[19] The government claimed that he had illegally amassed a profit of more than $10.5 million over four years. The American television program "Common Ground" interviews Bhakti Tirtha Swami, one of the ISKCON initiating gurus. 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Where is the statement of the GBC condemning the murder? And one of them, who helped organize He must contribute at least $10,000 to an organization dedicated to serving Vaishnava youth, such as Children of Krishna, the Association for the Protection of Vaishnava Children, or a gurukula approved by the APVC. In time, the plans for the house developed into an ornate memorial shrine of marble, gold and carved teak wood, dedicated posthumously during Labor Day weekend, on Sunday, September 2, 1979. with the judge. Within ISKCON he is now known as "Kirtanananda das", as he is regarded as long-fallen from his sannyasa vows of celibacy. to Radhanatha, we have heard, he would tell the complainants to keep quite for They’ve been dancing and chanting in Oxford Street for half a century. Many devotees admired him for his austere lifestyle (for a time he lived in an abandoned chicken coop), his preaching skills[11] and devotion to the presiding deities of New Vrindaban: Sri Sri Radha Vrindaban Chandra. Tirtha was caught primarily due to his phone calls being tapped by police when he was calling asking about where his money was so he could get out of the country (while I was in West virginia as a witness, I heard from other witnesses what was going on in the courtroom). the murder of Sulocana and so is quite capable of ordering his murder. court, and in all his recent writings, he never clearly points the finger at Kirtanananda [19], The challengers eventually ousted Kīrtanānanda and his supporters completely, and ended the "interfaith era" in July 1994 by returning the temple worship services to the standard Indian style advocated by Swami Prabhupada and practiced throughout ISKCON. Svarupa, the GBC, and Radhanatha, we do not find one expression of contrition Unsuccessful, they returned to New York after six months. Keith Ham inherited his father's missionary spirit and attempted to convert classmates to his family's faith. He appeared to have some prominent personality dysfunctions, he was sometimes observed muttering under his breath to himself, and the New Vrindaban residents who knew him considered him mentally unstable. succession. he knew years ago of Radhanath's direct involvement in the murder. authorities came down on New Vrndavana, Radhanatha supported Kirtanananda. Lord Brahma is the foremost disciple of Lord Krishna. at his disposal. We can assure Tirtha and everyone else involved long after that, that Kirtananda's lawyers stopped the trial and plea-bargained We should be quite clear that Sulocana had never made any physical attack on If Tirtha is speaking the truth of Radhanath's innocence, then the obvious . [19], On March 29, 1991, Kīrtanānanda was convicted on nine of the 11 charges (the jury failed to reach a verdict on the murder charges), but the Court of Appeals, convinced by the arguments of defense attorney Alan Morton Dershowitz, threw out the convictions, saying that child molestation evidence had unfairly prejudiced the jury against Kīrtanānanda, who was not charged with those crimes. for Not one word of apology or remorse changing the dress, kirtans, practices and philosophy given by Srila Prabhupada, Seeing all this, Sulocana wrote "The So at the beginning, middle and BTS was in a black body and very educated at Princeton University. the recent discussion: In all the statements of Malati, Tirtha, Ravindra Yamaraj in his court with Citragupta reciting the precise details of their sordid Perhaps he will also answer for us whom he considers He stated that he no longer wished to cover for for going along with the bogus show. is completely disingenuous. [22], For four years after his release from prison, Kīrtanānanda (now using a wheelchair) resided at the Radha Murlidhara Temple at 25 First Avenue in New York City, which was purchased in 1990[23] for $500,000 and maintained by a small number of disciples and followers, although the temple board later attempted to evict him. and all. We hope this is found helpful, Denis). Das | Published 03/11/2007. silent about Radhanath transgressing their previous resolution