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Supreme Court Throws Out GBC Case Again Readers may remember our reporting in IRM Newsletter 57 ("Supreme Court Throws Out GBC Appeal") the landmark judgement issued by the Supreme Court of India, upholding the decision of the Karnataka High Court which established that ISKCON Bangalore was legally and managerially indepedent of the current ISKCON-GBC power structure. And further, that it had every right to operate under the name of ISKCON. Recently the GBC, in a last ditch effort to try and overturn this humiliating legal defeat, again petitioned the Supreme Court to have the decision reviewed. However, we are pleased to announce that the Supreme Court, seeing no merit in the GBC's case, threw it out immediately even without hearing it, noting that the GBC had no basis for trying to overturn the order the court had already passed, and the GBC were forced to withdraw their case. The honourouble court was pleased to pass the following order: ("I.A. No.4-5 is the title number of the cases filed by the GBC): "I. A. No.4-5 are dismissed as withdrawn at this stage with liberty to the applicant to initiate any other appropriate proceedings including contempt proceedings, if so advised”. 2. 'Back To Prabhupada' - Issue 4 Available The fourth issue of BTP magazine is out now! In this issue you can read about how ISKCON's Governing Body Commission (GBC) have admitted that their "final siddhanta" position paper on how they were allegedly appointed by Srila Prabhupada as Guru successors is, in fact, full of "LIES". They have subsequently withdrawn this paper in an admission of defeat against the IRM's foundational publication, "The Final Order". Other highlights in this issue include: * IRM presents the truth at international academic conference * Reviving Prabhupada's mission in Australia * 27 years of deception of the fallen Guru hoax founder * Gaudiya Matha and ISKCON: History repeats itself * and much more! To receive your FREE copy of BTP, please send us your MAILING (POSTAL) ADDRESS. PLEASE NOTE: If you have already responded at any time for a copy of BTP, and still haven't received your copy, please let us know and we will send you one. 3. ISKCON New Delhi in Turmoil We reported in our last IRM Newsletter 65, ("ISKCON India Involved in False Rape Plot"), the story of how Mahamantra Das, the Temple President of ISKCON New Delhi, due to his refusal to participate in a false rape plot against Madhu Pandit Das, the Temple President of Bangalore, had become embroiled in a war with the other leading members of ISKCON India who had orchestrated this fiendish plot against Madhu Pandit Das. The result of this war is that now a power struggle has began in ISKCON New Delhi, with moves made by the GBC to remove Mahamantra from his post as Temple President, a position from which he was forced to resign. Now the temple is in the middle of a 3-way power struggle as the following communique details: THE LAST DITCH EFFORT: >From ISKCON New Delhi’s Promotions Department Founded on Sri Nama Naumi 2004, Indraprastha Dhama After learning that Mahamantra Prabhu was removed by the ISKCON Bureau and India RGB as temple president of ISKCON New Delhi, certain members of our temple are forming a "Third Party" effort to resolve the real conflict which is with his guru HH Gopala Krishna Gosvami. We are exercising our legal rights as members of ISKCON and this temple to collect signatures in support of our agenda (see below). The already existing parties in this conflict and what we view as their real agendas are as follows: Party One: (Thesis Party) Is Mahamantra Prabhu whose agenda is to remain TP, and remove His Holiness Gopal Krishna Gosvami (GKG) as the GBC for ISKCON New Delhi, but to retain and respect GKG as guru for the project. Unfortunately, Mahamantra stands alone in this position. GKG has succeeded in isolating him from any support within ISKCON and has gotten him removed as temple president. Party Two: (Antithesis Party) Is HH Gopal Krishna Maharaja, whose agenda is to remove Mahamantra as TP, and teach him a lesson for going against him as GBC, and have GKG act as TP for 6 months. Maharaja as the guru, GBC, sannyasi, Prabhupada disciple, and efficient, self-admitted and demonstrated expert in diplomacy has gained what we consider superficial support for this