1) Pro-Iskcon / Pro-GBC / Anti-Corruption

WHY THE NA GBC EC FAILSincompetence or reluctenceBy The WDB Staff

Is it incompetence, or reluctence - when a GBC shows a deaf ear to legitimate complaints and concerns of their own deviations? Is it incompetence or reluctence, when the GBC turns a blind eye to corrutpion in its own ranks, yet their own list of banning devotees from ISKCON, over more minor offenses, grows and grows? Is it reluctence or incompetence, when the GBC know on a certain issue (like the centralization of temples in North America), that Srila Prabhupada said, “no” to, and they say, “yes?”

Makes you wonder, what’s going on. We all joined Srila Prabhupada’s Hare Krishna Movement, not some schism hatched out of the brain of some devotees who enjoy conjuring up thier own inventions of “change”, and continuously present newer and newer editions of ISKCON, some even with the “whip cream” of corruption decorating the top.

How so? Who could be so brazen? Have some of them forgot

what Srila Prabhupada was? A shatyavesa avatar! Has some of them forgot, who Srila Prabhupada is - THE ACARYA of ISKCON! Have some of them forgot their own position, as tiny insignificant servants of the Supreme Personality of Servitor Godhead? Have some of them esopecially forgot - who saved them?

Yes, you can do a lot with “absolute power,” and it can do a lot to you. For most of us - it is better not to have it. It has done many in - hit the dirt! It is much better to see oneself, as the servant of the servant, of the servant, that is, if we want to try to please Sri Caitanya Mahaprabhu. It is so much safer for ISKCON and one’s own spiritual advancement, if we continue the param para “as it is.”

It will attract the “trust” of devotees, if they see a new GBC appear in 2015, that truly wants to listen, that truly cares, that really wants to please Srila Prabhupada by putting his house back together - a house in which we feel we can all live in,

because it is truly Prabhupada that is in the center!

We think that Srila Prabhupada would be extremely concerned, in fact he wrote in a letter to a devotee: “ I can see that you are doing something wrong, because there are so many complaints from the devotees about your management....where there is smoke, there is fire!”

The ones in the GBC, who do not honor our Founder-Acarya by keeping their own motives pure, and want to see how much they can get away with, testing the faith of the innocent masses of bhaktas - they, those deviators, should leave, and leave us all with that feeling of perfect love, contentment, the feeling of having the shelter at the lotus feet of the ireplacable jagat guru - His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

No more imitation bottles! Just the good ‘ol “simply wonderful” life of doing eveything the Prabhupada way! Is that too much to ask for?

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NEWS PROMOTING ACCOUNTABILITY IN GBC MANAGEMENT

"When somebody does not agree, you try to get them out by calling the police. This is never to be done." Letter to Mukunda 11-6-73 from SrilaPrabhupada (story on page 2)

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WATCHDOG BULLETININ THIS ISSUE

* Phoenix drama continues; response by an ineffective NA GBC EC *Suggested agenda at January Dallas TP/GBC meeting* Will the dollar “crash” in 2015?* New I.I.A. - Iskcon

Internal Affairs? ...and more!

Big, big egos, and serving Srila Prabhupada - don’t mix!

2) Pro-Iskcon / Pro-GBC / Anti-Corruption

Yesterday I met an Indian lady here in Sedona, walking the hiking trails with her family. I aksed where she was from. She replied - Chandler, Arizona. I asked her if she had been to the Hare Krishna ISKCON Phoenix temple there. She relied yes. I told her that I was the one who started the temple, but that now so much politics and deception by the temple management is going on. Then with a serious and soft vocie, she said to me, “That is why I don’t go there any more.”

What politics? The Phoenix GBC, Hari Vilas, threatened an elderly Indian gentleman Dr, Misra, that he would “break his legs” if he came back to the temple. The temple president, Prema Dhatri, under the order of her own “guru” Romapada Swami” and Hari Vilas, took out a legal restraining order against Dr. Misra, making out some false charges against him, which he got overturned in an Appeals Court. They banned 20 more devotees as a response!

