- Hare Krishna Youth & Gurukul
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A factual documentary on the massive child abuse in the ISKCON Hare Krishna children's gurukul schools between 1977 and 2000. Produced by KCTS Seattle and broadcast on national television in the USA. Five victims of ISKCON child abuse tell there stories intermingled with historical footage from ISKCON's gurukuls and statements by scholars and experts on the field of child abuse. This documentary was produced at the time when around 125 ISKCON gurukul students were suing ISKCON through the attorney Windle Turley. This documentary is not anti-ISKCON but presents a very fair and reasonable view of the situation faced by children in ISKCON's gurukuls.
Some of the people in this video blame Srila Prabhupada for the massive child abuse perpetrated on the children of Krishna by his so-called disciples. It is not Srila Prabhupada or his teachings that caused this abuse, the actual cause is the rejection of the teachings of Srila Prabhupada by his so-called followers. In every way ISKCON has turned the teachings of Srila Prabhupada upside down. The treatment of children in ISKCON gurukuls is one of the most tragic examples of this.
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5d worldwide 2 months agoThis happens when the guru is a cheater, the whole community falls down. But, when the guru is self realized, the panorama is totally different. Vaishnava culture is the most sublime way to reach God. There is no more perfect way or perfect science to understand God.
Prabhupad said that Iskcon’s demise or fall down would begin from the inside. So no, the problem is not the spiritual discipline and purificatory rites, but the contaminated minds of the delusional souls. Prabhupada was out of the material boundaries, he was and he is pure. Hare Krsna.
Delila Buchanan 8 months agoa haven for disgusting DEMONS may they get their KARMA and so so much more! I believe in universal justice!!
Jerry Chetty 9 months agoThis is a load of bullshit, trying to blame srila PRAPBUPADA for the ills of the deviant characters who have populated Isckon for their own nefarious benefits
Sincerely Sarcastic 9 months ago"If you shut down our group for child abuse, your group could be shut down, too!" Lol, okay. Do it. There is so much whataboutism in this documentary, it's insane. Any Christian church that denies children are a gift from God, that denies what you do to a child's body you also do to Christ Himself, or that intentionally breaks up families is not Christian. The Hare Krishnas shame people for reproducing WITHIN WEDLOCK (where children are least likely to be abused, which is why Christians have this rule), Hare Krishnas devalue what happens to the body as irrelevant (even in the words of the people interviewed here) and Hare Krishnas teach families that their attachment to one another is WRONG and a DETRIMENT. This is a culture that makes separation of children from their parents MANDATORY. Sleep deprivation, hours upon hours of meditation. OF COURSE sexual abuse is taking place! No one is there for their kids! There was a time when all cultures the world over saw children and their abuse as mainly irrelevant. The "imago dei" doctrine of Christianity is what changed that. Sexual abuse happens everywhere? Very true. No one should think it can't happen in their group? Correct. But that doesn't change the fact that the Hare Krishnas are a paradise for pedophiles almost by design. I enthusiastically invite every religion to be harshly judged by this standard -- what kind of environment they are creating for children to grow up in -- regardless of whether it hurts people claiming to be on my side. There is only one religion that teaches the kingdom of heaven belongs to little children, and it's Christianity.
Ritvika 1 year agoIt’s shameful how so called accused monks simply change countries and simply escape all the allegations and charges, no trials, no punishment and no action by the GBC instead they try to hide it all. Shameful!
Church did the same and was exposed later on likewise a movie “Spotlight” was made based on it and it was truly shocking.
Now I can relate! It’s the ‘monsters that live among us’ and maybe it’s rightly said that “Religion is an Opium”
The governing body mostly comprises of all the corrupt, dishonest and criminal monks, who escaped from one country to another. “Have faith but don’t have blind faith.”- thumb_up — 4
Zorica Maštrović 2 years agoDetachment of children to their parents and vice versa?!
