NEW JAYAPUR RELOCATES TO FIJI
By Nityananda das
May 12 2013, Fiji — The first Prabhupadanuga rtvik center was New Jayapur farm community outside Natchez, Mississippi, started in 1987. We worshipped Sri Sri Radha Govinda, facilitated a few brahmincally inclined devotees, published the Vedic Village Review (philosophical Vaishnava magazine discussing ISKCON issues), and uncovered and publicized the rtvik initiation system that Prabhupada wanted for ISKCON after his physical departure. We also operated a gurukula, health food store and antique store, milked Red Devon cows, and had tourists pay to tour a Southern antebellum mansion filled with period antiques and a Vedic cultural museum (Srila Prabhupada’s murti and quarters were the final part of the tour.) Rupa Vilas, Karnamrita and myself were the first devotees formally excommunicated from ISKCON for refusing to recant our “rtvik views.” However, due to grievous errors on my part, we ran into legal difficulties with the government, and the project was closed by 1992. I was to blame for this.
Now, over 20 years later, and maybe a bit wiser, myself and family have re-established New Jayapur in the South Pacific islands at Telau Estate, Vanua Levu, Fiji. Miraculously, Radha Govinda are still with us, as They have travelled all over the world with us looking for a suitable site for a farm project, from Natchez to Houston, the Carolinas, Hawaii, Panama and finally Fiji (14 moves in total). We have been in Fiji since 2009 (but began visiting in 2001) and we will apply for citizenship in September 2014.
It is really very wonderful here and we would like to share what we are doing in bits and pieces (as we read the news from others too). Sharing is good. Rather than start our own blog, we’ll rejuvenate the Vedic Village Review as short news bulletins, posted on other Prabhupadanuga sites. We’d like also to accumulate an interested parties email list for weekly news posts about New Jayapur (please send a request to be added to the list to srigovinda@gmail.com).
We humbly seek the blessings of all Prabhupadanugas everywhere, that our attempt may be pleasing to Srila Prabhupada. Sticking tightly to the instructions and guidance of our lord and master Srila Prabhupada, we proceed cautiously and with inspiration from our brothers and sisters. Jaya Prabhupada, Jaya Radha Govinda! May Prabhupada’s Daivi-Varnashram plan be implemented around the world in spite of all obstacles coming from the gross materialists and pseudo spiritualists such as the shadow ISKCON. We are affiliated with the Hare Krishna Society group of Prabhupadanugas,
(www.krishnaconsciousnessmovement.com).
Our farm in Fiji is 857 acres, fully titled and held by a Panamanian foundation. It measures 1 km x 5 km, fronting on the ocean with a small river (7 km long) running through a valley of very fertile soil and dense primary rainforest. The environment is rather benign; no snakes, scorpions, biting ants or dangerous critters. Prabhupada said Fiji was Ramanik Island, home of Kaliya, therefore there are no larger wild animals here (Kaliya ate them all?) Feral pigs and the introduced mongoose is about all we have. The beautiful musk parrots abound; the climate at 17 degrees south is mild and pleasant, similar to Hawaii.
Rainfall is abundant at 125 inches annually, although it varies widely throughout Fiji (micro climates), which mostly occurs in the afternoons or nights due to the prevailing southeast trade winds pushing up moisture onto interior mountains up to 2500 feet high (including nearby Mt Kasi, the closed goldmine). The scenery and views are awesome and delightful.
Vanua Levu (5600 sq km, 180 x 50 km) is the second largest Fiji island, with 140,000 people, about 45% of Indian origin. A while back, a police patrol car pulled me over one day in the mountains while crossing the island, and when he approached my car window, he shook my hand, and smiling, said he just wanted to thank us for the good work we are doing. The Indians are very supportive of us foreign devotees of Lord Krishna coming here to teach them about their lost culture which has been largely forgotten since their forefathers came as laborers from India in the late 1800′s. We are planning a program of selecting qualified landless Indian families to reside at farm, by application and trial basis, as many of them are natural devotees. Everywhere we go, the Indians offer us respect and say “Haribol!”