position. Superficial because he is powerful and feared even by his own secretary who admitted that he doesn’t want Mahamantra or Maharaja to leave their respective posts (but who nevertheless felt pressured to sign the petition against Mahamantra). Just imagine how spurious the other signatures were if Maharaja’s own personal secretary feels like this. The new party that has been formed is taking the following position towards resolving this conflict: Party Three: ("Synthesis Party") or SP, which also stands for Srila Prabhupada’s Party and the position we believe he would take in this issue. SP is headed by Prabhupadacarya Dasa, Saci Putra Dasa and many other temple devotees and employees close to Maharaja and Mahamantra (who are too afraid of both to reveal themselves). SP is cordially inviting Maharaja and Mahamantra to join our Synthesis Party and become our party leaders as GBC and TP respectively for as long as they desire, which will require them to alter their present agendas to qualify for membership. Synthesis Party is trying to get the other two parties to come to a compromise so that both GBC and TP are satisfied in their working relationship. We believe both sides have legitimate issues that are not being addressed by one another and need to be mediated and negotiated to break this mutual "temperamental deadlock". The philosophical basis of our party is very simple that Srila Prabhupada instructs ISKCON devotees to mend their differences and compromise, not to trash the relationships. If our leaders don’t follow Srila Prabhupada’s instructions in this regard, then where is their moral or spiritual authority to lead us? Srila Prabhupada says "Little thing, strictly follower." Does leader mean you no longer have to follow Srila Prabhupada? If these two devotees do not follow Srila Prabhupada by mending their differences, then members of the Synthesis Party reserve their legal ISKCON rights to forward two new temporary interim candidates for these contested ISKCON New Delhi leadership positions (ie. GBC and TP) until the rightful candidates become qualified to lead us by resolving their conflict. Synthesis Party members are confident, however, that both parties are intelligent and mature enough to amicably resolve their differences and move on with preaching. For example, members of the SP party have unanimously observed that Mahamantra has a legitimate desire to be afforded the powers and rights of a normal temple president under ISKCON law, which Maharaja has been questionably, yet perhaps understandably, denying Mahamantra. We also believe that GKG has a legitimate right to remain as GBC (especially for this project) for the remainder of his life, and that his sense of insecurity in regard to Mahamantra’s supporting him in that role has led to Maharaja’s resistance in granting him full powers of a temple president. The Synthesis Party does not support removal of GKG as GBC, nor Mahamantra as TP, nor do we support a legal or physically violent remedy to the present state of affairs by either party. For Mahamantra to retain Synthesis Party’s support as TP, however, he must take the first step (as the Thesis Party Leader, and a junior devotee—SP upholds Vaishnava etiquette!) and sign a letter that supports Gopal Krishna Maharaja as GBC for this temple for life and that states he will act within the scope of ISKCON law in his capacity as TP. We do not believe there are any issues about Mahamantra respecting and loving Maharaja as his guru, and believe we need to remove that aspect of their relationship from the issues of the GBC/TP relationship that they simultaneously share that is now dividing them to crisis. To make this a guru/disciple relationship issue is, in our humble opinion, a miscalculation and a distraction. Hopefully by achieving Mahamantra’s letter of support as his GBC for life (perhaps with conditions that he have all or most of the ordinary rights and powers afforded by ISKCON law to a temple president) Maharaja will feel secure enough to give Mahamantra a second chance and work to reinstate Mahamantra as TP. Members of the Synthesis Party are aware of the risks they take by not supporting the agenda’s of the other two parties who are headed by two very powerful devotees. Certainly they could both take retribution against us. We take this personal risk because we value