It is called just a stupidity!!!- thumb_up — 4
Anshuman Mishra 2 years agoShame on you on thinking and writing like this about Srila Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada is representive of Lord Sri Krishna he cannot do anything wrong.- thumb_up — 6
Chahal 9 months ago@anshumanmishra2555he did he chose his junky pedo successors hes only to blame ! Thousands of kids molested raped by these so called swamis ! Same thing happend in india corruption scandals in iskcon ! Raping of childrens molesting girls in mandirs like in bihar mandir head molesting his own daughter in law one day daughter in law recorded his black deeds on camera ! In same mandir swami molested a girl she working on stall is this yourr mandirs ??? Every fkn time ! Famous babas swamis everybody involved in disgusting stuff and crores of hindus calling them gods even politicians !
- Michael Dunetz 2 years agoIt sounds like Traditional Catholicism to me I never knew how fucked up this is? This organization is Horrible!!!
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- Michael Dunetz 2 years agoEverything and Everyone and especially the Children have a certain glow about them it's beautiful and it's weird. This is very true!
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- Michael Dunetz 2 years agoA.C.Baktivadanta Swami Prabupadji or Swamiji was the Real Deal 🤝
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lenny108 2 years agoAs documented in the history of monastic life - monks and nuns who left worldly life behind should not father children in the monastery. This doesn't all add up.- thumb_up — 4
77 News 3 years agoThis is so sad. There is truth, and that truth is Jesus. All other religions besides the Bible are evil, demonic lies. And some are much worse than others. One thing Jesus taught was not to offer up vain repetitions to God, like the heathen do, for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.- thumb_up — 1
Carter Gomez 3 years agoI found out about this abuse when doing the research and i was done with religion forever 😂- thumb_up — 3
Krishna Tube 3 years agoYes. There is a tendency for demons to take over the leadership positions in any organized religion. That is almost impossible to avoid.
The position of religious leader or guru is very very very attractive for demons. So the demons try very hard for getting these positions as preachers and gurus...
So it makes for a very difficult situation for the normal pious people. When almost all the religious leaders are demons acting for their own sense gratification, with no care or even belief in God...
But just because almost all organized religion is lead by demons does not mean there is no God. There is God and it is the purpose of our lives to come to understand Him, to know Him, and to serve Him.
So somehow we have to do that by avoiding all these demons in the disguise of religious men...- thumb_up — 5
- Sincerely Sarcastic 9 months agoPedophilia is also rampant in public schools and authoritarian irreligious (communist) nations, and people are more willing to give these institutions power when they are less religious; the state becomes the new religion. Child sexual abuse is wrong BECAUSE objective morality (God) is real and children are not cosmic accidents.
William Benedict 3 years agoHARE KRISHNA! No one escapes the reactions to their actions. The abusers suffer, and what they have done to these beautiful children is unforgivable.- thumb_up — 11
- Chahal 9 months ago@SatishKushwaha-tc2jibullshit nothing changes iskcon swamis still molesting kids in india there are dozens of cases ! Corruption , groping womens ‘ like in bihar iskcon mandir head caught by his daughter in law she started recording nd expose him in same mandir iskcon devotee groped a girl she working on stall !
Arie 3 years agoThe Elephant In The Room:
A true Guru understands the love of Mother Yashoda and Saci Ma—the tender, protective, selfless care that embodies the highest dharma. Better still, these so-called Gurukuls should NEVER have been created at all. It was an offense in itself to place vulnerable children under the control of unqualified, newly converted sannyasis, some of whom had only recently come off drugs. A true Guru would have had the discernment and spiritual vision to recognise the lurking darkness in such men which should be obvious in Kali Yug, and never entrusted them with the sacred duty of guiding young souls.
In a court of law, if a Founder establishes a school and appoints an unqualified headmaster who goes on to rape and abuse children, the Founder himself is also held accountable. It is his responsibility to ensure the safety and protection of those entrusted to his care. It was Prabhupada who instructed parents to hand over their children to these Gurukuls—they had no choice - therefore, the burden of responsibility lies squarely on his shoulders.
This was not some minor oversight. This was grave, unforgivable negligence. Grave negligence is NOT how duty to Krsna is performed.