The Fiji government last year lifted their hold on registration of charitable religious organizations, and our lawyer filed our long-waiting registration papers for Fiji Vedic Village Society. We are officially registered as a Fiji religious body, just as ISKCON Suva has been. This allows us to sponsor foreign volunteers and devotees to reside here on 3 year renewable visas as religious workers in our programs.
Five years of any kind of residency qualifies one for citizenship; dual citizenship is permitted. Thus the immigration issue is no obstacle ( details available upon request). Other residency visas include assured income (3 years, renewable) and tourist (up to 6 months, and renewable with a 3 day exit).
In February our family moved to the farm from our rental house in town where we were having weekly Sunday feast programs and Saturday harinam book table with halvah packet distribution in front of ANZ Bank. Now we drive in for the harinam, taking an hour and a half to reach Savusavu, a quaint touristy yacht-harbor village of 5000 with a sizeable foreigner contingent, mostly retirees. TV One did a show on us last year, and almost everyone in Fiji now knows of us. Plus we had an article in the Fiji Sun about our spiritual village project. The preaching has been good for us in Fiji, and the farm project is now established as well, so we are feeling very satisfied with Prabhupada’s blessings.
More soon…
Your servant, in Prabhupada’s service,
Nityananda das
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SOMEONE
HAS
POISONED
ME
THE FACTS ABOUT
SRILA PRABHUPADA'S
POISONING
BY ARSENIC
"So as Krishna was attempted to be killed... And
Lord Jesus Christ was killed. So they may kill me also."
-Srila Prabhupada, May 3, 1976, Honolulu
A letter from
Nityananda das
New Jaipur Press
EXCERPTS
...the evidence is solid that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned, but by whom is not yet known. The level of proof, coincidences, and circumstantial evidence, makes for a very compelling verdict. (Foreword)
This letter, or book, organizes the evidence and information to date (April 1999) regarding the poisoning of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, most probably carried out by some of His "closest" disciples. (Foreword)
"...the GBC is convinced that no such evil deed or even intention existed at the time. The GBC is certain that Srila Prabhupada's passing away was due to entirely natural causes, as his doctors stated. ...some persons are bent on establishing the false and malicious theory that some of Prabhupada's own disciples conspired to poison him." ISKCON statement, Dec. 7, 1997.
Srila Prabhupada: Vahi bat... je koi hamko poison kiya.
(That same thing I said, that someone has poisoned me.)
-Final statement about poisoning late on November 10, 1977.
Kaviraja: dekhiye, bat hi hai, ki koi rakshas ne diya ho.
(Look, this is the thing, that maybe some rakshasa gave him poison.)
Bhakticharu: He's saying that someone gave him poison.)
Tamal Krishna: Prabhupada was thinking that someone had poisoned him.
Kaviraja: Yadi bolta hai, to kuch na kuch sac hi hai, koi sandeh nahin.
(If he says that, there must be some truth to it. There's no doubt.)
Bhakticharu: He said that when Srila Prabhupada is saying that, there must be something truth behind it.
Tamal Krishna: Tssh.
Tamal Krishna: Srila Prabhupada, Sastriji says that there must be some truth to it if you say that. So who is it that has poisoned?
PAUSE of 13 seconds: Srila Prabhupada never answered Tamal.
-Excerpts from conversations on November 10-11, 1977.
"He noted a number of symptoms observed in Napoleon, and in that way managed a description that could have come straight out of a modern textbook on toxicology of the symptoms of arsenical intoxication."