their GBC/TP relationship perhaps more than either of them do. In the interest of ISKCON they are clearly more valuable together than apart, as the synthesis of these two devotees is far greater than the sum of their parts. We pray to Srila Prabhupada for protection. We are confident that the temple devotees will support Maharaja’s decision to show mercy to Mahamantra as his ever well-wisher, and that the Bureau would cooperate with Maharaja in reinstating him for the greater good of ISKCON. Maharaja is so powerful and influential within ISKCON, and we have observed how he can persuade and influence anyone to agree with him within a matter of minutes. We have observed that the same goes for Mahamantra in his relations outside of ISKCON, which Maharaja acknowledges and respects. There is no more powerful combination of GBC and TP in ISKCON that can achieve greater results for the benefit of the entire planet than the relationship shared between these two empowered preachers. Conversely, there is no more powerful combination that can wreck havoc and damage ISKCON if they were to divide and attack each other. ISKCON New Delhi is the most critical international center that many devotees depend upon for their service and access to the holy dhamas. The consequences of both parties entering into a fully escalated conflict are unfathomable, unpredictable and would certainly damage ISKCON’s image and integrity, at the least, as well as hamper the preaching efforts of the devotees wasting and diverting much time and money. We feel that the Indian RGB and ISKCON Bureau leaders who have encouraged this battle by not taking greater efforts to bring these two parties together for a peaceful resolution, and who have clearly acting by favoring one over the other, should realize their mistake and be prepared to reverse their decision that was made in a hasty politically expedient manner that did not serve justice to anyone, not Mahamantra, not Maharaja, not ISKCON, and not the temple devotees. As an example, devotees were investigated in a group with GKG’s top men present, when they should have been interviewed individually. The Dayarama issue is a distracting side issue that even Maharaja concedes is not the real issue behind Mahamantra’s removal as TP. We the members of the ISKCON New Delhi Synthesis Party do hereby request with straw in our mouths, for the best interest of ISKCON, that the Executive Committee of the GBC and all members of the entire GBC body join our Synthesis Party, and take a strong stand in favor of what we believe best represents Srila Prabhupada’s desires for cooperation in this matter, by supporting our party agenda, and using your superior authority to supercede the authority of the Bureau and RGB if they continue to misrepresent Srila Prabhupada by remaining partial and/or under either of the two other party’s control due to fear, lust, anger, greed, pride, illusion and/or envy (the root cause of corrupt policies like this). Your concerned servants, Prabhupadacarya Dasa, Saci Putra Dasa Promotion Director, ISKCON New Delhi, Assistant Promotions Director, 91-9811656215, dharmainstitute ISKCON New Delhi P.S. Please call or email your support (see above) for our mediation efforts. Thank you, Hare Krishna. 4. ISKCON San Antonio Hosts Vegetarian Society The local IRM centre in San Antonio, Texas, USA, got a huge boost when the entire San Antonio Vegetarian Society decided to show up for a Sunday feast recently! They all listened attentively to a lecture on the Bhagavad-gita, watched a slide show about prasadam (sanctified vegetarian food) distribution, and took part in a rip-roaring kirtan (congregational chanting)! Of course the best was yet to come, which was the multi-course prasadam feast, which they all agreed was the best vegetarian food they had ever tasted! They were then informed why that was: we add a secret ingredient - not LSD, but L&D - which is more powerful and more addictive than the LSD drug. The guests became all apprehensive thinking we were adding some sort of dubious substances, but they all roared with laughter when they were told that ingredient 'L&D' was - 'Love and Devotion' to the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the all-attractive Lord Krishna! Many of them bought Srila Prabhupada's books, and expressed interest in coming to the Sunday feast