In the Bhagavad gita, Sri Krsna has spoken of four kinds of knowledge:General knowledge is that we are this body, confidential knowledge (guhya) is that we are the soul, more confidential knowledge (guhyataram) is paramatma tattva , and the most confidential knowledge (guhyatamam) is purusottama tattva (Narayana in Vaikunta ), and the supermost confidential knowledge (sarva guhyatamam) is aprakrta tattva, Sri Krsna in Vraja.
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TESTIMONY BY A DEVOTEE INITIATED IN THE SRI CHAITANYA SARASWAT MATH ;
Attempted assasination of Sridhar Maharaja by ISKCON leaders.
"I was told by a guru from SCSM that there was an assasination attempt on the life of Sridhar Maharaja, in his later years, by some of the gurus in ISKCON, so the SCSM devotees retaliated ,and fired a few shots into the air with a shot gun to let these devotees know that if they try to kill Sridhar Maharaja there will be trouble, it was a warning. I didnt get into more details but this is what I heard. I also was told by this guru that the persons they think were involved were probably Bhavananda, Kirtanananda, Bhagavan and maybe some others. Anyway just getting that out there in case devotees weren't aware. If these devotees tried to kill Sridhar Maharaja, then it's obvious they're capable of killing the body of Srila Prabhupada too."
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Martin A. Raghavendu Lewis ; "According to Srila Sridhar Maharaja it w
Five hundred years ago in the district of Puri, in the village of Bentapur adjacent to Brahmagiri Alalnath, there lived a great devotee named Bhavananda Raya.
Bhavananda had five sons, the eldest of which was Ramananda.
Descendants of this family-line are known as Choudhury Pattanayaka.
It is said that Lord Caitanya visited the birth-place of Ramananda in Alalnath every year.
Ramananda was the Governor of East and West Godavari and a minister of King Prataparudra.
A great statesman of that period, Ramananda was also a poet and a scholar.
When Bhavananda met Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu, the Lord embraced him and said, "Formerly you appeared as Pandu, and your five sons appeared as the five Pandavas."
The five sons of Bhavananda Raya were Ramananda Raya, Pattanayaka Gopinatha, Kalanidhi, Sudhanidhi and Nayaka Vaninatha.
The Gauraganoddesadipika (120-124) states that Ramananda Raya was Arjuna in his past incarnation.
He is also considered to have been an incarnation of the gopi Lalita, although in the
Distribution of Arsenic in Napoleon's Hair
By Dr. Hamilton Smith, Dr. Sten Forshufvud and Dr. Anders Wassen
The illness Napoleon suffered during most of his captivity on St. Helena was actually the syndrome of chronic arsenic intoxication with intercurrent attacks of acute arsenic poisoning, as reported briefly in Nature and discussed at length in a reassessment of the disease history by one of us (S.F.). Among the facts adduced in support of this theory was the finding that a few rather short hairs known to have been taken from Napoleon's head, presumably the day after death, showed a total arsenic content of 10.38 p.p.m., a value approximately thirteen times higher than the normal mean arsenic content. It would have been interesting to examine the distribution of the arsenic, but the sample was too small (1.72 mgm.) and we were then unable to obtain further hairs from the same source.
However, on November 6, 1961, not long after the news of Napoleon's deliberate poisoning and trag
NOVEMBER 6: Srila Prabhupada asked Tamal at 3 AM to read the Bhaktivedanta Swami Charity Trust document to Him, and an error was found, which Giriraj corrected the same day at the registrar's office (the word Swami had been omitted in error). "Srila Prabhupada sat up for bathing his face; but in the middle of bathing, he had to lie down, he was so weak (AK5). When it was time for him to eat, he said he could no longer sit up; however, he would (be able to) take very little prasadam while lying down. We could understand Prabhupada's condition was becoming very serious, that unless we did something immediately, Prabhupada would soon stop eating altogether." Thus Satadhanya and Bhakticharu were sent to Mathura to call Adridharana for bringing the Calcutta kaviraja immediately. The phone in Vrindaban had been disconnected for over a week due to an unpaid bill. Adridharana was reached. Later in the day, Tamal and Bhavananda were able to convince Srila Prabhupada to continue taking the me
CHAPTER 29: HEALTH CHRONICLE:
SEPTEMBER 1977
There are no tape recordings for August 18 through October 1.
SEPTEMBER 1: A favorable newspaper clipping arrived from Mauritius written by a reporter who had met Srila Prabhupada on the train to Rishikesh months earlier. (TkgD.77) Abhiram reports that Srila Prabhupada ate well, took bath and His swelling (AK17) went down.