Nevertheless, three times at the temple, and one time at a home satsang program, when Dr. Misra tried to come by the temple and have darshan, and after he won the Appeal, the temple president Prema Dhatri called the police to have him kicked out. His crime - he was having darshan of the Lord!

Where has such hate come from? How does this behavior from Prema Dhatri (Pratibha Somaiya) and the GBC Hari Vilas, resemble in any way the teachings of Lord Krishna in the Bhagavad-gita? It is not sanctioned by any saintly character, as should be possessed by a Vaishnava devotee.

Rumor has it that the GBC man Hari Vilas will be replaced soon. However, no apologies by the North American GBC Executive Committee (NA GBC EC) headed by Nityananda dsa, have been made to any of those families or Dr. Misra, for the threats and abuse they have had to endure from the hands of this thug-like behavior of the ISKCON Phoenix temple authorities.

Readers should know that this is NOT in any way the manners as taught by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who was the Founder-Acarya of ISKCON, and who himself opened 108 hare Krishna temples throughpout the world, from 1966 to 1977. Members of ISKCON, especially temple leaders and GBC (Governing Body Commissioners) who oversee the Society’s activities and missionary work, are duty bound to exhibit proper humility and Vaishnava behavior in all dealings. This “out of place” and agreesive disorder exhibited by the Phoenix temple president and her commanding GBC Hari Vilas, clearly shows a gross transgression of human decency, a deficit of spiritual character, and dis-regard of Vaishnava teachings.

Members of the “banned” are calling for the resignation of Mrs. Somaiya and her husband from being the temple officers. So far, the NA GBC EC has only backed up her actions, and labeled the innocent banned devotees as trouble makers who need to learn from Somaiya, how a proper Vaishnava behaves, according to statements by Nityananda Das, the chairman of the NA GBC EC. Amazing!

Politics Drag On In ISKCON Phoenixeasy solutions, stubborn obstaclesBy Dasarath Das - Founder of ISKCON Phoenix temple

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Phoenix temple president: Prema Dhatri (Pratibha Somaiya) and husband ( Ramesh)Madhava Hari Das. She has banned 2o Indian temple members from visiting the temple, including women and children.

ISKCON PHOENIX TEMPLE Founded in 1996

Dr. Misra, threatened by GBC and banned by temple president, Prema Dhatri.

Heavy handed tactics leading to call for resignation of temple president, vice president of ISKCON Phoenix.__________________________________

It was Pratibha Somaiya (Prema Dhatri) who allegedly filed illegal name changes of Board of Directors of ISKCON Phoenix in 2007 making herself in charge. (See pages 8 thru 10). For her illegal and unethical actions, she should be removed as TP.

3) Pro-Iskcon / Pro-GBC / Anti-Corruption

While banning innocent families from coming to Krishna’s temple, lying and providing false information to other GBC authorities and temple leaders, and cover-ups of incomplete audits of the temple and its leader, would not be called “great,” still such erroneous behavior sets a very bad precedent for others to follow and would be called by any other name - corruption!

It IS the duty of those who are in the leadership position, GBCs of ISKCON, to behave without duplicity, without a double-standard for their own members, and to be thoroughly honest in all dealings. Forsaking such important guidelines and brahminical ethics, would open the door for future cheating also, by self-interested parties who wish to cause chaos in an important religious Movement and tradition.

The example of perfect behavior was followed by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada, who trained his disciples how to similarly act selflessly for the spiritual welfare of the entire world. The Krishna consciousness Movement calls for complete dedication and surrender to a “guru” or spiritual authority.

But the acceptance of persons in the dress of leaders who use political and duplicitous tactics for manifesting their own personal dream for power and control, makes it nearly impossible to be trusted, what to speak of being followed.

Therefore, the Watchdog Staff calls for a probabtion on all those whose names and pictures are illustrated above, for deliberate neglect of proper duty and truthfulness.

