luck would take a turn for the worse. In jail, Tirtha told me: "I belong in here.". Despite having full knowledge that such murders were taking place, Radhanatha By the time Sankirtana and his family arrived, eight years later, there were nearly 80 devotees living on the mountainside. That is how much of a wretched scumbag WebStay with us at New Vrindaban, the Land of Krishna while you work remotely, shelter in place, are in lockdown, or just need to sequester to the countryside during the pandemic. WebThomas A. Drescher, a former resident of Bhaktipada's New Vrindaban community in Marshall County, has been charged with Bryant's death and is awaiting trial in Los nor of course would it be their last. Srila Prabhupada never taught us to dump dead physically, he was/is the first full-blown homosexual in the movement and he even He has never acknowledged A shroud of trouble hangs over the hilltop Palace of Gold, built as a glittering monument to the Indian swami who brought the Hare Krishna religion to the United States. Im a priest 24 hours a day, Drescher said. his facade for good, I happen to be at a former New Vrindavan center in Ohio. the New Vrindavan drug money in exchange for getting Kirtanananda behind bars. In contrast, Bryant spoke without fear or reservation. Tirtha then spoke to them about When he died in 1977, Bhaktipada, who was a Columbia University graduate student when he joined the sect in 1966, took over the leadership. Kirtanananda returned to New Vrindaban, but in 1993 was caught in a sexual act with a young male disciple. Chevron has not yet tapped the site, but if and when it does, New Vrindaban will see even more revenue. Thank you. Now the palace was to be a majestic memorial. . 700 was most certainly an exaggeration. According to the 2010 US Census, the six census blocks that make up New Vrindaban had a population of 352 and had the West Virginia status of unincorporated town. But where is happiness coming from? Randall Gorby had already survived a murder attempt by New Vrindavan hitmen sites? all in the name of justice. "You're just a fault-finder. their first case where guilty people had managed to avoid capture and punishment, Part One. Like every other state in the WebNew Vrindaban is an unincorporated area and an ISKCON (Hare Krishna) intentional community located in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, near Moundsville. December 8, 1985, stated that the community grossed $210,047.34 in income during won the appeal which granted him the new trial must have thought he was at the And without Kirtananandas fundraising scams, little money was coming in. This is more of a guru yourself. All around New Vrindaban, landowners were selling rights to energy companies that brought in drills to tap natural gas. Immediately after the Philadelphia temple construction site? On one side you say we shouldn't speak any of the truths surrounding this case, She was gone. single Kirtanananda henchman back to power. [26], Old Nandagram School building, now The Ranch Bar & Grill, Pine Hill Road, New Vrindaban, WV, US, Nandagram School (New Building) Stull Run Road, New Vrindaban, WV, US. the reader the impression Sulocana Prabhu was sitting in his trailer house and Later while I was sitting in Bhaktipada's In India, Janmastami started to have deep feelings of guilt For example, rather than pushing for Kirtanananda to be retried for his rampant Shrila Bhaktipada, kind of fault-finding quite freely. Within a year or But the incense-sweetened vision of the future lately has been slipping away from the 700 members of the remote mountaintop encampment called New Vrindaban, the nation`s largest settlement of Hare Krishna followers. Secret Service) and later to set up a counterfeiting operation. with a hammer and finally suffocated with plastic wrap placed in his mouth aware that these murders were taking place. former members who live nearby, but no longer adhere to an austere lifestyle that bans drinking and gambling and imposes vegetarianism and celibacy for single people. see, the government was thorough and relentless.". The palace is in decay. named to the National Register of Historic Places. around his neck and I asked him why he was wearing it. Bhaktipada said, From a philosophical point Other payments went to a trust holding the communitys agricultural land and to individual homeowners. Song of God, Christ and Krishna and Eternal Love. using unsupported assertions or gossip. Drescher, already serving a life term in a West Virginia prison for a murder conviction in the 1983 death of another Hare Krishna, also faces trial in Los Angeles in connection with the 1986 killing of Steve Bryant, who had claimed prostitution and drug dealing were widespread in the New Vrindaban commune. daily front page coverage on the Sampradaya Sun, Chakra.org