Child abuse fundraising

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Was geschehen ist, kann zwar nicht rückgängig gemacht werden, aber es gibt

auch innerhalb von ISKCON und GBC ernstgemeinte Bemühungen der

Wiedergutmachung. Wie z.B. die großzügige Spende von 1 Million US$ von

Bhakti Charu Maharaja für den Fond, der eingerichtet wurde, um misshandelten

Gurukulis zu helfen:

 

 

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As of most of you know, ISKCON North America owes a very large financial

debt for the recent child abuse court case. Last March in Mayapur, at an

important GBC meeting to discuss fund-raising, Bhakti Charu Maharaja pledged

one million dollars. Below are recent letters of appreciation from Kuladri

Prabhu and Badrinarayana Prabhu for Guru Maharaja's gesture:

 

 

 

 

Dear Bhakti Charu Maharaja:

 

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

 

I am writing this as I fly back to San Diego from the meetings in Alachua.

As

you know, we made our presentation to the temple presidents, appealing to

them

for their assistance to complete the installments on the Youth Fund. You may

have heard already but just in case, the response was very heart-warming.

Even

though it is a real challenge and major sacrifice for many of the temples,

they

agreed to do it, in the spirit of solidarity and to free ISKCON from this

karmic weight.

 

Your letter was very helpful. Even more so was the example you set by

pledging

$1 million in Mayapur. No devotee could fail to be moved to do their own

fair

share when inspired by such an enormous sacrifice as yours. The simple truth

is

that your gesture broke the log jam in Mayapur and allowed this entire

process

to start moving forward. If you had not stepped up to the plate and hit that

home run, I don't know what we would have done.

 

Please accept this short note as a small token of gratitude felt towards you

by

myself and devotees around the world.

 

Your servant,

Badrinarayan dasa

 

 

 

 

Dear Bhakti Caru Maharaj,

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

 

On behalf of the devotees in New Vrindaban and on a personal level, I wanted

to express my deep appreciation and gratitude for your kind gesture to

commit $1 million to the Youth Fund, as well as your offer to manufacture

prasadam bars and murtis at a minimal cost to temples, providing another

means for

temples to meet their financial obligations for the Youth Fund.

 

Your example of dedication to this important cause is a source of

inspiration for me. Such commitment on your part sustains me to continue

being

a part of the core team addressing this karmic fog that hangs over us due to

past

abuses. Rebuilding the relationships with the next generation will happen

only

by heartfelt gestures from leaders like yourself. Thank you for showing the

way.

 

Ramabhadra prabhu said that in Mayapur, during the meetings, this was the

darkest point, apparently no hope of reaching the Youth Fund goal....until

you

stepped forward. He said it was like the sun rising to dissipate the

darkness.

 

Also your demonstration leadership is a reflection of Srila Prabhupada's

example in the same regard. Leadership is so wanting, and Srila Prabhupad's

consummate leadership was transcendentally extraordinary. As a son,

following

in his footsteps, you make our Father proud and me proud to be your

godbrother.

 

I am at your service.

 

Your servant,

Kuladri das

 

PS Thank you for the encouraging and heartfelt letter to the temple

presidents.

 

 

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Maharaja replied as follows:

 

 

Dear Kuladri Prabhu,

 

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

 

Thank you very much for your kind letter. I was very moved by your words of

appreciation.

 

Actually I am not really doing very much. Srila Prabhupada has arranged

everything. Through the institution of ISKCON he made such wonderful

arrangements that today it has become possible for us to undertake all kinds

of massive projects involving millions of dollars. Personally what

qualification and ability do I have? All that I am able to do today is

simply because I have somehow became connected to ISKCON. Srila Prabhupada

saved me from the miserable state of existance I was rotting in. Therefore,

I must offer myself completely to his lotus feet, and during his absence

from this planet the only way I can display this surrender by surrendering

myself whole-heartedly to his institution. I know how much ISKCON meant to

him and therefore I must do whatever is necessary to protect and promote

this institution.

 

I am happy to know that I have been able to do something to promote our

unity, which is most important for acheiving our mission to spread the

sankirtan movement all over the world. Our real strength actually lies in

our unity.

 

If you feel that there is anything I can do to serve Srila Prabhupada's

ISKCON, please let me know.

 

Your servant,

 

Bhakti Charu Swami

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