Informing Others of the Character of the Man
BY: ENVER AJANOVICH
Feb 8, TURKEY (SUN) — In response to "Krsna Sends Us a Suitable Guru".
Dear Mother Gita, please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to
Srila Prabhupada.
Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.8.35: "Dhruva Maharaja said: My dear Lord Naradaji, for a person whose heart is disturbed by the material conditions of happiness and distress, whatever you have so kindly explained for attainment of peace of mind is certainly a very good instruction. But as far as I am concerned, I am covered by ignorance, and this kind of philosophy does not touch my heart."
Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.8.36: "My dear lord, I am very impudent for not accepting your instructions, but this is not my fault. It is due to my having been born in a kshatriya family. My stepmother, Suruci, has pierced my heart with her harsh words. Therefore your valuable
instruction does not stand in my heart."
Just as Druva Maharaja could not relate to the most benevolent words spoken by Narada Muni, I find it hard to relate to what you are saying, dear mother Gita. My impudence stems from the fact that I have strong bias against what passes as seniority, spirituality and qualification nowadays. Low birth in Muslim family and social conditioning makes it even more difficult to relate to the wisdom that you are so graciously sharing with me.
The sole purpose of my post was not to express my pain, hatred, or envy toward Prithu das. It was rather to inform others of the real character of that man and potential danger he still poses to the society of devotees. This is what my conscience dictates.
Let me explain. I have, out of compassion tolerated Prithu's arrogance even after his calculated, insincere and incomplete public admission of his "falldown" (I often wonder how can somebody that was never up, fall down fall down to begin with). I offered him hospitality and observed first hand, that the role he is now playing is just an extension of the role that he played as a fake guru. He likes to play with sentiments of people that are inclined to trust him and give him their own brand of compassion. If you need me to confirm this for you I will.
Here we go, prime example of die-hard arrogance as expressed by Prithu in our recent communication:
"Nor the disciples here in Berlin or Leipzig I preach together with. (or in fact in other parts of the world, I am talking to them regularly, and just talked yesterday with XYZ (name omitted) for one hour on Skype who is back in the US, and we are hoping to get together again as soon as he has established himself for another round of preaching there. He values me, others do too, and I find it hard to understand why u don't seem to have a sense of that, especially since I have not left ISKCON and am preaching as before (And I can positively assure u, that what Srila Prabhupada sees about the whole thing)
Even just yesterday I received a letter from my Godbrother HariSauri Prabhu who was a close associate of srila Prabhupada and who would as such understand Srila Prabhupada's mind better than you and most of us. He writes:
"Preaching is our life. And you are one of the best. There is no better way to attract the attention of Srila Prabhupada and Krsna. That was one of the confidential items that Srila Prabhupada taught us, that preaching is better than bhajan. Hope you had a wonderful Janmastami and Vyasapuja, as we did here in Mayapur.
Your humble servant,
Hari-sauri dasa
That he wrote after I told him that I just came out of two weeks most wonderful preaching on the rainbow.
So my service to ISKCON is going on, and I don't know if you can say this about yourself."
What I know for certain is that Hari-sauri prabhu hasn't got a clue as to what it means to be mislead and mistreated by a megalomaniac like Prithu. Otherwise why would he goad him on to continue his soul killing spree? Pleeease, let us suspend philosophising for a moment and open our hearts to the pain of all involved, and not just be concerned by the superficial welfare of the perpetrators. Hari-sauri prabhu, as it is apparent from his letter, and many others are oblivious to the fact that most of those people that Prithu had "preached" at, have since developed quite a distaste for association with the Holy Name, Srila Prabhupada's books and genuine devotees as a direct result of his "expert preaching" over the years. Instead they opted for variety of distractions offered by the material energy, being unable to find value in similar alternatives on the Guru market. Some may argue: "Well ultimately it was their choice, their karma, etc." But I find that understanding lacking in true compassion that we often give ourselves credit for.
How about one of my former godbrothers, ex-gurukuli Jaya Nirsimhadeva das, who was intimidated by Prithu to the degree that he left his service. Who cares? How about Deva-prasta das, African-American bodied devotee, former UC Berkeley student, that was affectionately called "F___ing nigger" behind his back, (one can only imagine what he experienced directly) but found Prithu's benevolence too hard to digest and left for good. By the way, I stand witness to the fact that they were extremely dedicated servants of the preaching mission. How about Go-bhata, who found himself emotionally shattered for over two decades after having his wife called a prostitute by Prithu, his GBC representative at the time. How about mother Rambhoru, after all the neglect that she had to endure. How about over 50 children (some of them only 5 years old) molested by Nitai-chandra das, aka Conor Garfield Brady (residing in Ireland, recently married or engaged (not sure) to some Russian mataji with two young kids), whose first case went unreported to the police, because of the faithful protection afforded to him by Prithu das.
I sincerely doubt that the person like Prithu, who deems it appropriate to say that all of his Jewish godbrothers should be brought to an island, drenched in petrol and incinerated, is in any way, shape or form qualified to represent Srila Prabhupada or ISKCON. I suppose people that know him could easily confirm that propensity. His so-called preaching is that he uses the philosophy given by Srila Prabhupada to attract and than force away all that don't fit his narrow-minded and selfish criteria.
