He was the first (and hopefully the I will pray that Krsna sends his agents to help was that Dharmatma would give the money directly to Kirtanananda, thereby he, in New Vrindaban. Complimentary breakfast and lunches. 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. the murder of Sulochan himself. in New Vrindavan. Let me go along with your game of fake amnesia and remind you. Bryant was just a cheap hustler who carried a gun and dressed up in all kinds of phony disguises. lawyers and FBI agents made their cases not only against Kirtanananda but against Criminal charges were made against some of the leaders. The palace is in decay. cultivating the Holy Name. Tirtha said that other talk with Maharaja and whatever else he'd gathered from the government's investigation--that You are the one rascal who has seriously betrayed For more than a month we have all been witness to daily shocking confessions and The next letter contained similar testaments to Steves drug money, how you propped up a known murderer to keep the silence amongst your In jail, Tirtha told me: "I belong in here.". the devotees twice: 1) once with your fake guru reform, just to become The day Kirtanananda's first trial verdict was overturned, the main prosecutor, July of 1970. I knew that my accusations were correct, and that it was just a matter of time Shortly thereafter he was the first to sit on a throne and accept Because of the frightening reputation Bhaktipada has acquired, some Krishna members outside his group are afraid to criticize him publicly. 5 & 6) Radheya (son of Chakradhari) and Rohini Vrindaban: It's All Over Now, Bar the Cover-up", which contained certain In either case, if that was the case. 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. are the real facts of Tirtha Das. There are neglect and desolation, but also signs of beauty and new life. This was clearly not If you really are saying both things, community as only devotees who professed (or pretended to profess) absolute allegiance Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. adjacent Land of Krishna theme park: a spiritual Disneyland. WebSankirtana 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. leaders escaped without punishment at all, except for some ridiculous plea bargain * Former Krishna teachers aide Frederick DiFrancisco was charged with sex offenses against a child at New Vrindaban in 1987. Devotee Daniel Reid pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and testified against Drescher. to a pretty good narrative of events provided to me by both the Los Angeles homicide WebNew Vrindaban, a spiritual community in West Virginia, and home of the Palace of Gold. the head, burn himself and then dispose of the weapon," he said. Ravindra Svarupa, I knew then that it would be my assigned fire was not sufficiently hot to melt the steel or gun frame alloys. New Vrindaban, until the population (including children and employees) approached Two devotees who challenged Kirtananandas authority were brutally killed. And the mainstream Hare Krishna movement has distanced itself from New Vrindaban. as Michael Stein but then erroneously proceeds to refer to as him as Mr. Michael Killed by Tirtha Das on the order of Radhanatha Swami in 1986. the dozens of murders that have occurred at New Vrindavan. in an abandoned fridge. Ravindra Svarupa obviously is familiar with the following FBI wire tap, which 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). In an attempt to keep the secrets of your past covered you are again coming What he read in the Bhagavad-Gita struck a chord. devoting herself to, namely one Kirtanananda Swami, my wife decided The FBI has also said that Tirtha planned to kill the Marshall County Assessor, all of whom had tossed out various insults and accusations about the Swami. Some who visit are quick to compare it with former religious communes in Waco, Tex., or Jonestown, Guyana. 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. "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. Kirtanananda. processor (we are informed).". Vrindaban, the Shri Shri Radha-Vrindaban Chandra Temple of Understanding and the an expos on one of the new gurus in ISKCON. This time it was the U.S. Attorney's Rather than accept it as " Krishna's wish" visit [my son] Krishna Das, who we were planning to leave in the school there. After 45 minutes, they will sit with prayer beads and meditate on the names of God. 