GBC suspects should resign

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PETITION

 

To all Iskcon devotees world wide

temple-presidents, Sannyasis

 

Dear maharajas, prabhus, matas and didis

Please accept my respectful obeisances. All Glories To Srila Prabhupada.

 

As an initiated disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami

Prabhupada and as a member of the International Society for Krishna

consciousness, I herewith call upon all devotees world wide to reject Iskcons

bogus GBC/Guru leadership and elect a new Governing Body Commission as

outlined by Srila Prabhupada in his DIRECTION OF MANAGEMENT FOR AN ELECTED

GBC.

 

He created the DIRECTION OF MANAGEMENT, which was signed, witnessed and

notarized. This document created the GBC, and gave the EXACT DIRECTION AS TO

HOW THE GBC SHOULD ACT .....Importanly, the GBC was to be ELECTED FROM THE

BODY OF TEMPLE PRESIDENTS. The Temple presidents were instructed to hold

elections every three years, and either re-elect existing GBC members, or

elect new ones from a ballot of candidates chosen from the body of Temple

Presidents.

 

Srila Prabhupada also wrote several letters stating that the temple

presidents were to be elected by vote by the congregations of the individual

temples, and that the GBC would have practically no AUTHORITY over the

individual temples.

 

The devotees who live in ISKCON temples should be educated so that they

understand the full extent of their constitutional powers. By the

constitution of the ISKCON temple corporations, the members have the legal

right to elect a new leadership. This is a little-known fact, but it is a

law.

 

They also have the right to vote to impeach that leadership if they lose

their qualification as leaders. Legally, they have voted to accept the

appointed leaders by failing to vote them out. That is, unless the members

assert their right to vote it is assumed they wish to follow the appointed

system.

 

Because the GBC assumed dictatorial powers NOT PROVIDED in the DIRECTION OF

MANAGEMENT, they were in a position to "cover up" crimes committed by each

other, and to terrorize the temple presidents by threatening to "kick them

out" for insubordination. Since they were not authorized to do either of the

above, we can see that their pattern of abuse followed the typical pattern of

abuse in "rogue states" and other dictatorships and oligarchies that ARE NOT

ANSWERABLE TO THE PUBLIC. It would have been almost impossible for the

molestations of the children in the Gurukulas to have taken place if Srila

Prabhupada's DIRECTION OF MANAGEMENT had been followed.

 

The only thing that can be said in our (congregational member's) favour is

that the GBC VERY CAREFULLY HID THE TEXT OF THE DIRECTION OF MANAGEMENT UNTIL

THE 1990'S. (Over twenty years!) So that NO CONGREGATIONAL MEMBER OF ISKCON

REALIZED TO WHAT DEGREE THEY WERE (AND SITLL ARE) BEING RIPPED OFF!

 

The devotees should assert their rights under the law, at least in the United

States, and immediately hold elections to force the GBC to resign as managers

and trustees of all ISKCON properties. This is the only chance to save Srila

Prabhupada's legacy from total destruction. If after the prosecution and

defense presentations in the court, where all the details of the GBCs'

intransigence will become public knowledge, the jury finds the defendants

culpable, and if they did not resign when the case first began, this arrogant

attitude will influence the judge and jury to increase the penalty.

 

A similar thing happened in the case the Turley firm recently won against the

Catholic Church. None of the church leaders who covered up the abuse

resigned, and partly because of this insolence the damages were in the tens

of millions of dollars for only two victims. The ISKCON case may ultimately

have over 1,000 victims. The GBC resignations will save ISKCON millions of

dollars and win support from the court and all right-thinking people.

 

Srila Prabhupada: "Yes. This was the system, that one must retire. Just like

at the present moment, although people are asking the president that 'You

retire, you resign,' he is not resigning, obstinate. Because he knows, 'This

is the first and last chance. I am not going to be elected again. So stick to

the post and take as much money as possible.' That's all." [Lecture, 12/17/73

LA]

 

The GBC rascals will not resign, they will stick to their posts and take

money from Srila Prabhupada as long as they possibly can. Now the

consequences of their actions threaten to destroy the entire ISKCON society.

Therefore the only chance to protect Srila Prabhupada's reputation is a

general rebellion by vote of the members of ISKCON against the GBC. They have

frustrated Srila Prabhupada's orders by mismanagement, by changing his books,

by preaching bogus philosophy, and in countless other ways. They have driven

away thousands of Srila Prabhupada's disciples and they have failed to

maintain his institution. Now they deserve to be impeached.

 

As explained by Dasanudas, the member ship of any nonprofit religious

corporation has the legal right to remove its leaders because nonprofit

corporations are institutions meant to serve the needs of the community.

 

Therefore, a constituent assembly consisting of the current members of ISKCON

(past and present Srila Prabhupada's disciples) should now come forward and

do the needful, even another lawsuit if necessary, for electing a new GBC

body.

 

There should be an organized petition presented to the GBC stating our

demands for attaining the goal of an elected GBC as Srila Prabhupada outlined

in his Direction of Management for the GBC.

 

Please contact Harinamdas at harinam. He will send you the

PETITION FOR CARRYING OUT SRILA PRABHUPADA'S DIRECTION OF MANAGEMENT FOR AN

ELECTED GBC (GOVERNING BOARD COMMISSION OF THE INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR

KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS)

 

Urdhvaga das,

in the service of Srila Prabhupada

 

 

For the Petition and SRILA PRABHUPADA'S DIRECTION OF MANAGEMENT please write

to:

harinam