regularly. Below is a picture from the event: 5. The Master Of Hypocrisy Strikes Again The IRM Newsletter has given many examples of His Holiness Bhakti Caru Swami (BCS) using glorification of Srila Prabhupada as merely a front to advance his own agenda of keeping his own unauthorised Guru programme undisturbed at all costs. Such blatant hypocrisy of course is only to be expected in Kali-yuga, which is characterised as being the age of quarrel and hypocrisy. Below is yet another example of this: At Bhaktivedanta Manor in England on 14th August 2004, BCS was asked the following question in the morning class: "Q: You said that Srila Prabhupada is the pre-eminent siksa guru. Is this very far removed from the idea of worshiping Srila Prabhupada directly?" To which he gave the following answer: "Let's speak directly. The difference is that ritviks are saying that Prabhupada will continue to give diksa. That is the point that we cannot accept because there is no such precedence in the past. There is no mention so such a thing in the scriptures, and Prabhupada himself did not institute a system like that. That is why we cannot accept that process." [Note: 'siksa' = spiritual instruction; 'diksa' = initiating a disciple with spiritual knowledge] If it were true, the third reason given by BCS is the only valid one. If Srila Prabhupada "did not institute a system like that", then that is all he need say. Argument over, ritvik supporters defeated. The other reasons BCS gives are completely irrelevant. Just because there is no mention of such a system having existed in the past or in our scriptures, does not mean Srila Prabhupada did not order such a system. In which scripture does it say that the Guru can only do exactly what was done before in exactly the same way? There is no mention of anything like ISKCON having occurred in the past, or in previous scriptures, yet we know Srila Prabhupada wanted it since he was the one who established it. BCS accepted the running of the ritvik system up until Srila Prabhupada departed, yet this system is also not mentioned in any scripture. Therefore the only relevant objection is that "Srila Prabhupada did not institute a system like that". The problem for BCS is that he did, on July 9th 1977, as he very well knows. What we need to know is why BCS and his colleagues stopped it? BCS then said: "One thing is clear, in ISKCON, Srila Prabhupada is the spiritual master for everyone. As the Founder-Acarya, Srila Prabhupada is the pre-eminent siksa guru for all devotees for all time… Prabhupada's books are the basis for what everyone speaks." Above he admits that Srila Prabhupada is everyone’s spiritual master, that he is giving siksa (transcendental instruction) to everyone in ISKCON, and that his books are "the basis for what everyone speaks". According to the "books" that are the "basis for what everyone speaks", the fact that Srila Prabhupada is everyone’s siksa guru means he should generally go on to become everyone’s diksa guru: "According to sastric injunctions, there is no difference between siksa-guru and diksa-guru, and generally the siksa-guru later on becomes the diksa-guru." (Srila Prabhupada, Srimad-Bhagavatam 4.12.32) But BCS is absolutely adamant that Srila Prabhupada cannot now be anyone’s diksa guru, despite the fact that Prabhupada issued a signed directive on July 9th 1977 to this effect. Then amazingly BCS claims: "Besides, why give so much importance to diksa? (…) why should one get so hung up on diksa and insist that Prabhupada will give diksa and no one else?" If it is not so important, why is BCS so "hung up" about being a diksa guru that he actively supports the intimidation and banning of, and violence towards, devotees who do not accept him and his cohorts as diksa gurus? Obviously HE thinks it’s important for HIM to be a diksa guru; just not important for Srila Prabhupada to be one. So once again the master of hypocrisy strikes. 