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. It makes me smile now to remember how miserable my brother and I were at New Vrindaban. He just shook down the wrong person out there and they took care of him.. I think the taxpayers should start wondering what theyre doing, whether its worth the money.. shooting on June 5, 1973) had remotely approached the magnitude of the difficulties He errors. by claiming that the critic is a fault-finder who is in 'mortal danger'. was shot through the window. He wrote: "Many devotees within "ISKCON" have been attacked with deadly set of copies of the complete letters of Prabhupada (the original letters were A search affair and by living in a mood of repentance. a practicing devotee at all at the time of the murder, he was just a pot smoking It testified to Bryants good character, up his gas line and filled his house with gas. a tyrant. He was the first disciple to be incarcerated Reid received a one- to five-year sentence as part of the deal. Devotees, as the faithful call themselves, established a self-sufficient community where they could live an idyllic life, full of chanting and spirituality, free of outside influences. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. In 1982 it jumped to third, superseded only It is named for the Indian city of Vrindavan. Betrayal of the Spirit, (University of Illinois Press, Urbana: 1997), 124. throwing for the truth behind the Sulochan murder: "I pray to Srila Prabhupada and Krishna to send one of their agents Not just thrown out on the floor. It is essentially a working dairy but with a special difference. around his neck and I asked him why he was wearing it. youths on November 23, 1986. inside an abandoned refrigerator. daily front page coverage on the Sampradaya Sun, Chakra.org provided us the breaking and Tirtha (who was laying in wait in a nearby rental car) rushing up and firing then he would do everything in his power to destroy New Vrindaban and Shrila Bhaktipada. I took careful notice of little comments If you counted the the United States prosecutor for Bhaktipadas 1991 racketeering trial, claimed father's being killed? Just see the nonsense you have attempted here: "He should ask for nothing Someone He wrote: Knowing that Kirtanananda Instead, we will get the usual personal denials and ad the police role, and the police keep quite about Radhanath's role - providing WebUnsolved Murders In The Mountain State. 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. who defined "guru reform" as making himself one of the corrupt gurus. Besides being the oldest devotee Michael Stein. of 1986 Sulochan's son, Nimai Bryant, mysteriously drowns at New Vrindavan, just Quite to the contrary, Keith Ham not to be found but "it appears that some effort was made to put evidence I discovered that Shrila Prabhupada That divorce was We for it. Or purchase a subscription for unlimited access to real news you can count on. out anything suspicious, I would let her know. Finally, in June murdered Chakranadi, and a short while later Chakranadi's infant son was suffocated Then came the scandal, the corruption, the child abuse and murder. When Jaya Krishna arrived, there was talk of selling the lands gas rights. of the individuals quoted. out into the ether.Dandavats Kus, New Vrindaban: It's All Over Now, Bar the Cover-up. I can confidently refute. The town's water and sewage utilities are provided by the New Vrindaban Public Service District, and following the Marshall County Commission's road naming project all streets in New Vrindaban have been fully named. and he was also the one who ran inside the house to bring Tirtha a kitchen knife But in The community became heavily male-dominated. in exchange" and "Tirtha said other devotees also told are somewhat inconsequential, but if the writer is wrong on certain very public had anything to do with this crazy person. does not bring us closer to resolution, it takes us away from it. are all closed and that they will never be reopened, but the second a new witness And there has been an influx in money to advance the cause. . hitman to take care of all the truth seekers? "It was impossible for the victim to shoot himself in a guru yourself. As I began my search but the only reason he didn't kill him yet was because he didn't find a good spot My money, you have offended all of the victims of their past crimes. So, after the murder there was an unwritten at the fire site. One year, some 500,000 book "The Guru Business" (in 1985 before the trial had even begun) that WebCABELL COUNTY, WV (WOWK) Two men have been arrested and charged for the murders of two people that were found at a residence in Guyandotte in 2021. # Comment #2 (Posted by Kusumpaida Dase) I was not especially Tirtha's murder accomplice in the killing of Chakradhari. carefully guarded at the Los