...Assassination at St. Helena, Forshufvud & Weider
A lethal dose may be indicated by as little as 5 ppm of arsenic in the hair. Compare this to the 3 ppm found in Srila Prabhupada's hair. (Chapter 35)
Further, when the symptoms of chronic arsenic poisoning are confirmed by an actual hair analysis, as has been done, then there can be no doubt of the accuracy of this diagnosis. (see Chapter 33)
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
chakshur unmilitam yena tasmi sri-gurave namah
I was born in the darkest ignorance, and my spiritual master opened my eyes with the torch of knowledge. I offer my respectful obeisances unto him.
nama om vishnu-padaya krishna preshthaya bhu-tale
srimate bhaktivedanta-svamin iti namine
I offer my respectful obeisances unto His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who is very dear to Lord Krishna, having taken shelter at His lotus feet.
namas te sarasvate deve gaura-vani-pracharine
nirvisesha-sunyavadi-paschatya-desa-tarine
Our respectful obeisances are unto you, O spiritual master, servant of Sarasvati Goswami. You are kindly preaching the message of Lord Chaitanyadeva and delivering the Western countries, which are filled with impersonalism and voidism.
No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any form
or by any means, without prior written permission of the publisher.
© 1999 New Jaipur Press
All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America.
ISBN 0-923519-09-2
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Foreword.................................................................................................... 1
Introduction................................................................................................ 4
Chapter 1: Poison Becomes an Issue........................................................ 6
Chapter 2: Poison Whispers Discovered.................................................... 7
Chapter 3: Whispers Alarm Devotees....................................................... 8
Chapter 4: Poison Investigations Begin.................................................. 10
Chapter 5: ISKCON Statement.............................................................. 12
Chapter 6: Investigation Continues........................................................ 14
Chapter 7: Audio Forensics Commence................................................... 16
Chapter 8: More Audio Forensics........................................................... 20
Chapter 9: Obtaining the UHER............................................................ 22
Chapter 10: Virtual Originals from Archives............................................ 24
Chapter 11: More Whispers, No Editing................................................... 25
Chapter 12: Witnesses............................................................................. 28
Chapter 13: Are There Missing Tapes?..................................................... 30
Chapter 14: Researching the Tape Library............................................... 33
Chapter 15: Chandra Swami Connection.................................................. 34
Chapter 16: "Someone Has Poisoned Me".................................................. 41
Chapter 17: Introduction to 1977 Health Biography.................................. 53
Chapter 18: Kidney Disease Symptoms.................................................... 58
Chapter 19: Arsenic Poisoning Symptoms................................................ 60
Chapter 20: Health Chronicle: Dec. 1975 - Dec. 1976................................ 71
Chapter 21: Health Chronicle: January 1977............................................ 78
Chapter 22: Health Chronicle: February 1977.......................................... 83
Chapter 23: Health Chronicle: March 1977.............................................. 88
Chapter 24: Health Chronicle: April 1977................................................. 92
Chapter 25: Health Chronicle: May 1977................................................ 100
Chapter 26: Health Chronicle: June 1977............................................... 111
Chapter 27: Health Chronicle: July 1977................................................ 119
Chapter 28: Health Chronicle: August 1977............................................ 129
Chapter 29: Health Chronicle: September 1977....................................... 140
Chapter 30: Health Chronicle: October 1977........................................... 150
Chapter 31: Health Chronicle: November 1977....................................... 202
Chapter 32: Health Biography Analysis.................................................. 226
Chapter 33: Hair Analysis..................................................................... 233
Chapter 34: Napoleon: A Case History.................................................... 245
Chapter 35: Blanche Taylor Moore......................................................... 256
Chapter 36: Other Arsenic Case Studies................................................. 261
Chapter 37: Reverse Speech Theory........................................................ 264
Chapter 38: Reverse Speech Analysis..................................................... 267
Chapter 39: Balavanta's Investigation.................................................... 270
Chapter 40: Poisoning Methodology........................................................ 271
Chapter 41: Possible Motives of the Assassins......................................... 276
Chapter 42: Parade of Doctors, Treatments, and Mis-Diagnoses.............. 278
