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Being left in the mountains in 1984

In 1984 I decided I had enough selling paintings and candles Lord Narasimha in my heart rebelled that this is rubbish ,and that I should distribute Srila Prabhupadas books only .I faced lots of problem for that "socalled independent " mentality I ended up in ISKCON Austria one day the TP Maharama das was fighting with the Taxidrivers he did not want to pay for the Taxis we had taken from the temple Am Lugegg to the Train station ,here he is supposed to present ISKCON Vienna and he refuse to pay for the Taxis.Finally he had to pay because all the Taxi driver where rolling up their sleeves to come and give him a beating .He said Verdamte Sudras (German for damned Sudras ) I tried to tell him this was not how to represent Srila Prabhupadas movement ,another evening after a successful preaching program ,where I personally sold many Bhagavatams .Maharama das dropped me of in the middle of the highway at night in the beautiful mountains in Austria .See Maharama was a madman though he distributed lots of books in ISKCON Germany ,he was known for his violent behavior, he often had thrown devotees out of the sankirtana van when he thought they had not sold enough books, some went back to the temple some even left ISKCON thought his godbrothers.Even Harikesa could not control him and did not try to because at the end of the day Harikesa had wrong motives .Maharama said :Stop you snake like chanting ! I was sitting next to him he was driving the Van.Do you think I am in Maya? I said yes if you fight with Taxi drivers for no good reason when you should obviously just pay them you are acting like a nutcase;Noone had ever dared tell Maharama das anything to his face before.But I was not scared of him .He threw me out of the Van , it was 2 am .And hundreds of kilometers from Vienna .I went to a Motel I had some money from sankirtana in my pocket as I meant to turn this over the following morning at the temple .So I had enough for a room the next morning I asked for some water I said I was a monk and had no money I was dressed in Dhoti and Kurta in saffron of course .The lady who owned the Hotel said I was welcome to have anything to eat .I had nothing left .They gave me oats with fruits and hot milk I thanked the mataji for her kindness .They must have wondered what religion is that ? They drop a monk at night on the highway?I hitch hiked to the temple .Maharama told me to apologize.I said I am just here for my luggage.They did not even give me lunch prasadam just a loaf of bread .I went to a nearby bank and asked them to help me I called the temple in Denmark .That time i was getting welfare money ,Devamrta Swami had gotten all devotees on wellfare.That money went to the temple .I said , you have to send me my wellfare money from now on you can no longer touch it .I need a ticket out of Vienna .I talked with Harikesa on phone ,completly careless and heartless.He did not care what Maharama had done , because Harikesa was a puffed up zonal acarya that thought he was better than Krsna and had lost his humanity and discrimination .Finally they send me my money thought ISKCON Denmark first refused too.Remember I had been collecting daily for ISKCON Denmark since 1979 and they wanted to even steal this money.For the first time I really understood how much ISKCON had becoem a cult .I have to mention I had to get really heavy with Devamrta Swami ,that this is my money you rascal , all you care about it money.Harikesa knew if they had kept my money I would have gone to the police in Denmark it would have damaged our preaching .So at least he knew that much . Maharama became an ISKCON Guru in 1985 or 86 ,he did not last even 6 month he killed a disciple in Colombia by pushing him over the balcony and was Billedet indeholder sandsynligvis: bjerg, himmel, plante, sky, friluftsliv, natur og vandnever seen again .Well the bright side was I got to chant over 100 rounds in the beautiful mountains in Austria , they are really stunning .So to day I remember this scenic view thanks to Maharama otherwise I would have never seen Austrian mountains .I was hitchhiking and finally got a ride to Vienna .All glories to Srila Prabhupada

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