A true Guru is meant to be the living embodiment of Krsna’s compassion—a direct representative of His love, wisdom, and protection. Ask yourself: Would Krsna ever be so indifferent to the cries of helpless children in His care? Even if busy, would He not have heard those pitiful cries of children in His heart? Would He be so self-absorbed in the construction of His own temples, the installation of Deities, and the printing of books about Himself that He would become so far removed to the suffering of the most vulnerable in His care? The truth is that Prabhupad was not a representative of Krsna; he was an old religious man who was blinded by his own ambitions and those of Bhaktisidhanth (Bhaktisiddhant faked his own Diksha and was condemned by his own father as a demon).
The Krsna of the Bhagavatam, the Krsna of Vrindavan, is not a power-hungry tyrant obsessed with His own fame. He is the playful, loving child of Yashoda. He is the protector of the meek, the lifter of burdens, the comforter of hearts. No true representative of Krsna would ever prioritise bricks and mortar, statues, and publication empires over the living jivas who are themselves part and parcel of Krsna.
And yet, the version of Krsna that Prabhupada’s actions have projected into the world is cold, cruel, and transactional—more akin to the distant, punishing gods of Abrahamic traditions than the tender-hearted Gopala of Vrindavan.
This is the tragedy:
Children were surrendered in trust, placed in the care of a movement meant to embody divine love.
And they were abandoned in favour of an empire.
And what did this empire serve? Was it Krsna? Or was it the ambitions of men?
Prabhupada's sudden rise to fame in the West was not purely the work of divine will. It was facilitated, accelerated, and amplified by external demonic forces—most notably by Western intelligence agencies intent on redirecting the counterculture movement through controlled spiritual distractions. Operation “Archaic Revival” was not a theory. It was a strategy, with figures like Allen Ginsberg—known for his intelligence ties—and a member of a paedophile organisation “NAMBLA”. Even The Beatles, crafted through the Tavistock machine, were sent to India as part of this same operation. Their fame, their orchestrated hysteria, and their endorsement of movements like TM and ISKCON were never accidental.
The Krsna that ISKCON delivered to the world was not the sweet, mischievous cowherd of Vraj. It was a Krsna of cold institutions, of militarised devotion, of corporate ambition, of abuse and rape hushed up in the name of protecting the brand. A Krsna whose name became associated with lawsuits, scandals, and the broken bodies and psyches of children who were meant to be the movement’s future.
And look at Vrindavan today.
Once a sacred refuge where Siddhas performed deep, silent sadhana for the upliftment of the entire cosmos, Vrindavan has now been bulldozed into a garish theme park of competing temples and spiritual ego one-upmanship. Western intelligence agencies, CIA through Iskon, now have a stronghold in Vrindavan and are inadvertently destroying Sanatan Dharma.
The true Krsna doesn't live in marble palaces financed by spiritual empires. He lives in the heart of the Siddhas, in the dust of the footpaths trodden by those doing silent, tireless sadhana far from the glare of public adoration.
But thanks to Iskon, the Siddhas have left. Their space for deep practice has been swallowed by this circus. The purity that was once there is no longer to be found.
And who mourns for these Siddhas? Who speaks for the pain of those whose sadhana kept the subtle balance of the world intact? Certainly not the self-appointed gatekeepers of ISKCON, who have mistaken wealth, numbers, and fame for spiritual success.
This is the ultimate distortion:
A false Krsna was installed, and in doing so, the real Krsna was driven out.
And now, the whole world will pay the price.
Foreign powers / CIA have succeeded in desecrating the most sacred place in Bharat—Vrindavan itself. And just as in the days of the East India Company and the British Raj, the same force has returned, striking directly at the heart of Bharat: Sanatan Dharma—something they have long plotted and prepared for.
Back then, Indians assisted the British in the name of trade, modernity, and opportunity. Today, they assist in the name of Sanatan Dharma itself, building empires—this time under the banner of ISKCON.
Where the East India Company came with muskets and coins, ISKCON came with murtis and mass marketing. Both were backed by foreign powers; one sold the illusion of material prosperity, the other sells the 'illusion of spiritual progress'—while draining the very soul of Bharat.
