Fraud 3: Madhu Pandit Dasa Exposes Guru Fraud - THE MURDER

Aug. 16, 2010 - PRLog -- In September of 1965, a lone elderly sannyasi, aged 69 years old, with only Rs 40 in his hand and a trunk of Srimad Bhagavatam books, stepped onto Boston harbor from a cargo ship, the Jaladuta. From there started a twelve year dream journey – a journey from rags to riches, from a lone renunciant to a powerful movement with thousands of followers. By the time His Divine Grace A. C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada left the planet twelve years later in November 1965, he had, single handedly, built up a world wide movement with 108 temples and over 5000 initiated disciples from the Western world as well as from India. His Bhagavad Gita as It Is has been translated into almost every language of the world and is the most widely read edition of the Gita. His scholarly and authoritative translation and commentary on the Srimad Bhagavatam and Sri Chaitanya Charitamrita as well as his other books on spirituality have been acclaimed by professors of reputed universities of the world. He practically transplanted the ancient Indian culture and tradition into the Western world.

After Srila Prabhupada left the planet, the rot started setting in. Frauds of humungous proportions were committed by the eleven “successors” of Srila Prabhupada. Unsuspecting and gullible devotees were taken on a ride in a mega scam, spreading over several decades. In the moments of confusion prevailing during the time of the passing away of the Founder Acharya of the movement – which is natural with any great organization built up by the endeavors of a great personality – several acts of fraud were perpetrated by the very supposed guardians whom Srila Prabhupada entrusted the movement with. These perpetrations of crimes and frauds in the movement have been excellently captured in the University of Illinois Press publication, Betrayal of the Spirit by Nori Muster and the expose by the investigative journalists John Hubner and Lindsey Gruson, Monkey on a Stick.

Fraud 3: THE MURDER

By 1986, the rank and file devotees had started waking up. Sulochana Dasa, one of the disciples of Srila Prabhupada, criticized the self – appointed Acharya fraud and started gathering evidence on what Srila Prabhupada had intended for his ISKCON Society from his letters and recorded conversations. He was compiling his findings into a book titled, The Guru Business to expose this scam. When he was working on the last chapter of his book, one day in 1986, not very far from the ISKCON temple in Los Angeles, Sulochana Dasa was shot at point-blank range on the direction of Kirtanananda Swami – one of the original eleven fraud Zonal Acharyas!! Later Kirtanananda Swami was convicted in 1991 and sent to prison in North Carolina to serve a thirty year sentence.

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