I am not paying for your limousine or BMW!

[Paramananda das]

I am not paying for your limousine or BMW!
I do not trust the BBT.It first started in 1982-83, Brahma Muhurta Prabhu the BBT in Charge for Scandinavia , took a limousine to bring him and other German devotees to Harinama from ISKCON Korsnaas to Downtown Stockholm.Who paid for it ? Us sankirtana devotees because the limousine is not free
and Stockholm Limousine Service is not going to take my sankirtana collection meant for Sri Sri Radha Krsnas lotusfeet.
When I joined ISKCON my father and stepmother advised me , be careful your Guru is not using you for money .It was the only advise they gave me, they had no problem of me becoming a devotee otherwise.It was a smart advise .
Devotees in Sweden and Denmark and Norway did a lot of tapasya to distribute Srila Prabhupadas books, but Harikesa and Brahma Muhurta lived in luxury and still are to this day from sankirtana money.
When I was sankirtana leader in ISKCON LA in 1990 ,many devotees objected to Svavasa Prabhu having a BMW, I never even noticed or cared I am sankirtana devotee and have better things to do .But the gossip never stopped, so one day I gave class , I wanted to bring it to an end, so in the end of my class I brought it up how so many devotees gossip about Svavasa Prabhus BMW , properly even a used one .I said why so many devotees are jealous of Svavasa Prabhu ,he has a good sadhana and still you gossip about him having a BMW? I want beg all your Prabhus and Matajis to not gossip like this.It was embarrasing to Svavasa Prabhu and of course he told me, but I knew the gossip would never end, but by my mentioning it , I never heard anyone gossip about it again.But boy , I was never asked to give class again.Well there is no where in ISKCON constitution that says ISKCON leaders should have Mercedes and BMWs or spend money on Limousines.But many ISKCON leaders get a hefty salary and then flash their status symbols and their materialisme in front of you .I recall in 1982-83 while distributing books in ISKCON Germany my sankirtana leader Krsna Karnamrta Prabhu said today we will collect for one day and give Harikesa Maharaja Visnupada and new Mercedes, I was stunned,
I had no objection he drive in a Mercedes, but a sannyasi with status symbols of materialistic values ? Srila Rupa and Sanatana Goswami renounced all wealth to join Lord Caitanya but in ISKCON we call it "Yukta Vairagya".
Harikesa used to drive the Mercedes on the German Autobahns 200 Km an hour
his servant was bragging, great risking his life too , I hated it.Often on sankirtana in Germany you saw what happens when you go high speed and someone gets killed ,there is no speed limit on the German Autobahn ,sometimes Italians bring their Ferraries to Germany so they can go 280 Km an hour there.Anyway...I want to add that our dear friend Nanda Kumara Prabhu who also became an ISKCON Guru, in South Africa, was driving Mercedes and not attending morning and evening program, he did not chant 16 rounds daily for sure and he had Govardhana silas he kept for show but not worship, and he did not fast on Visnutattva days, even though I showed him Srila Prabhupadas letter to fast on Ramanavami he took grains anyway.So a year later he fell down from Bhakti and I was so sad because I really got to love him and his family and felt so sorry and sad.In ISKCON you are never supposed to tell the truth always cover it up ,so you know me by now I never shut my mouth as I am not a cult member of ISKCON but a real member.Now here is the ultimate incident, about car abuse, when I was in ISKCON Scandinavia, Locan das bought a jeep , they are not cheap, but it was his private property not ISKCON property.Srila Prabhupada actually wrote letters about vehicles purchased should not be private property but belong to the temple.So if we really want to follow Srila Prabhupada we have to understand to not abuse money in ISKCON ,Srila Prabhupada did not allow salaries in ISKCON or abuse of money.Locan das
is a nice devotee, but he had a falldown with practically every single mataji in ISKCON Sweden, but you are not supposed to tell anyone hahaha.Harikesa made him the Matajis sankirtana leader, he got one mataji from Finland pregnant, Kunti, she later was married of to Caksusa das from Austria.