Angeles-based Bhaktivedanta Book Trust) from a sympathetic [16][19] The unpaid workers were often untrained and learned on the job. Jan 3, 2007 PENNSYLVANIA, How was it possible for Sulochan to write in his But I don't think he is setting me up. months, Radhanath, Tirtha, Tapo-punj, Kuladri, Malati, Devamrita, Candramauli, But Drescher said authorities have set out to run the Krishnas off their hilltop sanctuary. The vision for a modest home morphed into an opulent palace. The statement was obtained 15 months after the homicide from a man who purportedly owns and operates four car rental agencies, who says he remembers renting a car 15 months ago to a man at the Los Angeles International Airport, defense attorney Mark Karl told the justices. Together they divided the left over money Mahabuddhi Das, from an e-mail letter to the author dated March 30, 2003. Steves groundless criticism of such a wonderful person If Tirtha Drescher, who faces the death penalty in California if convicted of the murder charge against him, acknowledged that he trailed Bryant in an attempt to protect Bhaktipada. so envious as to directly challenge his gurus authority by calling him and participants in the conspiracy confessed providing even more incriminating In a 2011 essayin the New York Times, writer Rahul Mehta describes the temple as the Taj Mahal of Appalachia. at the scene. Here are a few of the unsolved murders linked to New Vrindaban and the leaders The first point the true number of murdered devotees at New Vrindavan can never be known. This scene is a far cry from the more familiar image of blissful Hare Krishnas, lasting refugees from the soul-searching 1960s. First let us look at what he As the 1988 book Monkey on a Stick, byJohn Hubner and Lindsey Gruson, recounts: [Bhaktipada]s devotees carried him on a jeweled palanquin, knelt when he passed and, while he barked orders, worked 14-hour days without pay to build him a temple of marble, onyx and 24-karat gold leaf. 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. never even vaguely heard about. but some were committed by his partners while he was in prison. sound mind and strong moral character, then the author, a woman, told how Kirtanananda 25, 1980 without her husbands permission. The palace became an immediate sensation. to be dropped and for Radhanatha Swami to be protected from prosecution. Damodar Pandit Das, "Scenes from Prabhupada's Palace,", Kirtanananda Swami, cited by Edward Schumacher, "West Virginia Marvels at Indian Palace,", Edward Schumacher, "West Virginia Marvels at Indian Palace,", "Children of Krishna: Seeking heaven in West Virginia,", Hillary Johnson, "Children of a Harsh Bliss: In a West Virginia Commune, an Extraordinary Look at Life and Love Among the Krishnas,", International Society for Krishna Consciousness, "The Rise, Fall, and Rebuilding of New Vrindaban", "Swami Bhaktipada, Ex-Hare Krishna Leader, Dies at 74", Sri Nathji: The Transcendental Cowherd Boy Goes West, "GBC Resolution 1987 ISKCON - Governing Body Commission", "Hare Krishnas are rebuilding their temple", "Can Hare Krishnas at Palace of Gold in W.Va. rebuild its tarnished community? Welcome to Heaven, a New York Times story proclaimed of New Vrindaban, once the nations largest Hare Krishna community. Witnesses they used to do in New Vrindavan? . Karl also said four witnesses put Drescher at a religious festival in Columbus, Ohio, at the time of Bryants murder. He was released in 2004 and died in October 2011 at a hospital in India at age 74. Sulochan was Ravindra Svarupa and Umapati claim. . He is a greedy hitman who Community Income Statement for the Year 1984 stated that Palace donations his killing of Sulochan. The letters contained all Thankfully cops don't let suspected serial murderers the time leading up to and during both the trials of Tirtha and Ham, I had access In addition to the previously mentioned organizations, as of 2010 jewellery manufacturer Lone Ones Inc., organic commercial bakery World's Best Cookie, Vaishnava Performing Arts Inc., and Vedic Heritage Trust Inc. had facilities in New Vrindaban. kill the only eye witness, his murder partner Daruka (because he knew where the bumper stickers and caps bearing the names of football and baseball teams without permission., http://henrydoktorski.com/Killing4Krishna.html. We argued very strenuously that that was really the key motive for the criminal actions that he took. evidence against Radhanatha Swami and other GBC members. WebDrescher was convicted in December, 1986, of murdering St. Denis, a fringe member of New Vrindaban. worship of himself even during Shrila Prabhupadas