It is also the advice of the WDB that the GBC should ask the body of temple presidents for their help, in electing a supervisory committee who have jurisdiction to investigate and suggest remedial measures for those GBC members who wish to bring into their management parameters, highly unacceptable ethics of management that will degrade the standard of purity in ISKCON and jepordize the faith of its followers.

NOTE: For info on the above persons regarding their transgresssions, see http://watchdogbulletin.org.

What ever a “great” man doesthe whole world follows / Bhagavad-gitaBy WDB Staff

What makes these men think that lying to deceive and presenting false information to temple authorities (as in the documented case of the Phoenix temple “coup” of 2007), lying to fellow members of ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission (GBC), lying to devotees in general as well as to temple congregations and the general public (as in the recent 2014 NA GBC cover-up of an “unfinished” audit of the temple funds and personal finances of temple president Prema Dhatri), is standard ethical behavior expected of GBC members? Why haven’t these men been held accountable for their breach of fiduciary duty as GBC members? A brahmana’s or GBC’s integrity is measured by his honesty. Where do they get their authority to break the rules of the GBC, or to break the faith of devotees, in their double-standard in leadership?

APPENDIX: From the ISKCON Law Book 8.4.8.6Culpable Falsehood Before The GBC A person who commits perjury (intentional falsehood) while asserting something or testifying something before the GBC or a body representing the GBC is to be corrected with a suitable remedial measure.

Tamohar Das

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The face is the index of the mind!

4) Pro-Iskcon / Pro-GBC / Anti-Corruption

DALLAS TP/GBC meetingsuggested topics By WDB Staff

1) Reversing the “centralized by-laws” of the NA GBC EC, of which their was never any mandate or resolution from the International GBC Office to adopt. It puts the temples at leagal risk, and gives the local GBCs too much power.

2) How to un-do the banning of so many devotees, with apology from the heads, the GBCs, and start to see every devotee as an asset in the sankirtan preaching Movement.

3) How to start local farms for each temple, in keeping with Srila Prabhupada’s

desire, and preparing for the upcoming world chaos and necessity of survival.

4) How to encourage the 4 natural divisions in society, both material and spiritul, varnasrama, and set up some experimental role models in the U.S.A.5) The almost billionaire, Gopal Bhatta prabhu, should be encouraged to buy an expensive building in Washington D.C., not far from the White House, for a world class Govinda’s and combination cultural Vedic preaching center, with a focus on attracting world leaders to Krishna consciousness. This could have a big strategic impact of KC in this country. Another idea would be for Gopal Bhatta prabhu to help finance Bhagavad-gita billboards in major cities. He could also buy land for varnasrama.

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“It is high time that the GBC takes seriously, accountability of their own members.”

- ISKCON Sannyasi

WIKIPEDIA:The internal affairs (United States terminology) division of a law enforcement agency investigates incidents and plausible suspicions of lawbreaking and professional misconduct attributed to officers on the force. In different systems, internal affairs can go by another name as "Internal Investigations Division" (usually referred to as 'IID'), "professional standards," "inspectorate general", Office of Professional Responsibility or similar.

ISKCON INTERNAL AFFAIRS - I.I.A.

Checks and BalancesBy WDB Staff

It has been suggested, that just as in a police department, they have an Internal Affairs that investigates and corrects “bad cops,” similarly in ISKCON, perhaps it is time we start something similar. This way, any corruption in the GBC won’t go on unanswered.

We are looking for three to five devotees, who would like to begin to form a model of an I.I.A. Such devotees should be serious but kind hearted, and wanting to see a GBC that is regulated by purity with no tolerance of any kind of in-house corruption. As the present GBC may not be “feeling the need” for such an I.I.A., perhaps with an initial model we can exhibit to some open minded members of the GBC, the significance and critical need of an Internal Affairs for ISKCON, to help guard against corruption.

Interested devotees may contact us at watchdogbulletin@gmail.com.

