Statement by Bhavananda dasa for All COM Users

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Dear Mukhya mataji,

 

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

 

Could you please post this to All COM Users. It is a statement from

Bhavananda dasa regarding the allegations of Srila Prabhupada being

poisoned.

 

To all the devotees of ISKCON

 

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

 

I have been most apprehensive about becoming involved in what I saw to be an

"endless debate" on the internet over the poison issue. When Hari Sauri

prabhu made the point that many innocent devotees were becoming bewildered

by all this I felt duty bound to make a statement - and one statement only -

for the record.

 

I did not poison Srila Prabhupada nor was I involved in a conspiracy to

poison Srila Prabhupada. Absolutely none of my Godbrothers poisoned Srila

Prabhupada. The entire poison issue is ludicrous and beyond absurd.

 

Anyone who was present in Vrindavana at that time could not deny that every

attempt both material and spiritual was made in an effort to keep Srila

Prabhupada with us all as long as possible. Srila Prabhupada departed by his

own sweet will and by the desire of his beloved Lords, Krsna and Balarama.

 

Those were extremely difficult times not only for those of us who were

nursing him but also for all his disciples around the world. I don't know

where Nityananda dasa was at that time but his assistance in caring for

Srila Prabhupada would have been greatly appreciated by his Godbrothers.

 

Srila Prabhupada was certainly never more approachable by all the devotees

regardless of sannyasa, grhastha, male, female or even child. I remember

thinking Srila Prabhupada would want some privacy from the video camera of

Yadubara prabhu but he told me Yadubara should be allowed to film whatever

he wanted. So you can understand that an atmosphere of openness prevailed,

not one of secrecy and whispers as the real poison conspirators are

implying.

 

Doubtless there is much work to be done for Srila Prabhupada to save the

conditioned souls from the horrendous onslaught of maya. Let us all at least

put this particular lunacy to rest to allow us to get on with the serious

work at hand.

 

I remain the most lowly and unqualified servant of all the Vaisnavas of

ISKCON.

 

Bhavananda dasa.