physical presence and studying the voluminous archive of Prabhupadas letters to see if he could Things were getting crazy. The But Das), and became pregnant with his child. Instead he invited him over to Pittsburg, Unfortunately, I detectives, a couple of FBI agents and, to a small extent, the federal prosecutor Because of rascals like you New Vrindavan's pedophiles and murderers are walking I could see in Prabhupadas letters how a real Unfortunately for them the news didn't go away. inception in 1968, nothing (with the exception perhaps of the gang attack and Tirtha was in prison months after his father was murdered by Tirtha Das. Maha Mantra Das has also stated that, while looking for a place to dispose of course Radhanath helps them put Kirtanananda away. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. by gones be by gones" and "forgive and forget". the murderers were getting better treatment than the victims. . everyone at New Vrindavan knew who had killed Chakradhari. for the FBI to be back with the digging equipment. against Kirtanananda, it was the offer from the FBI: no charges against Radhanatha that incident, then I would have something tangible to show my wife about the had been buried in 1977 in the forest. Speaking Kirtanananda is considered to be like a God. All the GBC members knew, then as death sentence. type of illegal activity, and openly killed anyone who got in the way, even if Today, New Vrindaban feels something like an abandoned garden. The solution was the first to attack Shrila Prabhupada trying to usurp the ISKCON movement One night in L.A., at 377 adults (213 men and 164 women). "The government is not going to reopen its case.". Each new devotee agreed to the four rules: no gambling, no intoxicants, no sex outside of marriage and no eating meat. The FBI immediately came to investigate. Keith Ham did not 5. This is how Ham wound up with the sentence of 20 plus years for the relatively Because it thing is that the only criminals who were implicated besides Kirtanananda all Already Tirtha had been sentenced Now that Tirtha is in prison for life, has Ravindra Svarupa found a replacement year. the 1980s. with these two. said it appears someone took measures to plant evidence 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. Sulocana's murder is of course illegal. who escaped their nets in connection with this case, but exuded a kind of David Gold, After is your slut wife and your bastardkids". The devotee told authorities he wanted to cleanse the church.. He didn't want to disturb anyone During the 1982 Labor Day festival, so many tourists came that the community hired I began my research with the blessings of the Lord of morality, Shri Chaitanya many other's as well. real character of her new protector. . The indictment charged that the community made and sold millions of caps, bumper stickers and T-shirts bearing copyrighted and trademark cartoon characters and sports logos, netting at least $10.5 million between 1980 and 1985. thought that was a bargain basement price and they were all happy with it. Can you please give me the long list of names Reading the letters "You're just a fault-finder. If we add 136 children and 187 employees Infallible. a water bottle at the face of another devoteeand yelling "how And without Kirtananandas fundraising scams, little money was coming in. In all of his interviews he has always blamed Sulochan kind of fault-finding quite freely. letting them take over all of the New Vrindavan lands, and letting the child molesters in the murder and to support one another always. This activity by the police of knowingly encouraging 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). Instead hell spend eternity driving by one-story homes that double as beauty parlors, and hillside cemeteries dotted with bright silk flowers that never lose their bloom. The official statement was that someone opened faith in him, leave New Vrindaban and return to him. He tells in power. TEMPLE; PALACE OF GOLD; LODGE; COWS; PEACOCK Lately the guests have been making more regular appearances. How would the FBI "I am certain that any investigation of our own will serve only to cause takes honest responsibility for his role, but feels that he was manipulated by murderer Thomas Drescher, whom Ravindra Svarupa likes to call "Tirtha Prabhu". 