PERHAPS ONE GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE NEED FOR AN I.I.A.

is illustrated in the recent expose website on Romapada Swami, with reports of his many questionable and uninvestigated activities. See recent reader’s comments to the website here:

http://www.romapadaswamiexposed.org/#!comments/cvp7

NITYANANDA DAS - NA GBC EC Chairmanand ISKCON Dallas temple president:

“I would expect some corruption in the GBC. It is Kali-yuga. It is the material world.”

5) Pro-Iskcon / Pro-GBC / Anti-Corruption

Death Knell of the Dollar?A Vedic astrological chartBy Abhaya Mudra dasi - Bulgaria, May 2014 www.vedicastrologers.org Since the planetary portents point to a tilt in the world economy then—where does the American dollar fit into the coming arrangements of world trade and domination? A new Euro-Asian Union signed by Kazakhstan, Belarus and Russia is already in place and will start functioning from 1st January 2015. This pact stands as proof that new trade entities are forming around the world. But how does the dollar link to these global changes? For some clues, let us examine the history of the US dollar. The dollar was adopted as the American national currency on April 2nd 1792. Surely that day was precariously close to an eclipse in Pisces as Sun and Ketu were both positioned there. Saturn and debilitated Mercury were also in Pisces when the dollar was formed. The green color of the dollar is due to the influence of Mercury. It seems that Virgo must have been rising when the dollar was accepted as America’s national currency. The heavy gathering of planets in the 7th house shows popularity for the currency despite the debility of its rising sign lord Mercury. Only through the clever tactics of the banks and the legerdemain of the politicians does the shrinking fiat dollar continue to exist. Is there some connection of Russia with the future of the dollar? Both Ukraine and the dollar are heavily influenced by Pisces. For the eighteen months following 12th July 2014 Ketu will be moving in Pisces while Rahu is in Virgo.

Looking ahead, we see that the next lunar eclipse occurs on 8th October in Pisces. It is followed by another solar event in Libra a fortnight later. These coming eclipses (which occur before Saturn leaves Libra) will put to the wall both Ukraine and the dollar although Jupiter will try to protect both Ukraine and the dollar.  Jupiter will cast his friendly glance from his exalted position in Cancer (which occurs within weeks of Ketu’s entrance into Pisces). However, once Jupiter moves ahead into Leo on July 14th 2015, things may again turn ugly. If our supposition that Virgo was rising when the dollar was created is correct, then we may see this world standard currency suffer some fatal downturn. For some time now, the US dollar has been slowly fading away as the world medium of exchange, a slow demise that has already caused untold havoc around the world. Although the dollar may not completely disappear and will continue to exist in some form, its position as the international currency appears doomed. With a coming collapse of world economy, devotees should seriously adopt self-sufficient living as per the instructions of the farsighted Founder-Acharya of ISKCON Srila Prabhupada. Paper savings may lose their value overnight. As Shrila Prabhupada further warned, “You can’t eat nuts and bolts,” either. Devotees must prepare themselves by organizing agrarian communities far from industrialized areas. Such communities must work towards becoming locally self-sustainable.

The cities which are artificially propped up will become living nightmares when faith in

government is lost and paper currency tanks. At such times, only Krishna conscious farms will insure that the followers of Shrila Prabhupada will live to preach another day.

Financial and Government Expert Warnings The following is a report by some financial and government experts. It was posted on the weather.com website. I look at it like this. If a weather reporter gives their forecast opinion about a chance for tornadoes, it would be foolish not to make some preparation. A real leader looks into the future and makes ready for the needful. Prabhupada did.http://moneymorning.com/ext/articles/rickards/25-year-great-depression.php?iris=252778

http://www.moneynews.com/MKTNews/Stock-Collapse-Crash-Alert/2014/09/23/id/596321/?dkt_nbr=yfzdgwco&utm_source=taboola&utm_medium=referral

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2015 “crash” of the U.S. dollar? Are we ready?

Srila Prabhupada predicted the demise of the western civilization. Do we believe it, or are we too attached?