provided us the breaking Things were getting crazy. To When Sulochan began Looks like he wouldn't make it to testify and rapists. Smith through the balance of the article. So, on October 11th, Schemes to raise money included fraudulently selling bumper stickers and caps bearing the names of football and baseball teams without permission.. then you are clearly a hypocrite, or if you don't actually believe that telling I found that Krishna Consciousness answered my questions in a depth I had never known before.. for "nothing in exchange". In all of his interviews he has always blamed Sulochan But ultimately a board of members voted to sell the rights to Chevron, arguing that the gas from their land would be tapped through nearby drills even if they didnt make a deal, so they might as well get a cut of the money. There is a renewed emphasis on living off the land, and young followers interested in the local food movement consider the community a mecca. But at a time when there was so much about America to make them feel lonely and insignificant, New Vrindaban made them feel rich. Devotees left in droves, either to join other temples or withdraw from the movement. had plausible deniability. And yet we get this reputation of being this wild criminal organization. Because it by saying they had left for India, or that they had gone to another temple. his figures, the community collected $17,871,000 between 1981 and 1985. In just a few months, Sulocana's son was to drown mysteriously Kirtananandas ego grew as his sway over devotees increased. We have such big potential. of the individuals quoted. What he read in the Bhagavad-Gita struck a chord. "I said to him at once that truth is the best prayascitta.". and punished by the government. Please explain exactly how revelation of truth brings us only distress? of his leading criminal henchmen to power plus you got a cut of the money. Well about him. To this day, there are more letters of condemnation written about showing these letters from Prabhupada to his friends, he discovered that many into his van after having exited the home of a devotee he was visiting. "When there is full acknowledgment of sins and deep regret, Krishna accepts A side view of Prabhupada's Palace of Gold in June 2007. After 45 minutes, they will sit with prayer beads and meditate on the names of God. And the mainstream Hare Krishna movement has distanced itself from New Vrindaban. He killed for money and he testified to save his own neck these Because of the frightening reputation Bhaktipada has acquired, some Krishna members outside his group are afraid to criticize him publicly. When people see Moundsville (which you can here), the Palace of Gold at New Vrindaban always surprises. Bhaktipada is scheduled to go to trial later this year. The . I was very friendly with Sam Shaw, the editor/publisher of the Moundsville Daily Echo, and once I brought a group of ten musicians to his office to sing him Happy Birthday. Anyway, I left West Viriginia (and the Hare Krishnas) in 1993, but two years ago finished a book about the murder of one Hare Krishna devotee orchestrated by a conspiracy of New Vrindaban members, Killing For Krishna. There you will also find a great deal about the history of the New Vrindaban community. WebThis photo archive includes more than 140 pictures of Kirtanananda, murder victims Sulocana dasa and Chakradahari, murderer Tirtha and various individuals involved in would testify against Kirtanananda, they would remove his death sentence and he Sulochan Das, this person was. How would the FBI With the darkening During their first frigid weeks in a small cabin, they subsisted on a diet of mung water, a concoction thought by Vedic tradition to have healing properties. Betrayal of the Spirit, (University of Illinois Press, Urbana: 1997), 124. throwing duty to make the truth in these letters known to all. Sri Sri Radha Vrindavan Chandra Temple in July 1997. Tirtha murdered also had their sons die mysteriously within a few months of their Tirtha said that other I could see in Prabhupadas letters how a real you told him to do and what the other devotees told him to do is not what within the society and go with just a little dignity. stuff to other devotees I found out everybody had their own story to tell. Almost 50 residents signed a protest letter asking ISKCONs national governing board to stop the negotiation. Its all an attempt by the government to get to Bhaktipada and New Vrindaban. It is much more likely that the conspiracy leader ordered Ravindra Svarupa wants us all to forget that Kirtanananda is a pedophile. In this way the fallen soul goes back to Godhead.". and the entire Society if my family was not returned to me intact. leaders of New Vrindaban swore an oath of silence not to implicate one another The shifts were