Chapter 43: Who Are The Suspects?....................................................... 281
Chapter 44: Dateline of Poisoning Highlights......................................... 282
Chapter 45: Conclusions & Summary.................................................... 283
Appendix 1: Perle Appointment Tape Analysis........................................ 293
Appendix 2: Audio Forensic Analysis: The Whispers............................... 295
Appendix 3: Audio Forensic Analysis: No Editing.................................... 314
Appendix 4: Statement by Abhiram Prabhu........................................... 343
Appendix 5: Appointment Tape Misquoted.............................................. 345
Appendix 6: Book Review: TKG's Diary.................................................. 347
Appendix 7: Diabetes Symptoms............................................................ 350
Appendix 8: Asutosh Oja Astrological Reports......................................... 352
Appendix 9: Unverified Information....................................................... 355
Appendix 10: Are There Missing Tapes?................................................... 358
Appendix 11: Hair Mineral Analysis........................................................ 361
Appendix 12: Sources of Arsenic............................................................... 366
Appendix 13: Possible Mis-Diagnoses....................................................... 367
Appendix 14: Poisoning Throughout History............................................ 368
Appendix 15: History of Tamal Krishna Goswami.................................... 371
Appendix 16: Was The Medicine Like Poison?.......................................... 379
Appendix 17: Astrology and Poisoning...................................................... 382
Appendix 18: Letter from Bhagavat Das................................................... 386
Appendix 19: Tamal Talks at Pyramid House.......................................... 389
Appendix 20: Black Magic and Tantrics................................................... 392
Appendix 21: ISKCON Answers CD That Never Was............................... 393
Appendix 22: Arsenical Photophobia......................................................... 406
Index of Book Illustrations
FOREWORD
Dear Godbrothers, Godsisters and others:
Please accept my obeisances. All Glories to Srila Prabhupada.
I am sorry to be the bearer of bad news. For over 18 months I have worked on the accumulation of evidence that Srila Prabhupada was chronically poisoned by arsenic in 1977. That evidence is this book, a letter to the followers of Srila Prabhupada. Please take the time to review the evidence carefully and consider assisting in the further investigation that is required to resolve this issue completely. In my opinion, the evidence is solid that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned, but by whom is not yet known. The level of proof, coincidences, and circumstantial evidence, makes for a very compelling verdict. I want to inform you of this evidence because I believe it is my duty to Srila Prabhupada and His Mission to push this matter to a healthy closure. In this, I am humbly asking your advice and assistance.
On November 17, 1997 I was working in the yard on a fine, cool afternoon. I had had my fill of controversy long ago. The cordless phone rang; Mahabuddhi Prabhu was calling from Florida, and what he told me sent chills down my back, brought sweat to my brow and left my knees feeling wobbly. He described shocking whispers he had discovered on tapes which indicated Srila Prabhupada, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, our beloved spiritual master, and that to thousands of others, had been poisoned twenty years earlier in 1977. Thus I became involved, practically against my will, with the question of whether the greatest spiritual teacher of modern times had been poisoned.
Many times I have turned my back on this issue, once for a period of over six months, hoping someone else would take up the reins of the investigation I had reluctantly become involved with. Then one evening, Lakshmi Nrsingha Prabhu asked me what I could contribute to the local temple program in the observance of Srila Prabhupada's disappearance day. Instantly, my conscience screamed at me: "You must publish the evidence on the poisoning of Srila Prabhupada as your duty to Krishna and the truth!" I could not bear to allow this information to remain dormant or hidden any longer. So, with many mixed and conflicting emotions, here it is. I pray that I have done the right thing.
This letter, or book, organizes the evidence and information to date (April 1999) regarding the poisoning of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, most probably carried out by some of His "closest" disciples. This subject is certainly a difficult one to address, and it is also difficult to present properly in a publication. As Srila Prabhupada advised, we may say something, but we must be very cautious about printing it. Only because the evidence is so substantial do I venture to do so, and I hope that further evidence will show all of this to be no more than a false alarm, which unfortunately, does not seem even remotely likely. The compelling material contained herein intrinsically demands a full scale inquiry by truthful persons with the full cooperation of ISKCON, the GBC, and, hopefully, suspects such as Tamal Krishna Goswami, Jayapataka Swami, Bhakticharu Swami, and others.