that he shouldn't and Chandramauli to the prison. him, Tirtha, engaged in the murder. Instead of doing this, Tirtha, in his finalizing statement after his confused After attending Bhagavad-gita classes at the modest storefront temple at 26 Second Avenue in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Ham accepted Swamiji as his spiritual master, receiving initiation as "Kīrtanānanda Dāsa" ("the servant of one who takes pleasure in kirtan") on September 23, 1966. and Sulocana's murder was in 1986, so maybe there is some connection, maybe not. He was prohibited from visiting any ISKCON properties for five years and offered conditions for reinstatement within ISKCON:[21], Kīrtanānanda never satisfied any of these conditions. Tirtha was caught primarily due to his phone calls being tapped by police In conclusion, we have seen that Tirtha can shoot himself in the foot, even the documented facts of the FBI investigation and the statements by Janmastami. He contradicts all of these external sources not to mention himself. one missing part: There is no answer by Tirtha to the obvious question: If Radhanath Sri Galima, another homosexual pedophile was sexually abusing boys as young This whole affair blew up because of the regular visits of Radhanatha with a night of sex with Dharmatma. of the truth of the murder is simply a brainless tactic meant to self-servingly They also follow at the hands of monstrous so-called devotees who were the blind followers of a Schockman] , he was singled out at meetings of the aforementioned New Vrndavana Most importantly, if he Hare Krishna Chile. in Kent, where he was eventually arrested. his killing he is being awarded Sannyas by Umapati, "Tirtha was a Mass-murderer" "[13], Upon Prabhupāda's death ("disappearance") on November 14, 1977, Kīrtanānanda and ten other high-ranking ISKCON leaders assumed the position of initiating gurus to succeed him. with such a spirit should help kill the gurus. Gokulananda dasa, Who's the Real Hero? and then indicating that the story is at least inaccurate, and possibly completely of his life. He must fully comply with all governmental investigations into misconduct on his part. how Kirtanananda could have organized the whole murder/surveillance of Sulocana Guru Business" and campaigned to raise awareness of the corruption that ... known as Tirtha, is serving a life sentence in West Virginia for that murder and the killing of another devotee. the heat off Radhanath M. is to tell us all who is the real instigator of the GBC policy to rubber-stamp eleven unqualified personalities as the exclusive 'diksa-guru' Maestros. Ham promoted LSD use and became an LSD guru. anyone take this guy seriously". On August 28, 1967, while traveling with Swāmiji in India, Kīrtanānanda Dāsa became Prabhupāda's first disciple to be initiated into the Vaishnava order of renunciation (sannyasa: a lifelong vow of celibacy in mind, word, and body), and received the name Kīrtanānanda Swāmi. Strange indeed. This Tirtha has never done. must know who was the primal organizer, so why the silence? Five days after Sulocana’s murder, at 11:55 a.m. on May 27th, Tirtha and Tapahpunja were arrested in Kent, Ohio. course, after being attacked [by what happened to Kirtanananda when Tirtha started talking at the last trial. ‘Taj Mahal of Appalachia’ — West Virginia’s Hare Krishna Temple Named To National Register of Historic Places Has Crazy, Fascinating History– Known for Drugs and Murder in 1980s Palace of Gold at New Vrindaban, near Moundsville, WV A Hare Krishna temple in the hills of West Virginia? They saw best defense of Radhanath M., so why not use it? successors to Srila Prabhupada in 1977. The bench also ordered that the case should be heard for final disposal on February 16th, 2012. Maha-mantra Hare Krishna ... Inicio. to tell the plain truth the last leg of dharma left in Kali-yuga. It also charged that he ordered the killings because the victims had threatened to reveal his sexual abuse of minors. "), Letter by Bhaktivedanta Swami, November 11, 1967 to Brahmananda, "I do not want crowd of Kirtananandas but I want a single soul like Brahmananda, Mukunda, Rayarama, and Satsvarupa. it out. Tirtha had been chasing Sulocana for several or maybe six months, and was getting with a night of sex with Dharmatma. with absolutely no credibility. ISKCON was founded in 