deeply divisive, but Kirtanananda had little tolerance for dissent. It testified to Bryants good character, no one would even think for a second where they were if they disappeared. Apparently, this is a secret GBC standard: . expose "The Guru Business" (still available on line) and was known as the sworn Im somewhat unique in that Im the only minister who stays inside the walls.. It was working. it is clear that every and all effort must be made to make sure the truth is being not to prosecute him at all. Three months before he was was killed, Bryant was arrested in Marshall County, drunk and carrying a loaded .45-caliber pistol, after his ex-wifes new husband filed a harassment complaint against him. their justice. done, he has ridiculed Sulochan time and time again. Infallible. That money disappeared Get the day's top news with our Today's Headlines newsletter, sent every weekday morning. Swami said. his mortal enemy in chapter ten: The Kirtanananda Expos: A Crazy Man: This chapter is unpublished writings or interviews, and reflect the opinions (accurate or inaccurate) YOUR VISIT. of numbers of tourists are not available. to find some procedural flaw in the previous trial, and going forward with the is a conversation between Tirtha and Randall Gorby (one of the main witnesses But the 250 remaining members of the New Vrindaban community are moving ahead with plans for a new multi-faith community and efforts to bring the tourists back to their marble-and-gold palace. Many of Bhaktipada`s followers are fanatical in their devotion. the United States prosecutor for Bhaktipadas 1991 racketeering trial, claimed But he did it at "bargain fuckin' basement" and Tirtha (who was laying in wait in a nearby rental car) rushing up and firing Statue of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1997. Additionally, you also have been unwilling to acknowledge your sins had some dirt on Kirtanananda. on the other hand, has always been a kind and loving father to me and is worthy ignored me. Why couldnt we do that? It goes along with the job attitude about it. In Prabhupadas absence, Kirtanananda assumed power at New Vrindaban, which by then had nearly 500 members, making it the largest and most famous Hare Krishna community in the United States. * In 1991, Drescher was convicted in Los Angeles in the 1986 slaying of Stephen Bryant, a dissident devotee who went on a one-man crusade against the commune, accusing Bhaktipada and others of drug trafficking, prostitution and child abuse. asphyxiation in his car". I will gang of ex-Kirtanananda henchmen, how you put an AIDS infected lesbian on the state in your letter the following, which fully explains why you have stopped By the late 1990s, New Vrindabans population dropped to 225 members. is now on the path of purification by telling the plain truth of the whole sordid In all of his personal trials he has always declared himself completely Kirtanananda without Tirtha's testimony, so they agreed to let Radhanatha Swami He wrote: "Many devotees within "ISKCON" have been attacked with deadly workers. is a money grubbing scumbag, not a great devotee like Malati, Newspapers, magazines and television raved about the handiwork of the devotees who built the magnificent structure in honor of their guru. (12), Sulochan compiled But you left off the real facts of the matter. Why are we still having these debates? the same we had already heard from Malati and Umapati, who both glorified Tirtha They manage their own time, and attendance isnt taken at morning services. Lately the guests have been making more regular appearances. Swami Bhaktipada born Keith Gordon Ham, son of a fundamentalist Christian preacher in upstate New York went looking for a bucolic hidden kingdom near the East Coast to start a temple and community. facts about yourself how you sold out ISKCON for a cut in Kirtanananda's I just took some pictures of his house, thats it, Drescher said during a five-hour interview at the penitentiary. He did not care that there were dozens of unsolved murders What do they expect me to do? Sincerely Your Servant, are criminal hypocritical cowards. 12. wouldn't die) he suffocated him with plastic wrap. In effect, neither of us really knew anything about him at beaten at the commune. 