A DECEITFUL COVER-UP BY THE POISON SUSPECTS AND GBC
(1) “Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it.” (Adolf Hitler)
(2) “No lie can live forever.” (Martin Luther King)
(3) “...by too much lying propaganda, truthfulness is spoiled.” (SBhag 1.17.25)
(4) “The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.” (Ayn Rand)
(5) “We use the same techniques as Aristotle and Hitler. We appeal to people on an emotional level and get them to agree on a functional level.” (N. Oakes)
Soon after the appearance of the “poison issue” in late 1997, ISKCON adopted a suppressive cover-up policy on the evidence in Srila Prabhupada’s poisoning. Their first cover-up was in early 1998. Hari Sauri was spokesman for the new Ministry For The Protection of ISKCON (like George Orwell’s Ministry of Truth). After SHPM was published in 1999 with the poisoning evidence, the GBC elite and suspects themselves orchestrated and financed a second fraudulent, deceitful cover-up of the poisoning evidence in 2000 with a book Not That I Am Poisoned (NTIAP). ISKCON issued knowingly defective denials of the evidence in increasing desperation. They even said there was no evidence at all that Srila Prabhupada had been poisoned.
Another book in 2003, Judge For Yourself, included a CD with the poison discussions, whispers, and Tamal’s mercy killing interview. ISKCON just ignored it. In May 2017 Kill Guru, Become Guru was released online, followed by 6 YouTube videos on the evidence that ISKCON wanted to fault and obscure. A secret GBC committee in late 2017 masterminded their third major poison cover-up, a project headed by notoriously dishonest Bir Krishna Maharaja and including Brahmatirtha, Gunagrahi, Malati, and prime suspect Bhakticharu Swami. Gunagrahi, dying from cancer, was a mole leaking key GBC emails.
The GBC announced their rebuttal would soon be released. They misled their own “poison expert” Dr. VV Pillay. They anointed Mayeswara das, a feisty “independent” devotee eager for recognition, to do a thorough-looking pseudo-scientific rebuttal. In early 2020 a confusing, GBC inspired book was released, titled Deception: Poison Conspiracy Fraud, filled with lies, distortions and deception ad nauseum, and with a shoddy, fiery, sarcastic “defender of truth” video.
Since 1998 ISKCON has obstructed the truth with cover-ups of Srila Prabhupada’s poisoning with misinformation, false narratives, fake facts, suppressing and censoring the actual truth, and, likely by also by destroying key evidence. For this the entire GBC should be tried in criminal court as aiders and abettors after the factual crime. Why don’t they just allow one or two honest scientific tests instead of so much denying? And let the evidence speak for itself? They fear the truth. The scandal of the original poisoning is magnified by ISKCON’s determined suppression of the hard evidence.
Now the GBC and ISKCON are accomplices to Srila Prabhupada’s poisoning.
In late 1997 the GBC Executive Committee deputed Balavanta das (William Ogle) to conduct an “independent” investigation into the poison controversy, and expected he would disprove it completely. Later, senior GBCs (and the suspects) such as Tamal, Bhakticharu and Jayapataka thought this action had been unwise and rash, the GBC quickly silenced Balavanta because he was a man of integrity and not a corrupted insider who would “protect” ISKCON’s political interests. The poison issue was problematic for some GBCs who were widely perceived as primary suspects. There was a natural tension between Balavanta and these suspects.
Early in 1998 the GBC created The Ministry for the Protection of ISKCON (MPI) which engaged diehard GBC supporter Hari Sauri das and Jahnu das, the right-hand man for Harikesh Swami’s regime in Europe. Balavanta hardly had his investigation going when the GBC elite controllers, Tamal, Jayapataka, Bhakticharu, Bir Krishna Swami, and Ravindra Svarupa, arranged a cover-up and any honest investigation was thrown out the window. Thereafter, denial, deceit, obfuscation, subterfuge, and stonewalling was the secret policy, with one cover-up after another. The GBCs fell in line behind the suspects to confront the common threat of the “poison theory.” One for all, all for one.
The “Cover-ups Ministry” was tasked with countering the poison theory, and specifically a pending, private CD project. There was a widespread sentiment that the GBC was dishonest, blocking impartial investigation and sharing of the facts and evidence. A trio of Dhanesvara, Rochan, and Nityananda decided to make and distribute an audio CD with the “enhanced” poison whispers and a narrative commentary. Rochan enlisted the help of an odd character in Lockport, NY named Geoffrey Giuliano or “Jagannath das Puripada.” Dhanesvara went to Lockport in Jan. 1998 to create the CD in Jagannath’s sound studio. But on the day of the CD’s completion, a dangerously angry Giuliano instigated a horrible confrontation with Dhanesvara, who fled for Denver by bus, without the CD he had worked on for six weeks.