And the most tragic part? Once again, it is Indians helping them do it. When will they ever learn?
Another uncomfortable truth is that Prabhupada never performed the sadhana of a realised Guru. He spent the majority of his life as a householder and as an employee of a pharmaceutical company—an industry universally recognised as one of the most corrupt and destructive in the world.
If his childhood training had been as extraordinary as claimed, he would never have married, nor taken up mundane employment—especially within such a notoriously corrupt industry. He would have remained a brahmachari, performing sadhana all his life and only then preached.
And here lies a glaring hypocrisy: Prabhupada gave young boys sanyaas and tried to lead them into a life of celibacy, encouraging them to sever ties with their families—yet he himself did none of this. Why didn’t he renounce his own father and mother and not marry and live a life of celibacy, collecting money on the streets to print books and build temples?
Just look at what Mahaprabhu commanded of the Six Goswamis. He didn’t send them to build empires, erect towering temples, or establish global movements. He sent them to the forests of Vrindavan to perform deep, lifelong sadhana. To live humbly (not drink out of gold straws as Prabhupad did).
Sadhana—self-purification and direct realisation of the Divine—is the unshakable backbone of a true Guru. Where genuine sadhana is present, there is no space for negligence, empire-building, or ambition.
In fact, Mahaprabhu was explicitly against empire-building. His mission was one of humility, of deep inner work, of dissolving the ego—not inflating it through global branding, endless temple construction, and the mass production of books glorifying oneself as the sole representative of Krsna and Mahaprabhu—while having done very little sadhana at all.
This is the ultimate distortion: A false Krsna was installed worldwide, and in doing so, the real Krsna was driven out. And now, Krsna's name is dragged through the mud.
Now, a documentary called "Monkey on A Stick" is on Amazon Prime in the USA, based on a book called the same, which reveals how Prabhupad accepted drug smuggling money for temple building and book printing. He made Krsna so cheap - all just to fulfil his and his bhaktisiddhanths' mission of ambition and glory.
When doing service for Krsna, it should be meticulous on every front. Negligence to child abuse, accepting drug smuggling money, theft money, sending women for prostitution is not the dharmic way to serve Krsna - and Krsna will never accept it - only a demon would - a demon in the disguise of Krsna and sanathan dharma.
It’s often said that it’s easier to con someone than to convince them they’ve been conned. This is exactly the trap so many find themselves in. But if you have the courage to acknowledge the failings of Prabhupada, then you are already one step closer to truth—and therefore closer to Krsna.
And in that surrender to truth, you will discover a level of prayer and longing so pure, so deep, that it will draw Krsna to you with unimaginable speed.
Because Krsna responds to sincerity, not to institutional loyalty.- thumb_up — 5
Vivek Mishra 3 years agoLooks like you're the product of the same kaliyug...you completely lost the point and ALAS you are now amongst the one who blames Prabhupada....a Sanyasi, an ascetic, a messenger.
Why do you think coming to America on a freight carrier with two heart attacks , 7 dollars and a book was easy for a Sanyasi and NOT roaming around in the OLD VRINDAVAN that you talk about getting free meals three times a day, doing his tap and getting the respect that he deserved...??
This is what the mission was, not to go this path alone but together..
Although I understand the deeds this video talks about are unforgivable, you cannot blame the person who wanted nothing but goodness out of this movement.
The criminals will be/shall be/are punished for their crimes...in this life and the next. But I still don't get your point dragging Prabhupada in this....there are many things he COULD HAVE done...regarding children, woman, men, etc and he DID..many.
But in his short span of 10 yrs that he had before his disappearance these topics did not seem of priority.
Although you and I both know, he would have, if he had the time and the energy.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏼
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- Arie 3 years ago
Prabhupada was indeed a product of Kaliyuga's fake Guru - that's why his ashrams and temples bred child sodomy.