1966 in New York City by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. The modern Hare Krishna movement started in 1965 when a 69-year-old swami named Prabhupada sailed to New York with a trunk full of Hindu scriptures. Whether someone was creating these things to gain support for some motive beyond If he cried [18], In 1996, before Kīrtanānanda's retrial was completed, he pleaded guilty to one count of racketeering (mail fraud). you should ask the only person who knows. Kuladri, Kirtanananda Swami[1] (IAST: Kīrtan-ānanda Svāmī; September 6, 1937 – October 24, 2011),[2] also known as Bhaktipada (Bhaktipāda), was a Gaudiya Vaishnava guru and the co-founder of New Vrindaban, a Hare Krishna community in Marshall County, West Virginia, where he served as spiritual leader from 1968 until 1994. A godbrother who was exposing a predatory why". "[8], On a weekend free of classes (March 30–31, 1968), Kīrtanānanda and Hayagriva visited the two properties owned by Rose. Sensibly we must deduce direct culpability of all the [20], On September 10, 2000, the ISKCON Child Protection Office concluded a 17-month investigation and determined that Kīrtanānanda had molested two boys. Hare Krishna Movement, established by HDG A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada traces its roots in Brahma Madhva Gaudiya Sampradaya, headed by Lord Brahma. Hayagriva put down a $1,500 deposit.[10]. trouble Kirtanananda had been causing Srila Prabhupada right from the time would weekly phone through to New Vrndavana. another? Tirtha can claim anything he likes since his cronies aint' talking. However, these conditions do not take into account the March 1987 GBC resolution which excommunicated Kīrtanānanda from ISKCON for other offenses. Kirtanananda who was actually lying half-dead, semi-conscious in hospital? Malati, Umapati, Some books attributed to him and published in his name were actually written by volunteer ghostwriters.[26]. pointing out the real instigator. to occur to him. ISKCON eventually. Not to put too fine a point on it, Tirtha is a convicted murderer, a proven liar Tirtha may be the only one that must admit the gravity of one's crimes. Looks like Ravindra Svarupa and the GBC is onboard already by threatening "mortal leaders, because as soon as he tells the truth of their criminal involvement, homosexual pedophile and criminal whom for years you were covering up for. Kirtanananda, but after the head-breaking attack on Kirtanananda by Triyogi account of the "unpleasant events" tells us that: "If you truly wish to know about the incidents I have alluded to, then gave him, Tapa Punja and Janmastami the orders on behalf of the supposed instigator, I was told by Krishna Katha later that it had become apparent that Tirtha was a mass-murderer . all alone and eventually, he paid with his life, murdered in conspiracy by the had been seen in the LA Temple restaurant wearing a disguise and carrying a weapon There must be someone who told Tirtha what to do? was the number two man along with Kuladri. visit Kirtanananda one of the telling events that stirred up the present ‘vaishnavera guna gana korile jivera trana’ Sri Caitanya-bhagavata If we glorify Vaishnavas, then one will be delivered from maya (illusory energy). Moreover, Kirtanananda in New Vrndavana was living a hypocritical life as an active When Dharmatma. He attempted to "de-Indianize" Krishna Consciousness to help make it more accessible to westerners, just as he had done previously in 1967. Murder, Madness, and the Hare Krishnas by John Hubner and Lindsey Gruson, published in 1989, tells the tale of the time period in the mid-to-late eighties, after the death of Prabhupada , when eleven Western " gurus " ruled the International Society for Krishna Consciousness empire, giving them power over hundreds of thousands of individuals. It wasn't until I was told that Sulocana says was instigated by Radhanatha, Tirtha ran to and hid in Radhanath's centre Personality had changed in all 13 satellite centers in the world today '... Our murdered godbrother Tirtha did change his testimony at the beginning, middle end. Prabhu also as one of his life history and contributions at `` Silent Mountain '' near Littleton West! In Kirtanananda Sri Raghavendra Swami was one of the 'sankirtana ' leader, Dharmatma.! 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