Giuliano left the same day for India, stopping in Europe on the way. Later a copy of the finished CD was recovered from the Lockport sound studio manager where the CD was mastered. Giuliano claimed the CD was stolen and turned over to ISKCON by immigrant Bengali devotees in his ashram, but one of the Bengalis, Gaura Daya das, called saying that Giuliano stole the CD and sold it to Harikesh Swami. He explained how he and his friends had endured great abuse and exploitation, calling Giuliano a psychopath con-man, telling about shady business practices, and more.
Giuliano stole the finished CD and sold it for $10,000 to Harikesh in Europe and the GBC had the audio Poison CD even before its makers did. The GBC inner was worried about an impending release of a damning “poison audio CD” worldwide. MPI decided on a rebuttal of the CD, which was expected to flood the devotee world very soon. However, the private team decided to abandon the CD project. The team would continue investigations and a broader report would be made later. A book was a better option; the “Poison CD” was never released. Yet, May 21, 1998, MPI released their “Reply To The Poison Cd.” The GBC thus responded to a Poison CD that was never printed nor distributed, thus actually increasing awareness of the poison issue, raising more questions, and arousing new interest in the investigation.
The MPI’s flawed response (below) was later included in the year 2000 GBC book of denials Not That I Am Poisoned. Giuliano later also gave an interview to the GBC claiming Dhanesvara and Nityananda wanted to tamper with the poison whispers in his sound studio, that they tried to contrive false evidence. Giuliano gave no specifics in his lies against an honest investigative team. The GBC used a con artist who scammed both sides. The GBC has engaged in many cover-ups: the child abuse, zonal acharya hoax, guru fall-downs, its leader deviations, etc. They covered-up the poison issue with lies, misinformation, deceitful denials, and blocking any honest investigation.
ISKCON'S REPLY TO POISON CD THAT NEVER WAS
May 21, 1998: MPI: Over the last few months a rumor has surfaced that Prabhupada supposedly was poisoned by some of his closest and most trusted disciples. Just recently a Poison CD came out, which, although hiding behind the banner of neutrality and claiming no other intention than getting to the truth of the matter, strongly suggests that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned by his Western disciples and that there is a conspiracy by the GBC to cover this up. The so-called evidence on the Poison CD is rather insidious at its core. First, logical arguments Srila Prabhupada was not poisoned by his disciples.
COMMENT: But, was there a poisoning? And then see who did not do it.)
MPI: A further point to consider is who exactly would want to kill Srila Prabhupada and what was their motive? Proponents of the "Ritvik" idea postulated that some GBC members […] wanted him removed from the scene as quickly as possible so that they could become full gurus […] According to their logic […] they poisoned him to death.
COMMENT: Everyone knows some senior men were extremely ambitious to take Srila Prabhupada’s place, and they did so. This was the poisoners’ motive.
MPI: Obviously such a task would have to have been a conspiracy. How is it possible to keep such a conspiracy without any leaks for 20 years in ISKCON? How was it possible to keep Bhakticharu Swami out of it? […] But what would be his motive? He […] did he become guru until 1987.
COMMENT: The poison whispers and discussions ARE the leaks. Tamal’s mercy killing interview shows there were leaks. Let’s focus on the evidence not speculation. Bhakticharu joined in 1977 so he had to wait. Ten years was not long to wait at all.
LONG STANDING AILMENTS DISPROVES POISONING?
[Next MPI gave Abhiram's report on Srila Prabhupada's medical symptom of dropsy (not a disease). But in 1977 40 kavirajas and doctors could not agree on a disease diagnosis.]
MPI: …The PCD authors would have it that Srila Prabhupada showed strong symptoms of someone being poisoned… COMMENT: Yes, that is what Srila Prabhupada himself said several times.
MPI: …but while they suggestively attribute this to sinister origins, we now present some more medical facts to show that such symptoms were indeed to be expected in someone of Prabhupada's physical condition...
COMMENT: MPI discusses Srila Prabhupada’s medical condition trying to discredit a poisoning, saying that if there was diabetes, that rules out poisoning. But diabetics can be poisoned too, and Srila Prabhupada had medical symptoms not seen in diabetes or kidney disease, but are unique to heavy metals poisoning (Ch. 31).
MPI: From the Nov. 9-10 conversations, Shastri [kaviraja] did not detect any symptoms of arsenic in Srila Prabhupada's body […] even though Srila Prabhupada himself discussed directly with him the possibility of his being poisoned. Nor did Prabhupada's nurses, Abhiram and Bhakticharu Swami, nor any of the other doctors.
COMMENT: All the caretakers clearly acknowledged Srila Prabhupada spoke of being homicidally poisoned, including. Shastri. Read the conversations! MPI quotes Bhakticharu Swami (a primary suspect) to show there was no foul play. In Nov. 1977 Bhakticharu Swami said: “Someone gave him poison here!” Then in 1998 he denied it? Who will believe him?
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