SEPTEMBER 2: Abhiram Prabhu noted that over just some little thing or other, Srila Prabhupada would immediately begin crying very easily (A11). This was characteristic of this time, that at least once or twice a day Srila Prabhupada would become choked up or cry because He "was so sensitive (A11)." Each morning in the Bhaktivedanta Manor temple room, Srila Prabhupada would sit before the Deities while the devotees had enthusiastic kirtan. Abhiram presented a new pair of high-quality Zeiss sunglasses to Srila Prabhupada that were purchased by his wife, Srutirupa dasi. These new sunglasses replaced the old ones, which
OCTOBER 18: Before mangal arati, Srila Prabhupada had Bhavananda, who was on the "night shifts,"summon Tamal, telling him, "I cannot sleep. (AK21) This allopathic medicine does not agree." Srila Prabhupada had not been able to rest properly all night and was quite exhausted. (TkgD)
When Dr. Ghosh came in the morning, he asked if Srila Prabhupada had taken the Complan yet, and Bhakticharu said no. Dr. Ghosh found the pulse to be definitely improved, and observed that the swelling (AK17) had gone down. But Srila Prabhupada could not rest well, and Srila Prabhupada appears to have suggested discontinuing the allopathic medicines, blaming them for His restlessness (A4), and calling for Bonamali instead.
Tamal: But if I can give my opinion, Srila Prabhupada?
Srila Prabhupada: Hm?
Tamal: But you have been sleeping a lot, Srila Prabhupada… You were sleeping so much yesterday (A10), and even while you're taking these medicines. In other words, the idea with the allopathic medicine
CHAPTER 39:
BALAVANTA'S INVESTIGATION
Since December 1997 (up to April 1999) nothing has been heard publicly about the supposedly ongoing investigation into the poison issue by Balavanta Prabhu in Alachua, Florida. As far as is known, Balavanta is still conducting his investigation on behalf of the GBC. His assistants include Rupanuga and Naveen Krishna Prabhus. Balavanta has not made any formal disclosures as to the results he has accumulated, and no one knows if or when his report will be presented to the GBC, and if or when it would then be made available to the devotees in general.
Every indication is that Balavanta is dedicated to the discovery and establishment of truth in his investigation. His program does not appear to be a whitewash or biased; neither does he appear to be rushing to conclusions. Surely, Balavanta is trying to do a good service to Srila Prabhupada by volunteering his time on this GBC investigation, but his efforts appear to some as u
CHAPTER 33:
HAIR ANALYSIS
THE FIRST TESTS
If Srila Prabhupada was poisoned, it stands to reason that evidence of this could be found by forensic analysis of His hair cuttings, fingernail clippings, or a tooth which may have been removed from Srila Prabhupada's physical body sometime during the period of poisoning and prior to entombment in His Vrindaban samadhi. In December 1997 this reporter took half of his Prabhupada hair relic, about 40 milligrams worth, to First Analytical Laboratories in Chapel Hill, NC. This hair had been received from a (name forgotten) travelling sannyasi in 1978 as a gift, and it might have been cut from Srila Prabhupada's head late in the course of His presence with us, maybe in 1977. If there was a long term poisoning of Srila Prabhupada, this author's hair relic might provide proof of poison, detectable by chemical hair analysis. However, it is not known when this hair was cut.
However, it was learned that each chemical test can only be made for one sp
CHAPTER 27: HEALTH CHRONICLE:
JULY 1977
JULY 1: Srila Prabhupada met with Alice Coltrane after He went to see the Krishna Balaram Deities. (TkgD.99)
Tamal discussed with Srila Prabhupada the loans that Jayapataka had taken from funds which Tamal was apparently managing. Tamal: "After I received the second payment, I said, "This is very good. If you continue to pay off to me, you can expect to get more loans." (Con:34.150)
Tamal then explained how his tourist visa was going to expire soon, requiring him to leave India for some time before returning to get a new tourist visa.
Tamal: The visa people gave me notice earlier that on such and such date I have to leave, and I have to think how to appeal.
Srila Prabhupada suggested that Tamal simply write to Indian Immigration that his name has been submitted to the Home Minister for special consideration for permanent residency.
Tamal: Yeah, by the time I write my letter, my name will be one of the people on the list, so it's a f
CHAPTER 21: HEALTH CHRONICLE:
JANUARY 1977
Until January 1977, Srila Prabhupada remained in fairly good health, maintaining an energetic and busy schedule, and the first significant downturn in health occurred while at the Kumbha Mela on January 12-13.
JANUARY 8:
Srila Prabhupada: So that, some Swami Chand?
Hari Sauri: Chandra Swami, minister for Air India. He's supposed to be wanting to see Prabhupada. He's coming to the Mela.
Gurudas: I'll look into that. You told me last time… So do you think I should organize this meeting with Chandra Swami also…? Or just meet him to get him to see you. Not any special, but I mean to say that he knows the situation. He can…
Srila Prabhupada: Or if he wants to see, he may come. He may find out.
Gurudas: Yes. He should come to see you.
Srila Prabhupada: Orissa is good for health?
Gurudas: Yes, he (Gargamuni) says.
Srila Prabhupada: Let him come to Bhubaneshwar, and I want to start a temple.
Gurudas: Yes. Your health is…?