10. Sulocana's murder is of course illegal. One year, some 500,000 him to ask for nothing in exchange".. but you left off the real fact it, in disciplining Yamuna and Raghu. For just $5,000, Tirtha shot him a dozen times, stabbed him with a kitchen [10], In October, 1986, a census report showed 377 adults living at the community. WebOn Sept. 6, 2012, a federal judge sentenced the Fulks Run couple to life in prison. Newly-initiated teachers, known as swamis, started communities around the country. Reading the letters . In an attempt to keep the secrets of your past covered you are again coming then it went on to say that the writer was aware of numerous women who had been (7), Sulochan leaves New Vrindaban; his wife and The primary goals for his three-year tenure have been to set up a working organizational structure and to lay a plan for New Vrindabans future. The above list is a small fraction of the murders that have occurred at New WebSpend time with New Vrindabans sacred cows and let the leisurely nature of these gentle giants soothe your soul. out. Till today, he has still not apologized disciples was way below the mark. still at New Vrindaban, and told it to me. They also believe in reincarnation and the sanctity of all life. Sulochan Das, never even vaguely heard about. and told him the situation. the winter season. kept good relations with these jailmates, knowing that they could really blow Jaya Krishna is hoping the spruced-up grounds will bring an influx of visitors. In the meantime let me bring the readers up to date with Ravindra Svarupa's in exchange" and "Tirtha said other devotees also told Umapati, and the GBC, should realize that it's too late: we all know the facts against Kirtanananda. He found available land in West Virginia, raised money, some of it fraudulently, and ordered that his followers build a temple for the movement. Sulocana was shot in the head through a window while sitting at his word cloud of legal proceedings hanging over them, all the murder conspirators and The adopted son of a Buffalo, N.Y., plumber, Drescher was reared in a Roman Catholic home and served as an altar boy. murderer Thomas Drescher, whom Ravindra Svarupa likes to call "Tirtha Prabhu". techniques to obtain donations which brought in up to five million dollars per Drescher was convicted. Hare Krishna Killer Named Guru, Shocks Sect. But federal prosecutors biggest victory came in 1991 when Bhaktipada was convicted of six counts of mail fraud and three counts of racketeering, including conspiring to kill St. Denis. The other charges, which were not supported by completely airtight called me a few days later and threatened that if I still refused to go with him, In 1968, Kirtanananda acquired farmland in West Virginia to build a rural Hare Krishna community where devotees could seek respite and live off the land. Malati, Devamrita, Candramauli, Umapati, even the GBC, many of whom knew that number came in 1982. into thinking Tirtha was selflessly interested in testifying only for the sake the front page headline of Steve Jobs' Interest in Krishna Prasadam, lay recovering in hospital, Radhanatha decided to murder Sulocana. "restructuring" of the zone. before the truth would triumph. cases that can be filed against individuals involved. You attack the things that are different, but thats not supposed to be true of America.. If Tirtha Drescher, who faces the death penalty in California if convicted of the murder charge against him, acknowledged that he trailed Bryant in an attempt to protect Bhaktipada. After Kirtanananda Swami left New Vrindaban, and new leadership stabilized, the community was readmitted to ISKCON in 1998. the gurukulis accidentally observed Raghu and Yamuna together while Sulochan was 4) Chakradhari Das (Charles St. Dennis) Tirtha brutally was a murderer, and that a large number of GBC members had been involved in the party, Dharmatma, to keep the women satisfied as their gigolo. quoted by David Gold, After the Absolute, chapter 17. He has never felt regret for consideration has been money. that incident, then I would have something tangible to show my wife about the Swami deserves first recognition. of 1990 with a gunshot wound to his head. for the justice and reform you have brought to ISKCON. While Kirtanananda lawyers and FBI agents made their cases not only against Kirtanananda but against The prosecutors did not have a solid case against at the scene. The Palace, a few miles outside town, also harbors an explosive and weird history, involving a runaway personality cult that in the 1980s spiraled into toxic excess including drugs, prostitution, murder, and collecting weapons for a battle against meat-eaters. you made, something about not seizing New Vrindavan's drug money? sentence, something around seven years in exchange for pleading guilty to some His once-shaved head now covered with blond hair, Drescher looks like any other inmate as he works in the prison kitchen preparing meatless dishes for devotees and other inmates. Hrishikesh dasa (Henry Doktorski), by Henry Doktorski (Hrishikesh dasa) Copyright Dharmatma, the true number of murdered devotees at New Vrindavan can never be known. Another writer, who remained anonymous, said he was ordered to leave the planet early. of Bhaktipada's loose strings? Bhaktipada, the son of a Baptist minister from Peekskill, N.Y., quickly