Prabhupad might have started off as an ascetic....but he became corrupt as he entered the west and thus started accepting money from drug deals and other kinds of smuggling to build temples. Wearing gold watches and drinking out of gold straws, separating young children from their mothers for the sake of money and making homosexual/paedophile sanyasis is not the hallmark of a wise ascetic but of a blind megalomaniac. This tunnel vision is the karma coming to bite Prabhupad back. Rightly so and about time.
If he did not have enough time - he should not have bitten off more than he could chew. Mahaprabhu was against the manic making of temples and Maths. Sadhana came first - that was the PRIORITY.
Then you build from the RIGHT place. You do not employ corrupt young homosexuals and paedophiles to do your bidding and then claim innocence. There is a reason why sadhana and self-realisation comes first! Yikes Prabhupad even claimed the biggest paedophile Bhaktipada - a perfect devotee and that his Gurukul was the best!
There was no reason to make so many temple ashrams, he could have just opened one or two and made satellite centers elsewhere. In spiritual life, you do things slowly and properly - you do not cut corners and as Prabhupad cut SO many corners and utilized very little discrimination in the most IMPORTANT matters - then he is totally responsible.
I have no reason to believe his story of heart attacks on the ship over to the USA either. When someone can accept bloody money repeatedly gotten by drug smuggling and thieving and be so stupid to separate young children from their mothers so that mothers can collect money on the streets and put the children into the care of unqualified/unvetted people which is precisely why the Gurukuls drew paedophiles to work within them, I have no reason to believe his sob story of heart attacks on the way over. Such a man is not trustworthy in my eyes as he is not grounded in reality. They could well have just been anxiety attacks or a ploy to evoke sympathy for an old man.. Prabhupad had seen the blood shed of the Gaudiya Math after the demise of Bhaktisidhhanth - yet kept it a secret for as long as he could. The man was not straightforward. Prabhupad had an agenda - and it was largely for his own name and fame. If you are content in worshipping a person with such little morals and continue to fudge his responsibility in the matter then that is your dumb prerogative.
If you believe that Krsna would reside in temples built by drug-smuggled money on the backs of the misery of brutally sodomised children, to the extent that many children have been raped infront of these deities and even murdered - then I will simply say you do not understand the purity of Sri Krsna, nor Srimathi Radharani, nor Mahaprabhu, and nor a real Guru. It is not so easy to build a temple to Sri Radha and Krsna.
The minute Prabhupad started to accept drug smuggling money and gave sanyas to homosexuals/pedophiles within a year or two of knowing them - he opened the doors to the devil and many rakshasas. There was no need to make sanyasis of them and give them such power.
It's about time Prabhupad is held accountable for his immoral actions which were a recipe for disaster! Any unbiased intelligent child could tell you the same. A Guru is always responsible for his work and decisions and he will take the blame where others will not. That's what stands them apart from mortal men. They do not shirk from responsibility nor do they pass the butt. If Prabhupad was half a man and alive- he would own up to his own mistakes. He IS responsible.
If a founding doctor put fake unqualified doctors in charge of his hospital - he would be totally responsible.
Sri Radha and Krsna are not so powerless that they need donations from drug smuggling to build their temples, nor do they need unqualified homosexuals/paedophiles to do their naam prachar. If Prabhupad or you think that Sri Radha and Krsna are so incapable and that The Lord of all Universes has to stoop to such low means to get publicity and get their message across - then dream on. But I hope you come back to your senses one day.
Jai Sri Radhey Shyam. 
Krishna Chaitanya 3 years ago@arielotus24 Before talking against Srila Prabhupada, offending a Pure devotee of Krsna, eternal associate of the Lord, The Commander in chief of Lord Chaitanya, as you are seeing only the material things happened in the 11 years, see how Prabhupada was trained from his childhood to achieve the mission all previous Acharyas. Hare Krsna- thumb_up — 3
- Zorica Maštrović 2 years agoBravo, you have given us a real insight to that "busines" of Hare Krishna!
Real Krishna must have awaited them whith open arms. Yes, open arms to teach them properly how NOT TO MAKE BUSINES OF HIS NAME.- thumb_up — 1
- Arie 1 year agoThis is what all his neathendral 'so-called training' amounted to:
1) Accepting money from organised DRUG crime and prostitution to build temples and print books.