Originally, this production was intended as an audio documentary. Rochan Prabhu had arranged most of the ingredients for producing a CD, except for funding, which I then contributed. Dhaneshwar Prabhu worked hard under difficult circumstances at a location in Lockport, NY, for a month until the CD was pressed. Somehow there were some unpalatable dealings and we were extorted sizable sums of money. Dhaneshwar was forced to leave and I could not obtain the CD or the production materials, including the interviews. Finally, after two months, a copy of the CD was received, but not before the GBC and Harikesh had gotten it first through some unknown shady deal. It was feared that the host and narrator of the CD would then threaten to sue for royalties and up front money if I reproduced it. I was left with the choice to totally rework and re-record the CD or take the chance of legal entanglement with the troublesome narrator in Lockport.
Although Dhaneshwar Prabhu had done his best with the CD's content as could be expected with the facility and time limits, there were many things that left me dissatisfied with the CD. Critical parts of the story and evidence were either confusing, wordy or missing. A CD was limited to 73 minutes, a cassette tape 120 minutes, and I was reluctant to cut out so much of the relevant information. Thus I reconsidered the strategy of how to best present the poison issue evidence.
At the time it appeared that most devotees were focused entirely on the incriminating, twenty year old whispers, as though they were the heart of the evidence. But gradually I realized that the whispers were but one valuable confirmation of many other pieces of evidence. Also, the whisper's real value lay not simply in their interpretations by the human ear, but in how they were analyzed by advanced technology and spectrographic charts. Such charts could not be seen on a tape or CD, where many would fall into the trap of analyzing whispers by speculating and arguing about what they thought they were hearing. Would not a book avoid this pitfall, and re-focus everyone on the primary evidence, namely Srila Prabhupada's own statements that He was poisoned? The whispers are attention-grabbing, but what Srila Prabhupada said is the primary evidence, and the rest is supporting evidence. Since then, a positive hair analysis has very much strengthened the case.(Chapter 33)
A CD must be accompanied by a booklet and, in composing that booklet, it would tend to become a book anyway. A fully documented, printed work can be easily referred to again and again, without depending on a CD player and fast-forwarding to some elusive portion for review. A CD was sensational, spiffy and technologically advanced, but a book, however, is the approved and standard method of distributing the truth. Those who must HEAR the whispers will be able to order the tapes from the BBT Archives or other sources.
My appreciation for literary and investigative assistance goes to Rochan, Dhaneshwar, Agrahya, Mahabuddhi, Paritrikananda, Isha, and Gupta Prabhus, and many others. I have tried to make this presentation as accurate, honest and complete as possible, noting plainly what is a fact, what is a "lead", and what is my personal commentary or thoughts. It is hereby emphatically stated that I have presented the evidence as it is, without serving any motive or purpose other than the pursuit of the truth. I know that this book will be extremely controversial; it will be both loathed and appreciated, both condemned and received favorably. My physical life may be jeopardized and I am not altogether positive it is good for my spiritual life or consciousness either. (But I do remember Srila Prabhupada telling Harikesh about acting in difficult situations: 'Damn your consciousness.') But whatever, I cannot escape my conscience. With this letter I hope to promote a widespread and ecumenical search for the truth: WAS SRILA PRABHUPADA INTENTIONALLY POISONED BY HIS LEADING DISCIPLES? We already know that He was poisoned, but by whom?
Assurance is hereby given that this book is not based on ignoble motives, and is not opposed to the principles of Krishna consciousness, ISKCON or the GBC. This is not an anti-ISKCON strategy or rtvik politics. Of course, many will disagree. I have tried to ensure that others, even those who may not be familiar with Krishna consciousness, will approach this issue with proper respect and appreciation for Srila Prabhupada's position and achievements. There is within this book an attempt to create the proper mood of inquiry and justice. Vengeance is not called for here. However, if Srila Prabhupada's mission has been usurped by some of the same people who attempted to kill him (only by Lord Krishna's arrangement did it happen), and those same people are among those who once proclaimed their divine right as the sole inheritors of the kingdom, it would truly be a disservice to His Divine Grace were we not to put our best effort into proving the truth of the matter. The proper mood of inquiry and seeking justice, I believe, is to seek the truth without malice or anger, but with unrelenting determination and in a cooperative spirit.