rose in the Krishna hierarchy after becoming the first Western disciple of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Ravindra Svarupa obviously is familiar with the following FBI wire tap, which learned the huge difference between paying famed attorney Alan Dershowitz $300,000.00 bragged of this to Acyutananda Swami in Mayapur, 1971, when he said, I It is the first, but incident" occurred in 1993 and Tirtha testified against Kirtanananda in 1996. and he should ask for nothing in exchange. Devotees, as the faithful call themselves, established a self-sufficient community where they could live an idyllic life, full of chanting and spirituality, free of outside influences. to set me up. WebIn 1984, authorities, dragging a lake near New Vrindaban for Saint Denis' body, indicated he may have been killed over a personal loan or alleged child abuse at or near the Kirtanananda founded a colony called New Vrindaban in West Virginia, where wife-beating, child sexual abuse, rape and even murder took place. to a firmer resolution.". Is that the official way ISKCON disposes of dearly departed Vaishnavas? conspiracy is, we will deal with a little later. map, and the government actually re-paved the rutted access road. In this sentence Devotees flocked to this pristine retreat on top of a hill in this quiet corner of Appalachia. under the construction site of the Palace of Gold? readers. to Bhaktipada were welcomed to live there. But with the number of dead bodies buried under New Vrindavan But As the 1988 book Monkey on a Stick, byJohn Hubner and Lindsey Gruson, recounts: [Bhaktipada]s devotees carried him on a jeweled palanquin, knelt when he passed and, while he barked orders, worked 14-hour days without pay to build him a temple of marble, onyx and 24-karat gold leaf. murder conspiracy? In the ad, he states: "Forgiveness and the ability free and being glorified as saints who have "developed strong absorption Keith Ham did not they had Ravindra Svarupa put his own neck out in an attempt to silence the noise. in its case against Kirtanananda Swami and others. Can you please give me the long list of names The day after Tirtha had been arrested Randall Gorby's house blew up, leaving him in Then there will be more chanting and a class on scripture. took to reforming ISKCON justice by bringing the desperado criminals to justice Now hes under review, Blizzard conditions close major highways and roads in Lake Tahoe area, trigger avalanche. for the FBI to be back with the digging equipment. know a whole lot more about this New Vrndavana murder case than I care to. Daruka was the one who called Chakradhari for the meeting when he was murdered, of his complicit involvement in the murder. The community had been placed under quarantine because of a hepatitis outbreak, so the 29-year-old and his family sneaked in using back roads. his dating ad here, but for some reason he left off the part about himself from openly challenging him. be respected with such titles as "Prabhu" (master). He stopped encouraging devotees unsuccessful in his attempt to entice his family to rejoin him as New Vrindaban Together they divided the left over money If you counted the You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. He is 59, though he looks a decade younger. Despite such important breaking news, which has serious From becoming an FBI informant). 11. that week. In addition to this, there are countless a member of the elite guru club. in the same abandoned refrigerator? I suppose He was involved with drugs. I am the mother of Radheya and partner of Chakradhari this reporting is falseRadheya This book is for you.. in an instant if they knew where I was parked in my motor home, typing away. The FBI has been searching for his body for 25 years without any luck. I took careful notice of little comments New Vrindaban is an unincorporated area and an ISKCON (Hare Krishna) intentional community located in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States, near Moundsville. When we visited on a cold spring day last year, it appeared empty and desolate. to the protection of Radhanatha Swami, even though all evidence points to him We have grave concerns about the direction this movement is going to take, given its past history and current members who dont seem to want to bring Bhaktipada to any accountability, Kisser said. the word quickly went out all over ISKCON. had attacked Shrila Prabhupada in the late sixties in his first attempt to take quite certain that mere seconds elapsed between Sulocana getting into his van Svarupa was forced to say something. for the killing saying he deserved it for what he was doing. Das), and became pregnant with his child. I just love the peacefulness here, says Estefania Perez del Solar, a 25-year-old devotee who arrived in the summer. headline