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In 1995 I was asked to leave ISKCON Potomac due to politics, Sastivara das was stealing money from the temple plus getting a salary .He later bought himself a mansion house with money he stole from the temple ,he also stole Srila Prabhupadas Marble Deity ,that had been on the Vyasasana since 1978.How i know he stole money ? close to half a million dollars where raised to extend the Asrama with the temple and make it one.Plans where circulated among devotees and the congregation ,there was a chart done how much money raised 467.000 dollars was the last number I ever saw.So I asked the accountant for ISKCON Potomac in 1997 about it, he said he saw no entry of that amount.He was asked to leave because he told one Caitanya Nitai das not to use temple credit card for huge personal purchases, he might have busted other transactions also
I was asking the Temple board that there please not be demigod worship ,Mayavadis speaking in the culture hall and Rama Krsna mission preach against ISKCON in our culture hall, people visiting the temple would enter and listen to all this..so Sastivara recieved big donations for these events, they where never entered into an ISKCON accounts as mostly they where paid in cash thus easy to lie about, I never know if someone them where also paid as checks ,but they seem to have never been accounted for I was told.
I was number 1 or 2 for these month in USA in bookdistribution back then ,I was not getting a penny hardly for anything .Sastivara said we have no money to buy more books from the BBT.I said how come I am bringing in 150 to 200 dollars daily ?
When i returned to Washington DC in 1997 , I decided not to ever work with ISKCON Potomac again and collect for this temple due to their impure mentality and offences to myself and others .Trikalajna das had replaced Sastivara he asked to come to my apartment in Washington DC, and talk to me ,I invited him for lunch prasadam and cooked a little feast His grace .Narasimha Kavacha Prabhu was with him ..Trikalajna Prabhus first question was when will you send me a check for me ?For you ? He is a disciple of Mukunda Maharaja and was getting a salary , I do not agree with salaries for temple presidents because it was not Srila Prabhupadas standard ,but they have such huge responsibilities how will they maintain themselves ?But what about other temple members then why you do not pay them also ? ISKCON Potomac has plenty of donors but all they care about is money ...I was actually in depth at the time , because Bhakta Jacob who was with me spend 6000 dollars of hs own to buy books from BBT .(Sura das even gave us so much trouble to send me the books though they where already paid for ) I did not want to give them a penny I spend all of 1995 collecting for ISKCOn Potomac 150 to 200 dollars aday they nevr even thanked me for my devotional service.Have you ever been to Washington DC distributing Srila Prabhupadas books in 100 degrees weather in the summer day after day ? You think any of these rascals would ? Anuttama the GBC called me (that was before he became a GBC) make sure you pay taxed to IRS.,Vow here I am in depth and they worry I make a profit ? I was living from hand in mouth that time ,as I had for many years as a devotee.Have you ever tried live outside a temple and still be a top bookdisitributor in all of USA, You can not do .But I did it .Anuttama das when he was TP in ISKCON Denver had devotees sell paintings for many years ( I know because one devotee told me he was one of them) and they used to put the Laxmi they collected from Sankirtana directly into Anuttamas mail box (illegal painting business) where was Anuttamas concerns paying the IRS back then ? He kept the money and started his own business .No honor amongst thieves . Trikala Jna Prabhu was president for 10 years, I do no think he was dishonest at least, he respected me ,but his Guru Mukunda maharaja was part of removing me from ISKCON Potomac that is why I would never serve under Mukunda Maharajas neophyte disciples .Tri Kala Jna bought a house with cash money the day he left the temple ,I am sure that was from his salary at ISKCON Potomac .Next was Caitanya Bhagavatan das he was nice devotee and room mate of Dravida das for many years, came out he was a homosexual.Then we had Ananda Vrindavanesvari , she does not like me very much ,but I am not giving her trouble she told me one day I visited the temple I left a tissue with snot on the seat.I would never do such a thing i just entered the temple and went straight to pay my obaisences to the Deities and Srila Prabhupada and then I normally leave 5 minutes later I do not stay to even sit down .I wrote an email it was properly a tissue from her big nosed husband Braja Bihari Prabhu please stop falsly accusing devotees.One day my wife and I was there for a visited the temple for the morning program and we even stayed for prasadam there was a large stone in my dhal and my wife also got some small stone in her prasadam .What ? This was not usual because I taken prasadam for years there but that day ..was cursed I guess and however cooked for Sri Sri Radha Madan Mohan was not qualified, Just remembered this today ,,,we need better trained leaders in ISKCON Image may contain: 1 person, grass, nature, outdoor and text
Often our ISKCON leaders are selfish and self-centered , that should not be the case

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