copy of your letter

April 25, 1999

Dear Prabhus,

PAMHO. AGTSP.

Vyapka Prabhu writes:

>because I revealed

information

>> that the cows and calves in New Vrindavana were slaughtered based on

>> information sent to me by Balabhadra. You explicitly told me that I

was

being

>> punished by yourself and Ranaka (the fellow who headed up N.V's

farm/cow

>> protection and cow slaughter program). Maybe you need to have some

counselling

>> yourself on this matter. By the way, I still have on my disk the

letter

sent

>> to me by Balabhadra and Chaya giving details about how you killed the

animals

>> there and will be glad to reproduce it if anyone requests.

>

>That is a vicious lie.

I'll make this statement in front of the Deities or in a court of law if

you

like.

>

I have received a copy of the letter (following this letter) I wrote to

Vyapaka prabhu in regards to the past cow situation in New Vrndavana. I

reread it and now remember it. I see no statement in it that I am claiming

that Madhava Gosh slaughtered cows in New Vrndavana.

We are most interested in helping devotees and communities to rectify their

cow protection programs if there is a problem, and unfortunately there are

many cow protection programs where there were and continue to be serious

problems. In light of the programs that we are now hearing reports about,

New Vrndavana is becoming an example to such programs of how to rectify a

bad situation. And this rectification is mostly being done by the very

persons being accused of causing it.

Having to deal with such problems for so many years with the leaders of such

projects usually not interested in being accountable enough to start the

process of rectification, we are naturally appreciative that we know of one

place where rectification is taking place. This process should be encourged,

not discouraged in the hope that other such projects will do the same and

that Srila Prabhupada's vision of cow protectio will be begin to be

established.

Your servant,

Chayadevi

>>>From ISCOWP (AT) iskcon (DOT) comWed Jan 24 11:10:12 1996

>>>Thu, 21 Sep 95 20:06 EDT

>>>"LINK: ISCOWP (Balabhadra Dasa & Chaya Dasi)"

><ISCOWP (AT) iskcon (DOT) com>

>>>vyapaka (AT) gmgate (DOT) vircom.com

>>>your text

>>>Dear Vyapaka Prabhu,

>>>Please accept our humble obeisances. All glories to Srila

>>>Prabhupada.

>>>Your text was once again so well written, giving an analysis from a

>>>wide vision of the problems involved. Please continue to write more

>>>in the conference. It's really great to see participation from others

>>>which your text inspired. It's nice that Hare Krsna dasi and we put in

>

>>>texts but the more wider the participation the more we are

>>>achieiving the goals of having the cow conference in the first place.

>>>Your extensive knowledge of the soil and organics is something we

>>>would like to see shared if possible on this conference. We really

>>>want the practical along with the theoretical. We have encouraged

>>>devotees to join the conference to get practical knowledge, so if all

>>>they get is the theoretical they will be diasppointed to some degree.

>>>We also like very much putting your information in our newsletter.

>>>We lost Smita Krsna 's text-what did you think of his land acquiring

>>>ideas? We are writting him to see if he still has the text and can

>>>send it to us so we can read it more carefully. This is a big subject,

>

>>>land acquisition.

>>>We did not explain the commercial dairy program at New Vrndavana

>>>in depth on the cow conference or in the newsletter because it is

>>>highly unsavorable. We are trying to work cooperatively with New

>>>Vrndavana and they are very touchy abnout broadcasting their past

>>>mistakes. Many of the forces that supported the commercial dairy

>>>program are gone and the present management is sincerely trying to

>>>rectify things, one way by bringing us in. So we have handled it

>>>carefully.

>>>However Blalabhadra has blasted them to their face for years about

>>>what was going on. As the years progressed people left and those

>>>that remained began to see the light. But still there is so much

>>>misunderstanding on this commercial dairy concept throughout

>>>ISKCON. In short what they did, with Bhaktapada giving the

>>>instructions to do

>>>so, was put out all the calves in the winter and see who survived. All

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>>>kind of rationalizations were applied under Bhaktapada's direction.

>>>It was a dangerous situation, even we were a bit fearful that

>>>something would happen to Blabhadra for taking such an open strong

>>>position. However there is never any excuse for such a move.

>>>Basically Bhaktipada had control over everyone's minds and was the

>>>force behind it.

>>>The devotees at New Vrndavana are struggling to clean out all the

>>>residues of Bhaktipada's influence and want to concetrat on the

>>>positive.. It was a very unfortunate situation.

>>>To end on a happier note, your holistic community explanation drew

>>>in participation, how can we expand on that? Entries on how to

>>>recognize good soil and develop it-a little information at a time (1-

>>>2 pages). Maybe we could enter in something about how to train a

>>>young calf to voice commands, short also. What do you think?

>>>Your servants,

>>>Balabhadra d. & Chayadevi dasi

>>>P.S. The last look showed 90 members of the cow confrence from

>>>about 18 different countries.

>>>

>>

>

April 25, 1999