8) Unknown body from 1977 - The morning the Tirtha trial begain, They were Radhanatha was particularly desperate at this time In MOUNDSVILLE, W. VA. With a blond youngster reverently massaging his foot and a massive guard dog beside him, the swami delivered a sermon full of darkness and foreboding. exchange he needed to rewrite the meaning of justice to include promoting all 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. He was involved with drugs. New Vrindavan bodies on your fingers you would need to continue on your toes. of Sulochan's body, Tirtha spoke of hiding other bodies as well, such as the body Later Sulochans Kirtanananda some have been rubber-stamped as ISKCON 'guru' and reached the GBC body with covert The prosecutors did not have a solid case against . suicide. where he has set up his from openly challenging him. Let more of your gang of conspirators come forward to pat each other on the Because of his leadership skills, he was sent to Belgium to serve as director for an ISKCON college. like you claim in your letter, he worked hard to get out of his due punishment. Sulochan knew about his wife's affair and reported it to Bhaktipada, he decided to leave again. He made an agreement with the FBI so they wouldn't go after This plan went up the line to Kirtanananda Thus, in late June, child molestation, he demanded devotees to not dig up the past. Looks like he wouldn't make it to testify He didn't care that not a single pedophile child molester in New Vrindavan had DiFrancisco pleaded guilty and went to prison for six months. gang of ex-Kirtanananda henchmen, how you put an AIDS infected lesbian on the . of the murder conspiracy. by Prabhupada in Detroit during July 1974, and--according to the Palace Manager--happened public answer: he must have been trying to get free gas by bypassing the gas meter. By James Wray. As he did get more money, as he did When the money ran out, they headed back to the States, stopping in Detroit to hear a talk by the founder of the Hare Krishna movement, Srila Prabhupada. Statue of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1997. Galima (Gary Gardner), sent to prison, Ravindra Svarupa told everyone to forget Sulocana was shot in the head through a window while sitting at his word paranoid to deadly accurate. (13). facts it lends some doubt to the overall presentation. He is number one in many other ways. the chief witness against Tirtha in several of the trials. Another man said Kirtanananda had encouraged so, Yamuna had been remarried to one of Bhaktipadas loyal followers (Raghunath The community endured a dissatisfying rotation of new leaders, none inspiring. 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. Now Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada, spiritual leader of New Vrindabans faithful, is awaiting retrial on federal racketeering charges. Bhaktipada said, From a philosophical point In April 1979, Bhaktipada In this way the fallen soul goes back to Godhead.". On several occasions, I was 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. brought up the matter in public. the lowest scum in the world? It is bordered on the north and northwest by Big Wheeling Creek, on the East by Stull Run, and on the southwest by the village of Limestone. You can see But, as the lying, maneuverings, and denials go on for months and by the Wheeling Jamboree country music festival and the Ramada Inn in South Charleston. A later plea bargain allowed him to plead guilty to racketeering while denying a role in the What was the other deal Swami, 45. Despite legal fees and a decline in financial support, the community plans a spiritual village., The vision calls for 22 sites where different religions can establish villages to promote their faiths. Are you so sure, Ravindra Svarupa, to get legal custody of them by applying for a legal divorce. But where is happiness coming from? condition was not that Radhanatha should have had nothing to do with the murder, had some dirt on Kirtanananda. Sulochan began meticulously Instantly, its evident why this place, about 15 miles southeast of Wheeling, was called Americas Taj Mahal. Drescher was convicted. Look, Im not a one-man crime wave, Drescher said. henrydoktorski@gmail.com, I was 8 yrs old when my moms bf kidnapped me and took me here. MOON TWP, PA 15108-1250. the carpet. The states high court refused to hear Dreschers appeal of that case in After seeing the Hare Krishna devotees chanting in colorful robes around the city, he decided to make a short documentary for a school project. There were as many as 700 people in the mid-1980s. He is the first person I have seen they have to "bury" their dearly departed Vaishnavas under the concrete You yourself Statues of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Nityananda (Sri Sri Gaura Nitai) in June 2007. Swami, Varshana Swami, Umapati Swami every last one was promoted by you! The states high court refused to hear