6. No. 1 Marriage Site Triples in Size In IRM newsletter No 64 ("No.1 Vaisnava Marriage Agency Launched by IRM"), we reported on the successful launch of an online marriage service to enable all devotees to find a devotee spouse. It had at that time quickly become the largest online Vaisnava Marriage agency in the world. We are pleased to annouce that since that announcement the agency has tripled in size as it goes from strength to strength. There are now over 460 devotees registered seeking marriage partners (over 300 men, and 150 ladies). The agency is open to Gaudiya Vaisnavas of all persuasions. Hence the chances of a devotee finding a Krishna conscious wife or husband, is now even greater! Please check it out: www.vedicmarriage.com 7. Dutch Yatra Facing Rebellion The following letters sent out by the Dutch yatra (preaching mission) to ISKCON's leaders speak for themselves, and further illustrate the critical condition of ISKCON today. These symptoms of dis-unity and dissension are ultimately all to be expected when the movement has whoslesale deviated from the orders of His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the real Guru of ISKCON. - Dear members of the GBC Body, Maharaja's and Prabhu's, Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. We are very dissatisfied about the present situation in the Dutch yatra created by the Benelux Council and the way our present GBC Secretary, Madhu Sevita prabhu, has been managing the Dutch yatra for years (since H.H. Suhotra Swami left). We have lost all faith in the Benelux Council and our present GBC Secretary. Our communication with our GBC Secretary is bad. Most of the Dutch leaders has not even seen him in person. The Benelux Council is mismanaging the Dutch yatra and regularly creating problems in our yatra. For example we quote one recent issue. The Benelux Council falsely accused one of our senior preachers for political reasons, judged him, and punished him, by taking away all his service, without even giving him a chance to defend himself. By such management strategies love and trust are ruined and chaos is created. This is our factual experience. Our experience is that most of the members of the Benelux Council does not possess even the basic qualities such as tolerance, forgivingness, humbleness, trust, friendship, care for juniors nor are they purely representing Srila Prabhupada. Holland is a small country with not so much devotees. Many devotees already left ISKCON to find peace and friendship elsewhere. We want to stop this tendency. Still many devotees are not happily situated in ISKCON. We want to create a nice atmosphere again to encourage those who remained in ISKCON to stay in ISKCON. We would like to offer them a fresh start. Forget about the past, stand on our own feet and give them new hope. With this new positive energy we would like to work together and preach in order to develop our yatra. In this new concept we invite all devotees to preach, cooperate and work together to please Srila Prabhupada. So we, 90% of the leaders of Dutch yatra, senior devotees and congregation-members, beg you to give us this opportunity and allow us to move forward in this positive direction. Since we have lost all our faith in our present GBC Secretary, please transfer the GBC Secretary responsibilities to Prithu prabhu. In him we have faith that he will help us develop our yatra. We thank you very much for your cooperation. Hare krishna. Your servants, on behalf of the Dutch National Council, The Dutch National Council consists of 90% of all ISKCON Centre's. The following persons are total dissatisfied how the Dutch yatra is managed and are in favor of having an other GBC Secretary. The signatures of these persons are with me and if needed I can sent it to you. We stopped collecting signatures because in a short time it was clear that almost everyone wants a change of GBC Secretary. Bhakta sunil, Bhakta marina, Bhaktin Bidia, Bhaktin rita, Bhaktin ramdin, Bhaktin sita, Sri devi dasi, Bhaktin mrla, Bhaktin autar, Inckayani d.d., Krsna kamalini dd., Bhakta Raymond, Bhakta arjuna, Prema kishora dasa, Bhakta stenley, krsna karuna dasa, vijaya d.d., Bhakta stan, Bhakta aurens, Bhaktin malati, Bhaktin malati,, sankirtanaika pitaran dasa, Bhakta arwind, Bhakta pudhra, Bhakta nawin, Nayanabhiram dasa, parvati d.d. bhakti jeroen, Bhakta Satish, Bhaktin rishma, bhatin varsha, Bhakta wijay, Bhakta bhoedla, Raghunatha dasa, Bhakta anil, Bhaktin asha, Bhakta Sietaram, madhavi-lata d.d., Bhaktin k autar, Bhaktin asha, Bhakta glenn, Bhakta koesal, Bhakta Baldew, bhakt avadhpersad, Bhakta laxminarayan, Bhaktin Sandra, Bhakta sunanda, chaitanya priya d.d., bhkata Ramdien, Bhaktin warsha, Bhakta soeminta, Bhakta Soeresh, Bhakta Satish, Bhakta bryan, Bhaktin