Harikesa had Locana travel with the matajis in Sweden , and soon had sex with all of them.The same happened in New Vrindavana and Hansaduttas socalled Sankritana disciples, except Hansadutta also had illicit sex with some of his female disciples.Locana was made in charge of Harikesas private bank account in Sweden, where Harikesa deposited milliones of dollars that he live on till this day.Basu Ghosh said Harikesa gave so much money to Mayapure, no my dear Basu Ghosh that money was collected by us sankirtana devotees, Harikesa never went out on sankirtana for even one day ,he never even attended mangal artik , he slept daily till 6 am then he would come for Gurupuja and class and go back in his room .Ciranjiva das a devotee from Malasiya also had this Isvara Bhava , and in ISKCON Denmark he also bought a luxury car with devotees sankirtana money I objected to Harikesa, but it was an inhouse corruption thing so he never corrected Ciranjiva..like father like son,Ciranjiva never or very rarely attended mangal artik not even class and Guru puja many times he slept till 9 or 10 am.I believe later at least he would come to class and Gurupuja I saw that in 1995.But that is one of the reasons I wanted to leave ISKCON Denmark, so when in 1989 I told Ciranjiva that I was going to USA to distribute books and go on Padayatra it blew a fuse in his head ,I was heading up a Harinama program daily in Copenhagen we would chant 8 hours daily 6 days a week and distribute lots of books and magazines and distribute lots of prasadam, he knew without me this program would fall apart no one would be serious to keep it going.So he told me I was a demon, I told him , I already wrote Harikesa and had gotten permission from our dear "Visnupada".Lokanath Swami had invited me to come lead kirtans on Padayatra in California, it was very important because this was to counteract the Robin George case that could close all ISKCON temples in USA.Lokanath Maharaja seemed to like I had my Ugra Narasimha Salagrama silas with me also to pray for the benefit of ISKCON in USA.So I agreed and my Guru agreed so what was the problem? Ciranjivas big false EGO. He said get out of the temple now or I will have some devotees beat you up or call the police on you .I was laughing at his insanity , I said I will go as soon as I am done with my puja for Ugra Narasimha Salagrama sila and Giriraja and Gaura Nitai.He would not even let me finish my puja.I went into his office and I showed him my Ugra Narasimha Salagrama sila.I shouted :YOU THINK HE IS A STONE? Lord Narasimha will punish you.I can forgive your offences to me but that you will not allow me to complete my Narasimha puja I can not forgive.As I left the temple I furiously broke my brahmin string and cursed Ciranjiva.That night I had a dream of Lord Narasimha, my first ever:I have punished him ! I woke up , I understood Lord Narasimha was talking about Ciranjiva , I had gone to our other temple in Denmark a farm and one devotee Narayana das called me and asked he be forgiven.I said what happend dear Naryanana Prabhu ? He said last night when you left Ciranjivas car was smashed in an accident and some devotees got injured.I said I am so sorry to hear that , I said I never cursed you ,but I am glad the car is smashed because it was stolen money from ISKCON and misused.I was banned from ISKCON Denmark by Ciranjiva after that and Harikesa agreed, that is when I wrote a letter to Harikesa I reject you as my Guru, I predict in the future you will fall down from Bhakti . I became forgiving of Harikesa , even of Ciranjiiva I am not a devotee that keep grudges.But to this day Lalitanath das the TP in Denmark and worshipper of this Ciranjiva does not want me to even visit the temple. I am senior to Lalitanath and joined 3 years before him and not welcome to take darshan even of Sri Sri Gaura Nitai , I am the first devotee in 1979 that helped establish ISKCON Denmark for Srila Prabhupada ,I was the only sankirtana devotee in Denmark in all of 1979 and my collections maintained the temple for that time period.
your servant
Paramananda das