“CHAPTER 84: MAY 28 DISCUSSIONS CONCEALED (Cont.), SATSVARUPA ADULTERATES THE MAY 28 TRANSCRIPT (See Book Two) In 1983 Satsvarupa published the final of 6 volumes of Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita, Srila Prabhupada’s biography. It included a heavily adulterated version of the May 28 transcript (p. 324-5) supportive of ISKCON’s unauthorized gurus. The deceptive fudging of the transcript and his “politically-convenient” interpretation of the May 28 talks in his biography reveals Satsvarupa to be a primary participant in the gurujacking of ISKCON by falsifying the instructions Srila Prabhupada. His transcript is so far off from what was spoken, he must have thought the actual tape would never be released. The tape and a true transcript remained unavailable for another two years; the GBC succeeded in hiding the May 28 talks for eight years. Thereafter Satsvarupa simply pleaded “literary or artistic license” to explain his biography deceit to those with less intelligence.
FIRST ACCURATE BUT UNAUTHORIZED MAY 28 TRANSCRIPT WAS IN 1985- The first publication of an accurate, complete May 28 transcript was included as an attachment to Ravindra Svarupa das’ essay Under My Order in 1985. This transcript was "edited and checked by Jayadvaita Swami," a Bhaktivedanta Book Trust editor. Ravindra Svarupa had challenged the GBC-approved guru system and by 1987 some partial so-called reforms were implemented in ISKCON, in part due to his writings. Ravindra Svarupa admitted in his 1985 essay he obtained a copy of the May 28 appointment tape from 'unauthorized sources.' Why could he not obtain a copy of it from authorized sources? The answer is that the GBC tasked Ramesvara, in charge of the Los Angeles Bhaktivedanta Archives until 1986, to lock up various sensitive tapes and documents and keep them unavailable in a locked safe. Unauthorized sources means getting a copy from the back door through bribery. Sulochan das also got Srila Prabhupada’s letters and May 28 tape copy in such a way from the Archives, circumventing Ramesvara, the guardian of the Archives. Sources reveal that Ramesvara threatened Sulochan to return the letters copy or he would be “dead meat.” (Srila Prabhupada’s Hidden Glories 1.497)
Jaya Srila Prabhupada!
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