Neeta, Bhakta emile, Bhakta jadoenath, Bhakta suresh khusial, Bhakta sunil khusial, Bhagavad dharma dasa, Bhaktin lara, Bhaktin krishnalita, sundari priya d.d., bhkatin sharmila, Bhakta jaswant, Bhaktin amrita, vrajendra suta dasa, Bhakta Oemar, Bhakta miso, bhkata winod, Bhakta sander, Bhaktin kamla, Bhaktin sherita, Bhaktin indra, Bhaktin chandra Sureshvara dasa, Gauranga Premananda dasa, Avaduta raya dasa, Bhaktin Maria, Thakur haridas dasa, Janaki priya dasi, Bhaktin Marian, Daiko, Bhaktin Katja, Bhardev, Arati d.d. Madhu golpa dasa, jad bharata dasa, Bhaktin louis, Sravana d.d., Jalakeli d.d. Mahaprabhu dasa, Bhaktin tulasi, gaurasundara dasa, Bhakta ben antheunis, sarasvati d.d. Bhakta subhas, Bhakta jerry, Bhakta baladeva, gopinatha dasa, kamalavati d.d., bhaktia Ben keuningen, Bhakta Michel, Dharma ksetra prabhu, Pitambara d.d., This letter was sent to H.H. Bhakti Caitanya Swami, he sended it to Praghosa prabhu and still we did not get any respons. Please help us. Holland, 13th July 2004. Bhakti Caitanya Swami Regarding: change of GBC Secretary in Holland Dear Bhakti Caitanya Maharaja, Please accept our most humble obeisance's. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. For decates Dutch yatra is facing different kind of problems, because Dutch yatra is colonized by Belgium. The Dutch yatra is exploited and we want this to discontinue. Dutch yatra has his own needs, therefore we want that Dutch yatra to be allowed to have his own rights. Dutch yatra is gravely mismanaged. The GBC Secretary is making decisions favoring Belgium at expense of the Dutch yatra. He is partial to Radhadesh and has practically no time for any kind of development of the Dutch yatra. Therefore there is practical no preaching development in the Dutch yatra that allows the great potential to develop properly. This creates very negative situations and more and more devotees are becoming unhappy, disenthusiast and inactive in ISKCON. Due to the negative situations many devotees has left ISKCON to join Narayana Maharaja, Gaudiya math or organizations lead by ex-ISKCON-devotees. Because the devotees are not happy in ISKCON they are a easy prey. Because we all want to stay in ISKCON and serve Srila Prabhupada nicely our present mood is that we need an other GBC Secretary who does have interest in the Dutch yatra. The care required for the Dutch yatra is different from the Belgium yatra. We think no improvement will take place in this desperate situation if the GBC Secretary is the same as the Belgium GBC Secretary. Because the concern of Madhu Sevita prabhu is focused on development of Radhadesh, we fear that he is not the suitable GBC Secretary to develop the Dutch yatra. Our experience is that he has almost no interest for the Dutch yatra. The way he dealt with problems showed no real concern for the Dutch yatra. Prithu prabhu does not want to get in any kind of political struggle, but if the Dutch yatra wants him he is willing to take that responsibility. We are glad to inform you that we very much want Prithu prabhu to become our GBC Secretary to help us develop the Dutch yatra. Some other points why we need a separate GBC Secretary and National Council for Holland: - since H.H.Suhotra Swami resigned as GBC Secretary, Madhu Sevita prabhu became GBC Secretary for Holland, although he did not have sufficient time for Holland yatra; - the mood of the Belgium devotees and Holland devotees are completely different. Both the countries needs a different preaching strategy. The Belgium devotees fails to understand this point and are making decisions that are harmful to our preaching work; - important decisions are made by Belgium devotees without consulting the leaders in Holland. They seems not to understand the mood nor the needs of Holland yatra. There is no preaching strategy for Holland nor are problems addressed properly. By these kind of action the motivation to preach in Holland is reducing day by day; - often the points the Holland devotees brings up are overruled by the Belgium devotees, claiming that they are the senior devotees and our duty is only to obey their instructions; - in Holland we still have a large congregation and in the last 22 years the Belgium devotees have failed to develop their own congregation and they are still depending on the donations of Holland congregation. Due to fear for the future