Timely action is required / Oriiginal Message

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Romapada Swami

05-Oct-01 21:33 -0500

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Comment: Text 3673 by Janmastami (das) SDG (Mayapur Education - IN)

Timely action is required

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Dear Devotees,

Please accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada.

 

I am forwarding this article to the Free Forum conference,

in addition to posting it on Chakra. The message is clear. Local

action needs to be taken, not just one or two taking the full

responsibility for all the healing and repair work that is needed.

 

Gupta Prabhu has been one of the two ISKCON attorneys working for

us on this case, from the very beginning.

 

your servant,

Romapada Swami

 

 

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THE CASE IS OVER - THE KARMA IS NOT

 

By Gupta Das

 

Los Angeles, CA. October 5, 2001 (CHAKRA) -- Hare Krishna. This past week

the Hon. Sam A. Lindsay of the U.S. District Court in Dallas gutted the

Children of ISKCON case filed by Windle Turley against ISKCON. From a legal

point of view, this came as no great surprise. The court rightly rejected

the federal RICO claim and refused to take jurisdiction over the plaintiffs'

state law claims. The court ruled appropriately and the court ruled wisely.

 

In the Complaint, Srila Prabhupada was placed at the organizational center

of a vast, decades-long criminal conspiracy to shamelessly, purposefully and

knowingly abuse hundreds of innocent devotee children, and then cover it up.

That patently false and spiritually offensive attack on the pure,

transcendental character and integrity of Srila Prabhupada was destined to

fail. And fail it did. It was just plain wrong to think that one could

obtain something good by standing on the head of a Pure Devotee. So this

particular ill-conceived, ill-motivated and ill-pled federal lawsuit is now

finished.

 

But can the same be said about the underlying karma which spawned this suit

in the first place ? The litigation drums are already beginning to beat for

multiple state court lawsuits -- a sad course of action which would only

serve to waste a unique opportunity for communication and closure.

 

For years, innumerable devotees have expressed the view that the "real"

ISKCON is actually the totality of Srila Prabhupada followers -- not just

the official institution. Now is the time for that ISKCON -- that is, for

all Srila Prabhupada followers -- to reach out, to listen, and to connect

with those who were abused. As it never was just an institutional problem

so it can never be just an institutional solution.

 

This window will not last long. Those looking for a remedy will regroup.

So let's all play a role -- in whatever way we are each individually

inspired -- to reach out -- now -- in a loving way to all those who were

abused. Let's all cooperate together to bring an end to this problem as our

Krishna Conscious philosophy teaches us -- in a personal way. Such personal

action alone will end this unfortunate chapter in the history of our

Mission. That would be real closure.

 

Om Tat Sat,

 

Gupta das

 

____________________

Joseph Fedorowsky Esq

OXFORD LAW FIRM

5757 W Century Blvd., Suite 700

Los Angeles, CA 90045

Tel: 310.645.9920

Fax: 310.645.7444

lawyer (AT) oxfordlaw (DOT) com

 

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