Srila Prabhupada: From yes
CHAPTER 17:
INTRODUCTION TO 1977 HEALTH BIOGRAPHY
On his taped memories of Srila Prabhupada, Tamal Krishna Goswami recalls that Srila Prabhupada developed a "cold" in New Vrindaban during His visit there June 22 to July 2, 1976. Tamal states that this cold marked the onset of poor health, which he observed when Srila Prabhupada came to visit New York on July 9. However, Srila Prabhupada first became ill on May 4, 1976 in Hawaii, the day after Tamal arrived there to discuss with Srila Prabhupada the futility of his directive to go to China. By the time Srila Prabhupada was leaving New York on July 20 for Europe and India, Satsvarupa's biography describes:
"Srila Prabhupada's health was worsening, as often happened when he traveled extensively. Particularly in New York his health began to suffer… Senior devotees entreated him to rest awhile before going to England and India. He had spent a very pleasant day at the ISKCON farm in Pennsylvania, and the devotees suggested he go there for
CHAPTER 12:
WITNESSES
NOTE: Gupta Prabhu, the California attorney who represented Hansadutta in the 1998 BBT copyright case, wanted that the names and locations be changed so that, in his opinion, a possible future criminal indictment would not be jeopardized by early disclosure of information. This reporter apologizes to Gupta Prabhu that his desire is not being accommodated herein. The rationale for this entire publication is to honestly and openly reveal whatever information is in hand because it is believed to be the best approach to instigating a resolution on all levels of this darkest of all secrets. May the truth set us free!
According to Paritrikananda Prabhu, rumors circulated in the Los Angeles devotee community in 1982 that Srila Prabhupada's poisoning had been witnessed by a young Vrindaban gurukula boy. His name was Bhakta Vatsala, he was Mexican and he was about 12 years old in 1977. Bhakta Vatsala had various duties in and around Srila Prabhupada's quarters and supp
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
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...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 en
"Due to intense pressure from tens of thousands of devotees worldwide the BBTI have been forced - against their will - to again print the original edition of Srila Prabhupada's Bhagavad-gita As It ...
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"Krishna's face is decorated with ornaments, such as earrings resembling sharks. His ears are beautiful, His cheeks brilliant, and His smiling attractive to everyone. Whoever sees Lord Krishna sees a festival. His face and body are fully satisfying for everyone to see, but the devotees are angry at the creator for the disturbance caused by the momentary blinking of their eyes."
atha cainam nitya-jatam
nityam va manyase mrtam
tathapi tvam maha-baho
nainam socitum arhasi
jatasya hi dhruvo mrtyur
dhruvam janma mrtasya ca
tasmad apariharye 'rthe
na tvam socitum arhasi
Sloka 26 simply reiterates that whether or not one accepts that the soul is eternal, there is no reason to lament. Without a soul, the body would be nothing more than a collection of chemicals and firing synapses, so why should anyone lament these?
In text 27, Sri Krsna instructs that anything which takes birth will die and one who dies will be born again. As a result of this continuous cycle, one should not lament about the loss of the body and should instead fulfill the duty one is given. We know that the cycle of samsara is ongoing. The elements of this material world are constantly in flux. As Prabhupada states, “there are so many living entities generating out of matter every moment, and so many of them are being vanquished every moment, there is no need to grieve f
Prabhupāda : And there is no God? What a nonsense. If things are... Just like when you pass through a house, sometimes if you don't see—the house is not properly taken care of, or there is no light in front of the house, there are so many garbages, we immediately say, "Oh, there is no man in this house." And as soon as you see house is very nicely kept, there is light and the garden is kept, we understand there is a man. So this is common sense. If things are going on, everything is going on so nicely, how you can say there is no management, there is no brain? How you can say? What is this nonsense? How you can say there is no God?
[ 730225rc.jkt - February 25, 1973, Jakarta]
courtesy BV Sagar Maharaja
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Chaitanya Mahaprabhu - more merciful than Radha-Krsna
"The whole mercy of Krishna, and the whole mercy of Radhika, have come in Caitanya Mahaprabhu. So He is more merciful than Radha and Krishna also. Those who are siddha, only they can enter in Radha-Krishna [lila]. But those who are offensive, having so many lust, unwanted things in their heart, they cannot realize Radha and Krishna's mercy, never. But even if offensive like Jagai-Madhai, so many, having so much lust, oh, they are sinking in the ocean of sense gratification, even they will come to Navadvipa dharma, and they will chant 'Gaura Nitai! Gaura Nityananda Prabhu!' very easily. All kinds of five elements, offense, ignorance, suffering, sorrows, all will go very quickly.
Though Krishna is same like Caitanya Mahaprabhu Sacinandana Gaurahari, but here He has taken the beauty and intrinsic mood and mercy of Radhika. So He's more merciful than Krishna and Radhika. In Krishna lila pastime
“When the atheists, after being well versed in the Vedic scientific
knowledge, annihilate inhabitants of different planets, flying unseen
in the sky on well-built rockets prepared by the great scientist,
Maya, the Lord will bewilder their minds by dressing Himself
attractively as Buddha and will preach on subreligious principles.”
(Srimad-Bhagavatam, tr. by Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami, ISKCON, Los Angeles, Canto 2, Ch. 7, p. 63).