of the Belgium yatra, the Belgium devotees are giving the leaders who wants to make ISKCON Holland a strong yatra a hard time; - much time and energy is wasted in disputes and lesser and lesser time is spend to preach. If the problems are not solved soon Holland yatra will be damaged badly and devotees will keep leaving ISKCON to join Gaudiya math or Nayarana maharaja. ISKCON should not be surprised to see these facts; - due to the above mentioned facts and other political actions of the Benelux Council many devotees has already left ISKCON to join Narayana Maharaja, Gaudiya math or other organizations lead by ex-ISKCON-devotees. They think that they can become happier elsewhere. We don't want the Benelux Council-politics anymore. We have our own rights and we want to use these rights to make our own plans to serve Srila Prabhupada and to develop Holland yatra. We have formed a Dutch National Council with all the Dutch leaders. We hope that we are allowed to make our own plans to serve Srila Prabhupada, preach and create a nice atmosphere in which the devotees again can become happily situated in ISKCON. Please bless us and do the necessary to make an end to this desperate situation immediately by appointing a new GBC Secretary and allowing us to have our own National Council. Hare Krishna Your servants, ISKCON-leaders of Holland yatra: (Text PAMHO:8583077) ------ 8. IRM News Briefs a) Spiritual Disneyland Begins ISKCON Bangalore has acquired a massive 70 acre site in the south of the city to begin construction of the world's first Krishna conscious spiritual theme park. This project will complement a similar project also to be constructed in North India in the holy dhama of Vrindavana. The following newspaper report gives details on the progress: DECCAN HERALD 14 August, 2004 Spiritual theme park to adorn B’lore City soon The Rs 100- crore project is proposed on a 63-acre land between Bangalore and Kanakapura. In an ambitious venture, International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) has proposed to launch a mega tourism project in the outskirts of the city, by setting up a theme park called ‘India Heritage Tourism Park’, to showcase the rich heritage of India. The Rs 100 crore project proposed on a 63-acre land between Bangalore and Kanakapura would house theme-based productions including joy rides, light and sound shows, I-Max theatre expositions and much more to take visitors on a journey through the annals of India’s heritage. An Iskcon delegation led by Madhu Pandit Das made a visual presentation to Chief Minister N Dharam Singh on the projects involved in the Heritage Tourism Park. Industries Minister PGR Sindhia who represents the Kanakapura Assembly constituency said that the project would come up for clearance before the High Power Committee on Industries soon. Sound & light show Some of the theme based shows planned are ‘Dungeons of Hiranyakashupu’, where visitors will be treated to a sound and light show on the birth of Lord Krishna in the environs of an artifical dungeon and ‘aqua screen shows’ , where films would be projected on giant water-based screens. The organisers propose to combine the use of sound, light and movement using high-end digital robotics to produce what will be a spiritual Disneyland. Iskcon plans to link the park to Kanakapura Road via a ropeway or monorail. The park will also house an open air theatre for peforming arts, musical fountains, food park, an ayurvedic health spa, wedding pavilions and banquet halls. Mr Sindhia said that is cleared, the project will be entitled for tax concessions, including tax holiday for a period of three years under the state’s industrial policy. Mr Das said the project will be completed in four years. b) Preaching To The Famous During the huge annual St. Patrick's Day Parade that takes place in New York every year, the IRM devotees from the local temple were out in strength, distributing books to the massive crowds lining the streets. Though this is a Catholic festival, that did not deter the devotees who decided to "shoot for the Rhino" and try and distribute a book to the chief VIP guest at the parade, the head of the Catholic Church for the USA, Cardinal Egan. Through Krishna's mercy not only did the Cardinal meet with the IRM devotees led by Jayananda Das, but he was also happy to receive Srila Prabhupada's "Perfection of Yoga" AND pose for a picture with the same, as the photo below demonstrates: 9. New IRM Website Launched The IRM website, which for many devotees was their first contact with the IRM, has been redesigned from scratch by professional web designers to make it easier to navigate and use. More papers and features are to be added, but in the meantime the website is waiting for you to visit! The address remains the same as always: www.iskconirm.com Please check it out! Thank you. -------------- Thank you for taking the time to read this newsletter, and please keep your letters and e-mail addresses of other devotees and interested parties who should be added to our list, flowing in. A hard copy of our main position paper "The Final Order" is available on request. All other IRM papers can be accessed from the IRM website at: www.iskconirm.com All back issues of the Newsletter are available under the "Newsletter Archive" on our website. Hare Krishna and all glories to Srila Prabhupada! Krishnakant, Newsletter Editor No 1. Invitation to Srila Prabhupada's Vyasa Puja No 2. GBC Lose First Round of Court Case No 3. The Story VNN Refused to Publish No 4. Poison Theorists Accuse Adri of Complicity No 5. Iskcon Continues to Promote Child Abusers No 6. Invitation to Malaysia No 7. United World Body Formed No 8. Does Srila Prabhupada Support Poisoning Theory? No 9. PADA Attacks IRM Position No 10. PADA Continues to Present False Evidence No 11. GBC Funded Video says Ritvik Spiritual No 12. Child Rapist Selected by Gurus to Defend their Legitimacy No 13. GBC Facing Perjury Charge in Calcutta High Court No 14. Sahajiyism Makes a Comeback in Iskcon. No 15. Govt. Minister Inaugurates Bangalore Rathayatra No 16. Iskcon Calcutta Triumphs Following Arson Attack No 17. Fighting Lies with Truth Not More Lies No 18. GBC Resolutions Continue to Provide Laughter No 19. Indian Leaders Endorse IRM Position that GBC Confused No 20. Convicted Child Abuser Officially 'Returns' to Parampara No 21. GBC Special Issue - GBC Chairman Admits ISKCON 'Disintegrating' No 22. Krsna Confirms Iskcon Rebirth - New York Special Issue No 23. Hare Krsna Explosion Begins in New York as IRM Temple Opens No 24 IRM Launches Media Campaign to Defend Srila Prabhupada No 25 GBC Teaches That 'Living Gurus' NOT Required No 26 BBT Admits Books Changed to Fit GBC Philosophy No 27 Big Breakthrough for Krishna in Singapore No 28 Bangalore Tops World Book Distribution No 29 City of New York to Honour Srila Prabhupada No 30 Gurukula Lawsuit Special - The Facts No 31 BBC Glorifies Srila Prabhupada to the World No 32 Harinam Revived in World famous Times Square No 33 ISKCON Guru on Run >From Police - Suicide Case Special No 34 GBC Declare All Out War No 35 GBC Fail Again in Second Expulsion Attempt No 36 Indian Press Glorifies New York IRM No 37 Iskcon Temple in Bangladesh Joins IRM No 38 All Ports Alert for Jayapataka To Be Issued No 39 The GBC's Best Trick Yet No 40 Biggest Prasadam Distribution Program Ever Begins No 41 Double Edition - IRM Granted Prime Kumbha Mela Site No 42 Danavir Invents A New Philosophy No 43 IRM Makes World Headlines - Kumbha Mela Special No 44 GBC Meetings End in Fiasco No 45 GBC Paralysis Documented in Resolutions No 46 Mayapur Attempt to Storm Calcutta Temple Ends in Fiasco No 47 Mayapur Attack Cover-up Exposed No 48 Massive GBC Fraud Uncovered No 49 BBC Broadcasts World IRM Special No 50 Mayapur Bomb Blast Reveals GBC Terrorist Campaign No 51 Mayor of New York Dedicates Srila Prabhupada Memorial No 52 Chief Minister Honours ISKCON Bangalore Temple President No 53 High Court Grants Iskcon Bangalore Injunction Against Jayapataka Swami No 54 More Laughter From GBC Resolutions No 55 High Court Declares ISKCON Bangalore Legally Independent No 56 First Temple President's Meeting held in Malaysia No 57 Supreme Court Throws Out GBC Appeal No 58 GBC Publicly Dishonours Srila Prabhupada No 59 IRM Begins Massive Expansion Into Vrndavan No 60 IRM Expands Into Russia No 61 Indian President Launches 25 Million Plates of Prasadam No 62 Singapore Expands Into Historic Building No 63 IRM Participates In Historic Conference No 64 New Magazine Shakes ISKCON Authorities No 65 Founder of ISKCON Guru Hoax Falls - But Remains Guru Your comments, questions and feedback are appreciated. 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