2) To become BLIND and DEAF to all the cries of the innocent children who were being raped, sodmised and abused around him.
This is the kind of bhaki that was taught to him at the end of the day .- thumb_up — 1
- Arie 1 year agoIf children are not your priority, then you do not understand the love of Krsna or the love of Yashoda or the love of Saci Ma, nor do you understand the Gurukuli system; therefore, do not create them!
Krsna does not need temples and books to be printed by drug-smuggling money or by sending innocent women into prostitution.
If you think Krsna is so weak that He needs people to stoop to crime to propagate His name, then you are very far away from Krsna and closer to demons.
Quality over quantity. Krsna prefers one tear or a banana skin then elaborate temples made off the backs of raped children, women and crime.
Read "Monkey on A Stick" to see how much drug-smuggling money that rascal prabhpad accepted for printing books and making temples. Anyway, all of America pretty much knows the truth, and those who don't can watch the documentary of "Monkey On A Stick" which is on Amazon Prime USA now. Like usual, Indians will be the last to figure it all out.- thumb_up — 1
- Arie 1 year ago@zoricamastrovic3914 They will be going to hell, not Krsna. But glad you got the point.
Saffron Sky 3 years agoToo soon and too much. Hippies made to ascetics in a day or two. This is the result of such experimentation. Even in India many parents are cautious of the Hare Krsna. You don't need such rigorous life to be spiritual, disciplined yes.- thumb_up — 14
Komal Patel 4 years agoJust the opposite side of what actually Iskcon is . . There could be people who in the name of following strictly the rules had harmed the children's consciousness, but just because of those handful people, and the children who refused to follow them one cannot blame the entire community. Simply getting these 5 off the Gurukul and those whom they have criticised should be enough.- thumb_up — 4
- Chahal 9 months agoWhat are you talking about ??? Who chose junky hippie’s successor ? Criminal background and they become gurus swamis 🤡 thousands of kids gt raped molested ruining their lives !! Same thing happening in india mayapuri nd other gurukuls swamis rapin kids molesting kids when parents complain they threatened them ! Because they have money political power stupid religious card nowdays working in india ! Bihar iskcon mandir head swami molested his own daughter in law she recorded his black deed in camera in same mandir. Girl molested by swami shes working on stall nobody gives a shit ! Massive corruption , money laundering ! Devkinandan want luxury car from mandirs donation money and bihar iskcon temple gave him the car is this your religious stuff ?? The same guy who wants hindu rashtraa ?? 😂😂 your whole stuff is filled with disgusting low life faces
Joseph Townsend 4 years agoPeople are abused in regular life. And they don't get to sew anyone nobody gets to hear their story. Nobody pays them .- thumb_up — 1
Samantha108 4 years agoI hear the parents talking like they are Bambi, they take no responsibility. The more you expose these crimes, the worse YOU look. YOU washed your hands from your children. YOU left your children miles and miles away in the hands of these monsters , YOUR children were YOUR victims FIRST! YOU submitted them to this torture. OWN IT!- thumb_up — 30
Radhe Krishna Prem Ras 4 years agoThe speakers seems to be really week, this is too much exaggerated..- thumb_up — 2
- William Benedict 3 years agoI agree, as are many of the comments. I lived with Srila Prabhupada and gave every bit of my being to serving him from 1969. I have zero regrets. However, I have been outside of Iskcon since 1980, but my faith is intact.
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DIY MECHANICS 4 years ago1)Srila prabhupadh poisoned tape
2)glitch in bhakti
3)cost of silence by jvalamukhi das
These videos show everything about iskcon bogus gurus,, these idiots killed srila prabhupadh, took power in iskcon, changed rules, edited books , murders,sexualy molested women, abused children, but claim to be pure disciples of srila Prabhupadh and respect him, nd say prabhupadha said this and that,wt the helll
Dont join iskcon! especially ladies and children., but still we can love and chant krishnas name, listen harikathas from amarendra prabhu, listen to actual videos of srila Prabhupada, buy original books of srila Prabhupadh from kbi.there are some good gurus too in iskcon, u can watch their lectures on utube- thumb_up — 1
Jed Steelwell 4 years agoAin't no worse than all the christian priests rapping altar boys. Problem is people being dumb enough to let the religions trick them into taking their kids without them there. Rule number 1 don't let anyone take your kids anywhere without you.- thumb_up — 2
Dan Michel 5 years agoThe testimonies are very moving and the horrific facts frightening. Is there at least a non-exhaustive list of those criminals who have committed these inexcusable acts?