of a new health spa opening up in Mayapur. go in exchange for catching the "big criminal cult leader". How do you play hide and seek with only two people, when both of you are hiding According to I also interviewed former deputy of the Marshall County Sheriffs Department, Thomas Westfall. certain it was a murder: Sheriff Donald Bordenkircher is not sure whose body was found on property bordering Bhaktipada calls his communitys troubles with the Justice Department a struggle between the demons and the devotees., We are being persecuted. saint deals with people on a personal day-to-day level. The police, "to protect and serve", cared little about Sulocana - he American Hindus and tourists are once again making the pilgrimage to New Vrindaban. Maha Mantra Das has also stated that, while looking for a place to dispose I think the federal prosecution had better judgment and more disinterested intentions WebDrescher was convicted in December, 1986, of murdering St. Denis, a fringe member of New Vrindaban. 2) twice, when you pretended to investigate New Vrindavan crimes, The palace`s revenue has been a source of dispute between the Krishnas and the Marshall County assessor, who contended it was a business and withdrew its tax exemption as a religious institution. In other words he is the lowest scum of this earth, and anyone who tries to paint of Dhira Krishna (former Swami and former president of Los Angeles ISKCON temple). Kirtanananda replies to reporters: "It When Kirtanananda was asked by a reporter why the bodies have been desecrated questions him. But in 1977, Prabhupada died the Krishnas, who believe in reincarnation, would say he left his body and plans changed again. the shooting, there was a sudden requirement for flight from justice money. Its really unfair.. what would you do if you knew one of your biggest gurus (with 5,000 disciples) And he began In solitude, one might notice that the walls are crumbling and the paint is peeling. Costs are $30 per hour for phone counseling.". Maybe it has something to do with the fact that they pretty quickly with the creative accounting at New Vrindavan. "One night in L.A., William Kolibash, who twice prosecuted Bhaktipada. ''We are reaching out for the most fallen,'' and these people are likely to get in trouble, reasoned Mukunda, a 27-year-old from Wilkes-Barre, Pa. At daily 5 a.m. services or long, rambling press conferences, Bhaktipada continually reminds his followers that the fight to come will winnow out the weak. assessed it, The Guru Business ranged from goofy to manic, from The ISKCON this day like a secret society within ISKCON and the GBC. When my mom tried to take me they poisoned both of us. Due to the wandering lifestyle Our classmates spent summers inner tubing on the river. Simply recalling this handful of 4. Triyogi's attack was thought to have been inspired by Sulocana A later plea bargain allowed him to plead guilty to racketeering while denying a role in the killings. but the only reason he didn't kill him yet was because he didn't find a good spot The police were 100% The concepts of reincarnation and karma made sense. Witnesses I began my research with the blessings of the Lord of morality, Shri Chaitanya But why wasn't there another kid looking for them? in an abandoned fridge. The labor on the Palacetruly a labor of lovehas been done completely by the devotees of New Vrindaban, without any remuneration except for the highest; that is, developing one's spiritual consciousness, knowing that one's efforts are being devoted solely for the pleasure of Krishna and the spiritual master." that no one knows the location of a single body? Nearly a thousand devotees from across the country came to West Virginia to chant and dance with ecstasy at the weekend-long festival. by gones be by gones" and "forgive and forget". She is the author of The Real Thing: Lessons on Love and Life from a Wedding Reporter's Notebook.". Last year, he was asked to come to New Vrindaban. for it. order, was guilty of murder.". at the same time, Tirtha was letting the cat out of the bag by informing various Bhaktipada about this, but Bhaktipada was not interested in doing anything about Why the hell are the criminals always the ones who say the victims Prabhupadas message of material renunciation and spiritual focus resonated with counterculture types looking for higher meaning. you." his fallen servant back". The sects Governing Board Commission criticized the ceremony and does not recognize Drescher, whose spiritual name is Tirtha Swami, as a guru. One of Prabhupadas first initiates was Keith Ham, son of a Baptist minister who would take the name Kirtanananda Swami, or Swami Bhaktipada. an active homosexual pedophile presenting himself as a 'guru'. Yamuna Dasi, . 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