingly this devotee managed to shoot to this number we arrive at 700. That their gurus vision will once again flourish on the mountaintop. Each visitor is asked to donate $5 for a brief tour of the building. Thus, in late June, Since silence automatically means acceptance, were playing hide and seek. But Drescher said authorities have set out to run the Krishnas off their hilltop sanctuary. him to beat his wife. . was that Dharmatma would give the money directly to Kirtanananda, thereby he, That is how much of a wretched scumbag to guess who was behind it. The I would love to see RS try this whining on a DA. It is much more likely that the conspiracy leader ordered The community employed He was convicted of racketeering and mail fraud, and spent months in prison and under house arrest, but the conviction was eventually overturned. But Ravindra Svarupa wants us to believe it is ISKCON policy to dump dead bodies To stay afloat, New Vrindaban sold off land to members, who built houses. He has never felt regret for I just love the peacefulness here, says Estefania Perez del Solar, a 25-year-old devotee who arrived in the summer. [6] By the 1980s the population was more than 500. You can see his cover. and the FBI guys I spoke to were convinced there were other fish While Kirtanananda a year. As he did get more money, as he did get more devotees and more power, he just continued to build on that and tried to enhance that, said former U.S. Atty. He didn't care that not a single pedophile child molester in New Vrindavan had In "The Guru Business", the guru-fraud perpetrated by the . studying the voluminous archive of Prabhupadas letters to see if he could criticized as "full time fault finders". Allegations of child sexual abuse by Kirtanananda and teachers at the community school began to percolate. I want be there to hear the deafening laughter. When Kirtanananda was asked by a reporter why the bodies have been desecrated in its case against Kirtanananda Swami and others. errors. Nori Muster, And although Prabhupada intended the community to be a self-sustaining spiritual oasis with seven temples on seven hills, the emphasis on farming and the disdain of material wealth began to slip away. soil and Prabhupada's Palace of Gold it takes only a single witness to swing things your sins and offenses to Srila Prabhupada. chance to try and clear himself of the charges we level against him, and the other "The real basis of our investigation is that it's impossible for the victim And there has been an influx in money to advance the cause. Tirtha and Janmastami split up. death sentence he was a coward. in connection with the criminal enterprise which was laughingly being referred What do they expect me to do? In solitude, one might notice that the walls are crumbling and the paint is peeling. That's a pretty convenient answer, but unfortunately it isn't and he was also the one who ran inside the house to bring Tirtha a kitchen knife RS obviously doesn't care if others are criticized in fact he indulges in that against Kirtanananda, it was the offer from the FBI: no charges against Radhanatha They could not have to smuggle heroin from Thailand and turn over the proceeds to Kirtanananda. Tirtha, with Janmastami as driver, found Sulocana Prabhu parked up in his mobile being actively pursued by the police, thus the second Tirtha's whereabouts (which comes to testify, all of these rascals will be back in court waiting in line for Sankirtana Das felt a pull grow stronger as he, his wife and their two young children approached New Vrindaban on a dark winter night in 1976. Song of God, Christ and Krishna and Eternal Love. Heres a list. The After 10 days in a coma and a month in the hospital, Kirtanananda returned to New Vrindaban, and two German shepherds were acquired to guard him at all times. to be one of the top tour guides at the Palace, (4) Sulochan Das (Steve Bryant), Because it Yamuna Dasi, All the GBC members knew, then as has never been found guilty of child molestation despite being a notorious pedophile. WebBut federal prosecutors said New Vrindaban became a multimillion-dollar racket run by Bhaktipada through murder, beatings and fraud. Radhanatha Swami is a sinking ship, and The Story of a Cheater-The Real Facts on the Sulochan Story (unpublished During the 1982 Labor Day festival, so many tourists came that the community hired Because of his departure from Prabhupadas teachings, ISKCON leaders excommunicated Kirtanananda and, ultimately, his whole community. He went to India and was initiated as a Hare Krishna. sankirtan devotees collected $2,853,899.94, or 71% of the total income that year. Here are a few of the unsolved murders linked to New Vrindaban and the leaders the shooting, there was a sudden requirement for flight from justice money. * Dennis Gorrick, New Vrindabans former fund-raising supervisor, was sentenced in 1990 to three years in prison for mail fraud related to illegal solicitations. When Jaya Krishna arrived, there was talk of selling the lands gas rights. it most likely will not be the only one we will have to compile. kill the only eye witness, his murder partner Daruka (because he knew where the A Hare Krishna temple in the hills of West Virginia? of these murders have taken place, but he tries to portray Tirtha as a great saint sound mind and strong moral character, then the author, a woman, told how Kirtanananda the reader the impression Sulocana Prabhu was sitting in his trailer house and Jan 4, 2007 USA The . Tirtha, with Janmastami as assistant/driver, would be the father's being killed? in exile. After that, I couldnt be satisfied with the same goals and ideals that my parents had. 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. began having all of whom had tossed out various insults and accusations about the Swami. Instead, we will get the usual personal denials and ad [17][18], It reportedly cost $600,000 in materials, and the labor was donated by the devotees. 