These children were the collateral damage of a policy led by immature and brainwashed people.
Certainly like many who follow the Vaishnava teachings introduced in the West by Prabhupada, I experience a deep sense of shame and loathing.
We cannot rule out the fact that Prabhupada, preoccupied by the expansion of Iskcon in the world, did not see or know how to see this dramatic deviation.
Even today, this dark history of the early days of ISKCON should be shown and debated in all centers around the world, in order to warn future generations!- thumb_up — 11
evrosplainer 4 years agoabuses who happened and started in 1977 couldn't possibly be under Prabhupadas jurisdiction as he was dying ...?????- thumb_up — 2
- Arie 3 years ago@evrosplainer88 But he never put any stringent CHECKS in place for the protection of those children and left them to be cared for by unqualified people, ripping them away from their parents whilst he was alive and put criminals in charge as sanyasis, saying they were great devotees. His NEGLIGENCE set those kids up. He was blind and foolish - it was a recipe for disaster OBVIOUSLY.
If you set up a residential organisation which involves kids - the onus of their adequate protection is on you. Prabhupad visited New Vrindavan, whilst the abuses were going on and never sensed or intuited a problem?? Then said it was a great Gurukul? He was not only intuitively dense but obviously far from being self-realised nor could he see into the evil hearts of those men who he made into sanyasis, with no gun to his head. A real Guru would have preferred death.
When kids are involved he should have taken greater care of their well being than anything else! They should ahve been the top most priority
People come first and kids before anything else. Or else don't set up residential centres/ ashrams if you lack the trained and certified man power or funds for the well being of kids under your jurisdiction. That's running an organisation 101.
Also he did know and was upset, and removed one or two people yet did nothing to help those kids heal or prevent further abuse. The only thing that mattered to him was the REPUTATION of the organisation because the exponetial growth of that organisation depended on THAT reputation.
So the fact Iskcon was being run by criminals using criminal activites to raise funds and child and women abusing was simply a minor concern for him. Once he knew, he could have contacted the Police and Govt authorities and said NOT IN MY NAME and closed it all down. Instead this abuse continues till date.
If Iskcon had closed down, Krsna could have sent subsquent devotees to try again and again until the perfect disciples had incarnated too to start a perfect organisation. Krsna too would have been saved from such a bad name.- thumb_up — 2
- Zorica Maštrović 2 years agoI was visiting the Hare Krishna - Bhakti Yoga Center many times. They are good oeople, but I don't remember seeing Prabhupada ever smiling on any photo or video. It is very strange and now I understand - he did not care, but imaging he is a greath guru. No greath guru can be unconsciousness what is going on in his movement.
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Michael Nguyen 5 years agoTo be honest, all that happened after the court was lost by ISKCON, was that they filed for bankruptcy.- thumb_up — 12
Akarsh Sudev 1 year ago@a_Red_Lady ISKCON will never go down, but the so called monkey Gurus will go down, and Srīla Prabhupāda's ISKCON As It Is will come up!- Chahal 9 months agoIskcon pay millions of dollars to victims agter court orders !! They seattled the lawsuit after paying victims ! Bloody rapists child predators iskcon
- Michael Nguyen 5 years agoArnold Weiss is a Hare Krishna sympathiser. I went to Catholic School and never was taught eternal hellfire.