It seems much more appropriate to offer whatever little compassion I can muster to all those victims that GBC, RGB, GBC-EC, etc. don't seem to consider at all. I am not a pundit, but I do know what happened to the ones that witnessed the injustice committed during attempts at disrobing Drupadi and had nothing to say about it. I know what Krishna wished for them and what ultimately happened. One need not be a Sanskrit scholar to understand that. Despite the notion in our society that fake gurus are exempt from having to be moral and just, I have a gnawing feeling that neither Srila Prabhupada nor Krishna would agree with that.
Here is another excerpt from my recent exchange with Prithu:
"I found a statement of Srila Bhaktivinoda which turned my life around in which it says:
"Srila Bhaktivinoda Thakura in his Sri Caitanya Siksamrita describes the demons Krishna killed in His Vrndavana pastimes and the anarthas (unwanted things) with which they may be associated.
My note: Along these lines, the first demon Krishna kills is Putana, which stands for the pseudo-Guru. Since I have been in that position Krishna is doing his work.
How is it that there is no consequence for such a misconduct? Why are the senior devotees in ISKCON not protecting others from this self-confessed fake guru? Instead he is encouraged to continue disseminating his self-interested, polluted version of what Krsna consciousness is all about and taking money in exchange for his services. Proof follows.
Here is my proposition to Prithu:
I will stop addressing this issue in public if you, once and for all, promise to the Assembly of the devotees:
1. Never take money from either congregation in ISKCON nor from your former disciples again, just as you promised to me in private. Here is a quick reminder:
"You can't always hide behind quotes and use
> them as a smoke screens. Why are you still taking money
> form your former disciples? Even if they offer, you must
> understand that it does not belong to you and refuse
> it.
I can do without that and yes, you are right, better not take money from anyone.
> That is what I will call change of heart. Until then
> I accuse you of just continuing your scam just with
> different strategy. Your entire relationship with all
> of us was material one. As you admit that you were
> false guru, that should be reason enough to NEVER take
> any money from any person (from ISKCON or ISKCON
> congregation) that wants to help you "preach" or for
> any other reason. They belong to Prabhupada and not
> you. Even if they are sentimental fools and give you
> something you must have enough sense to refuse it. Not
> forward it to some cause, not use it for "preaching" or
> anything else. Just don't touch it. Be above
> suspicion. If you deny that you are receiving the money
> until now I will forward the e-mials that you have
> written to jagannatha about those issues to just about
> everyone.
I got some Money from Zoran Bungan sometimes last year, I got some money from JJ recently (about § 400) when i brought him a computer back from the state. Last year he gave me some money also. that's it. oh, GN gave me money some years ago.
>As far as you are concerned that money is
> cursed. Let JJ and Bunchuga and others contribute to
> the worthwhile cause in ISKCON.
> You are not worthwhile
> cause since you assumed false masturbating guru
> seat. You had your chance, you blew it. Now it is the
> time for personal reformation, bhajan, washing dishes
> in the temple, cleaning floor, just as I distinctly
> remember was the way you wanted Harikesa to redeem
> himself. Are you beyond such assignments??
No. I have been cleaning pots in Seattle for months on end. and so in Alachua.
>After all
> that is in support of preaching anyway. Why have others
> do it for years and refuse to take the advantage of it
> yourself. As long as you just want to "preach" it
> shows that you didn't understand the philosophy
> right. All services are on the equal platform. Your dish
> washing and floor cleaning and someone else
> representing ISKCON by giving classes and so on. If you
> think that just because you are "good" at it it's the
> only thing you should do than I can tell you for sure
> that you can become the best toilet cleaner in ISKCON
> provided you do it enough times, same as anything
> else. If you don't' want to understand this I will have
> no understanding for you. This is the most basic
> philosophical point and I wander why you still didn't
> get it. Have you slept thru that Bhagavatam class??? If
> so I am reminding you for everyone good. Once
> again. Don't touch Prabhupada's money.
2. Prithu, I need you to make a public statement assuring all concerned that you will never make an attempt to be reinstated as a guru in ISKCON ever again. including any leadership positions, giving siksa from vyasasana, etc. I know it will be hard to resist the temptation considering the fact that ISKCON is teeming with opportunities for unscrupulous characters like you. I know this is quite contrary to your ambition that you have revealed to me recently. You have already made the promise. It would only be fair to have everyone help you with your supposed intent and give you compassion that you truly deserve by withholding the laxmi and attention that you still seem to be unable to live without.
So, you see Gita mataji, we both have similar interest in this matter, except for the fact that I see things a little differently than you. Perhaps the fact that I have been on the receiving end of his "preaching" for more than a decade made me aware of the things you are not cognizant of. Therefore, I find it appropriate to assume this "envious" approach, as you like to characterize it.
I also concur with your claim that Krishna sends us a suitable guru. Like in my case, a show-bottle one so that I can learn from that experience and perhaps help others too, before they waste a decade of their life mislead, abused and robbed of their time, energy and money.
If our bishop of Ireland and UK wasn't so busy in maintaining the status quo and our salaried brahmana priests were more concerned about establishing the truth, instead being primarily concerned about uninterrupted supply of chapatis, I would have not had to take it upon myself to address this issue.
Hare Krishna
PS. For anyone interested in verifying the authenticity of my recent exchange with Prithu, I shall gladly supply all the relevant communication.