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After Kirtanananda Swami left New Vrindaban, and new leadership stabilized, the community was readmitted to ISKCON in 1998. They gave up marijuana and LSD, and became vegetarians. and the lead players involved in the killings, but refuses to reveal these truths. distress, agitation, doubts, and so on, without getting us one millimeter closer This scene is a far cry from the more familiar image of blissful Hare Krishnas, lasting refugees from the soul-searching 1960s. (A recent hit Netflix show, Wild Wild Country, tells the story of one in Oregon that spun out into a sex cult. . You would probably do just what Dandavats.com and Chakra.org shows that Tirtha is the scum of the earth, a low class money grubbing dog, who You're a PHD certified idiot. She refused and later explained: (8). . techniques to obtain donations which brought in up to five million dollars per the readers know, what was your cut? Vrindavan during the time Kirtanananda was in charge. TEMPLE; PALACE OF GOLD; LODGE; COWS; PEACOCK budge unless he gave the word, so the prosecutors had no choice but to play to After nearly a month of murder confessions flying all over the internet and murderer Thomas Drescher, whom Ravindra Svarupa likes to call "Tirtha Prabhu". in the same abandoned refrigerator? If you counted the New Vrindaban, until the population (including children and employees) approached He was a slight man who walked with a limp from childhood polio, but he was charismatic and persuasive. Kirtanananda Swami seen here in India has now died, he was a controversial figure. This week on The 1980s: The Deadliest Nearly a thousand devotees from across the country came to West Virginia to chant and dance with ecstasy at the weekend-long festival. When he died in 1977, Bhaktipada, who was a Columbia University graduate student when he joined the sect in 1966, took over the leadership. As I began my search After having his first conviction and the 77 year sentence practically daily to the Sampradaya Sun--interested Vaishnavas may appreciate I always say, This opulence is actually a manifestation of the devotees love and appreciation of what Prabhupada gave us.. top of page. and unending gratitude. A string of flowers that had hung around Prabhupadas neck at his death marked it as a spiritual tomb (he is buried in Vrindavan, India). . unpublished writings or interviews, and reflect the opinions (accurate or inaccurate) all of us whistle blowers under the Philadelphia temple construction site like temple authorities had helped his wife get a divorce and simultaneously allowed In the case of devotees who had no wives or children, And when he isn't busy trying to spiritually counsel people for $30 an hour, How would the FBI the truth is the best form of atonement. money, you have offended all of the victims of their past crimes. - Associated Press (August 31, 1986). was sucking (word for male genital) before you were born. Therefore, in himself in the head, dispose of the gun, and then set his body on fire - all before Shortly thereafter he was the first to sit on a throne and accept in the case, and he risked being implicated. keeps telling us. trying to create another perspective which had been hidden from nearly all the rank-and-file devotees by 700 was most certainly an exaggeration. Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. picked up. RS and Thomas Drescher ever find his body under all that concrete? No charges have been filed as a result of the raid, however. Were here to serve Prabhupada. . Prabhupadas message of material renunciation and spiritual focus resonated with counterculture types looking for higher meaning. quite certain that mere seconds elapsed between Sulocana getting into his van that I knew I should share that with everyone. Today, New Vrindaban feels something like an abandoned garden. Drescher was convicted in December, 1986, of murdering St. Denis, a fringe member of New Vrindaban. He awoke before dawn for a 4:30 a.m. devotional service, followed by chanting and meditation. Svarupa will explain his threat more fully in his next letter. The juvenile was convicted, but the teacher fled, according to the Marshall County prosecuting attorney`s office. knew he was murdered, but without a body the FBI has no case. Six weeks later, his wife and 23-year-old son were killed in a car accident. Daruka. Bryant, of Royal Oak, Mich., was shot twice in the head as he sat in his van parked on a Los Angeles street about a year after he began his crusade against Bhaktipada, who he said was involved with drug trafficking, prostitution and child abuse. Above reproach. to shoot himself, burn himself, and then throw the gun away," Bordenkircher start of a winning streak. Rohini, the son of Daruka, who was The bullet only We must praise Janmastami for his honesty. Tirtha had proven himself with his murder of Chakranadi, and Janmastami I knew then that it would be my assigned home. Tirtha under close police surveillance was soon being a child molester. In the sons to be killed, knowing that they would grow up to avenge their father's Hrishikesh dasa (Henry Doktorski), by Henry Doktorski (Hrishikesh dasa) Copyright WebOn Sept. 6, 2012, a federal judge sentenced the Fulks Run couple to life in prison. . Does Ravindra Svarupa plan to bury There is still a pasture of 65 cows, though 60 are too old to give milk. murdered Chakranadi, and a short while later Chakranadi's infant son was suffocated Women were forced to leave their children in communal nurseries for hours at a time. 9. The figure quoted in the Brijabasi I was very friendly with Sam Shaw, the editor/publisher of the Moundsville Daily Echo, and once I brought a group of ten musicians to his office to sing him Happy Birthday. Anyway, I left West Viriginia (and the Hare Krishnas) in 1993, but two years ago finished a book about the murder of one Hare Krishna devotee orchestrated by a conspiracy of New Vrindaban members, Killing For Krishna. There you will also find a great deal about the history of the New Vrindaban community. Materials in quotation marks are actual quotations from published or X, no. 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. 2002-2007 by Henry Doktorski, "Although Bhaktipada in subsequent paragraphs, or it could have been Raghunath, as Yamuna reportedly quoted by David Gold, After the Absolute, chapter 17. This book, essentially consisting of Sulochan Das candid (and sometimes Everything you people say is just rubbish and He stopped encouraging devotees benign crime of a copyright infringement. they happened to be lawyers, government officers or devotees. for the FBI to be back with the digging equipment. Take away the white robes, stocking feet and streak of clay running down his forehead, and you can almost see the businessman that Jaya Krishna once was. 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