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Prahlada Stanley 5 years agoRaped, tortured, beaten and abused. My childhood virtue of the hare krishnas.- thumb_up — 26
Jennifer Connelly 5 years agoI was kidnapped as a child and taken to a compound where I was abused and neglected along with the things these people are saying and made to work at rest stops. Crazy stories- thumb_up — 17
Thomas Dunne 3 years ago"Everyone has a past, and we all make mistake!! . They were young hippies,some of these young people where abused before joining the Hare Krsna , so don't blame the movement!! blame the people who abused these young people before joining.The leader of the hare krsna movement was pure vaisnava of God, study his past an you all will agree with me this is proper gander "Mudha" ignorance Thank you ,❤- thumb_up — 3
- Thomas Dunne 3 years agoYou were not kidnapped !! You were taken there by your parents,who also had taken there child hood past to the movement. If there is child abuse anywhere,it will either come from the parent who also was abused or some stranger!!.
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F.A.R.T Family Art Recreation Teaching 1 year agoAnd yet, Isckon does nothing to punish the bad leaders, so yes, blame the movement!@thomasdunne6409
manojkumar 5 years agoGetting trained to get up in wee hours of day, practicing healthy time table ,discipline is not abuse.
Abuse is something in which parents tell their kids to work in ads for money and which give freedom for illicit sex.- thumb_up — 17
- Jennifer Connelly 5 years agoYes, exactly. It was horrible and I know there are kids there who are going through the same thing. Hari Krishna cult is horrible. No lies detected
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Aditya's Tech Villa 5 years ago@jenniferconnelly3069
1% don't Represent ... Complete Failure of system
Phenomenon of BHAKTHI ... Will sure WORK Against EVIL
But .... It also MATTERs .....who is PROPERLY Doing ! Or Malfunctioning
Why NOBODY Blames those PARENTs ! Who Left Their CHILDREN without CARE .- thumb_up — 2
- Michael Nguyen 5 years agoAbuse is when Kirtananda Swami, sexually molest boys and girls in New Vrindaban in 80’s, then in by Lokhnath Swami and Bhaktividyapurna Swami in Mayapur Gurukuls in the 90’s and 2000’s Abuse is when Radhanath Swami and Bhaktipad order the assasination of Sulocana Das.
This is why you don’t initiate hippies and give them Sannyas. Pure Mleccha nonsense from a deviated business guru who tried to expand his movement too fast, and was way too lenient. He had no vetting process, but was too focused on accumulating members. He was so paranoid of his crazy devotees and ordered the banishment of Kirtananda Swami, and then ordered the forgiveness. He couldn’t make up his mind. He was addicted to sense gratification of snuffing tobacco and sense gratification of religious proselytism, and addicted to the sense gratification of preaching and the sense gratification starting a business of chanting music in the streets of the USA, his wife hated him and he was addicted to snuffing tobacco up his nose because he falsely believed it would lower his blood pressure despite the scientific evidence that tobacco is proven to heighten blood pressure and he was addicted to his medicinal tobacco to write evangelical propaganda and mistranslate the Srimad Bhagavatam with interpolations. - Aditya's Tech Villa 5 years ago@MrMikkyn
Abuse is when ... When their Parents LEFT small kids .... As ORPHANS
Into that - lenny108 2 years agoAs documented in the history of monastic life - monks and nuns who left worldly life behind should not father children in the monastery. This doesn't all add up.
V1n48 5 years agoHaha you took people who had no routine and made them follow a brahmachari's routine..obviously they will be fed up. Transformation is gradual- thumb_up — 18
- V1n48 5 years agoNo, you misunderstood. The above comment is regarding the "training" approach itself. Nothing to do with the abuse which in any form is punishable.
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Raghavvv 4 years agoTrue if everything was done in a gradual way this would have not happen.....being a brahmachari is definitely not easy but it takes you closer to the god 🙏🏻- thumb_up — 3
- Comoane B 4 years agoFuck off with your stupid religion. Gradually more stupid or all at once, the outcome will be the same; abused children, deprived of healthy love an without the capability to think critically.
Angie Devi 3 years agoYou are right - they followed a routine and read scripts without true understanding and sense, and turned into abusers and exploiters - just awful! I hope they find the strength to recover and managed to find happiness
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