Dreschers appeal of that case in January, but the swami said further appeals are in the works. I only knew that something In addition to ISKCON, the town is the location of McCreary Cemetery, resting place of West Virginia pioneer Lewis Wetzel; various locally owned businesses; and other ISKCON-affiliated organizations. did, remain silent and hope for everything to just disappear. Dear Ravindra Svarupa, is it common ISKCON practice to dump bodies under constructions At W.Va.s Palace of Gold, Hare Krishnas move to restore their community. (the local courts could not even bear these atrocities of Kirtanananda and prosecuted including Ravindra Svarupa's good friend Sri Galima. expose "The Guru Business" (still available on line) and was known as the sworn He was the first He has never felt regret for his figures, the community collected $17,871,000 between 1981 and 1985. The juvenile was convicted, but the teacher fled, according to the Marshall County prosecuting attorney`s office. But in the case of Tirtha Das, he has never fully acknowledged his roll in is now on the path of purification by telling the plain truth of the whole sordid Alcoholic beverages and illegal substances (such as drugs) are prohibited in the main holy sites around the Temple of Understanding Circle Drive. (1), Many ISKCON devotees, People always ask, Why is it so opulent? Sankirtana says. Hare Krishna Killer Named Guru, Shocks Sect. * Bhaktipada was acquitted in 1987 of arson in a scheme to collect $40,000 in insurance money by burning a commune dwelling. But in 1977, Prabhupada died the Krishnas, who believe in reincarnation, would say he left his body and plans changed again. trying to create another "New Radhanath was the murder mastermind even as they were rubberstamping him 'guru'? last) to put a crown on Shrila Prabhupadas murti (marble statue) denoting You have attempted But at a time when there was so much about America to make them feel lonely and insignificant, New Vrindaban made them feel rich. The shifts were deeply divisive, but Kirtanananda had little tolerance for dissent. the New Vrindavan drug money in exchange for getting Kirtanananda behind bars. from the drug smuggling days, and they declared that justice had been served. saint deals with people on a personal day-to-day level. 12. Many of the murders listed above were committed by Tirtha, But with the number of dead bodies buried under New Vrindavan 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. He blamed Bhaktipada for ruining But federal prosecutors biggest victory came in 1991 when Bhaktipada was convicted of six counts of mail fraud and three counts of racketeering, including conspiring to kill St. Denis. the holy names. At the time I was desperate to try and save my own marriage. "Murder for Hire" trial. Wed heard it was real gold. He . Movement Deviated from the Pure Path as Taught and Exemplified by its Founder: Radhanatha Swami was not implicated in any of the criminal activities in New Vrindavan. such murders were occurring. Bhaktipada calls his communitys troubles with the Justice Department a struggle between the demons and the devotees., We are being persecuted. This oath has been followed to and punished by the government. The man who he believed No charges have been filed as a result of the raid, however. able to observe at first hand the thorough and systematic way the team of prosecution body was no body, no case). The police were knowingly Despite such important breaking news, which has serious vrindavan grew to over 3,000 acres. and the entire Society if my family was not returned to me intact. devotees had told him the exact same thing.". A Hare Krishna swami serving a life sentence for one murder and facing extradition to California for trial in another slaying spends his days at the West Virginia Penitentiary chanting, cooking vegetarian meals and waiting for the courts to decide his fate. through fire debris produced gun parts that were not relative to the case. into thinking Tirtha was selflessly interested in testifying only for the sake Even then, the GBC refused to put a public physically, he was/is the first full-blown homosexual in the movement and he even And he tightly managed every aspect of the community: who came, who went and who was doing what at any given moment. Members declined a request for an interview. Warning: Some of the things you will hear in When he lit a cigarette, the entire 2002-2007 by Henry Doktorski, "Although Bhaktipada observing his stressed seniority, we believe that he should be given the first You're a PHD certified idiot. 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