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6) Pro-Iskcon / Pro-GBC / Anti-Corruption

Here is a newsletter from a Prabhupada disciple, who buys and sells international currencies and so has a good feel for what is happening to the economy. He has started quite a few agraian communities also. Although his opinion of details varies from the previous page, he is of the same conviction that we have some serious economic concerns ahead of us - soon!Since Srila Prabhupada wanted the GBC to move in this direction of self-sufficiency and varnasrama, it should now become a top concern!

COMING WORLD DEFLATION AND THE GREATEST DEPRESSION

From a lifetime of business and the amateur study of economics, and taking a special interest in the “credit crisis” since 2007, I am now confidently of the opinion that the world faces an immediate and unavoidable financial upheaval and deflationary collapse of credit. Everyone expects inflation, but if $50 trillion of central bank infusions into the system since 2008 has not yet produced inflation, WHAT WILL? The forces of deflation are overwhelming inflationary forces and have gotten the upper hand. We are not in a Weimar Republic scenario of printing actual paper money; the monetary expansion of today is largely an increase in electronic DEBT, not of paper money in circulation. This overall debt load can no longer be serviced, resulting in default, restructuring, liquidation, asset shedding, bankruptcy, and shortage of cash. Some things are still inflating, e.g. food, but if one looks closely, practically everything else, namely secondary stock indices, general commodities, foreign currencies, bonds, real estate (now even London & New York) - all have markedly declined in value. The 2007-09 episode was a warning that the end of hundreds of years of financial expansion has reached its ultimate sustainable limit. The lies of official statistics and central bank bluffing cannot remedy the underlying disease of over-borrowing from the future. The age of easy money and inflation is over; a new reality has arrived, and although I may be wrong, my two-cents of unsolicited advice is that devotees everywhere should do the following:1) Eliminate secured debt as much as possible lest it cannot be serviced and there is default2) Be prepared to withdraw your cash from the banks before they disallow or restrict this (I know a devotee who lost big-time with the Cyprus banking “bail-in”)3) Precious metals are in a long-term downtrend & are most likely going MUCH LOWER, so don’t use metals as an inflation hedge when they are declining in dollar terms4) Liquidate for cash all unnecessary possessions while there are still ready buyers

5) Take steps now towards self sufficiency, and have your options ready or in placeMost everyone expects the death of the US dollar and gold/silver going to new heights. However, because two thirds of the world’s debt and contracts are in USD (a status that will not change quickly despite publicity about  BRIC’s increasing avoidance of dollar use), as the pressure to salvage one’s assets increases by paying off debt to avoid default, demand for the USD will increase relentlessly. The USD is far above its lows of years ago and has clearly established its uptrend. The dollar is not dying yet, although in a few years, after a complete equalization of debt by deflation, then probably hyperinflation will follow due to actual massive cashnote printing. Precious metals are not going up, the economy is NOT improving, real estate languishes far below former highs, and most commodities are in downtrends. The theory of inflation is negated by what is actually occurring- it may seem counter-intuitive, that in the face of unprecedented credit expansion, still the economy is slowing and falling. At a certain point, further increase of debt CAUSES deflation instead of inflation, as defaults destroy existing debt faster than it can be created. It takes willing and capable lenders and borrowers to expand the economy, but when there is no will to lend (banks are just parking their funds) and no will to borrow (people cannot afford to), the debt pyramid collapses as defaults spread. The financial house of cards today can collapse within a few days, at best a few years. Life as we know it will cease to exist !This discussion may seem a little off-topic, but if devotees lose everything, residence, income, and cannot access savings, it becomes difficult to spread Krishna consciousness due to being so inconvenienced ourselves. Please consider the deflation scenario carefully and hopefully this note of caution and steps to take will be useful to Prabhupada’s mission and his servants. Be prepared, be safe; times are dangerous, risk should be avoided. We should preserve what we have, not put it at risk in hopes of a continuation of the inflationary environment that has ended. Now cash is king, debt is a death-knell. To me it appears that the modern civilization is self-destructing- by war and an economic depression far worse that the 1930’s, lasting past our children’s lifetimes. The existing financial system is totally artificial and is an illusion only. The next major episode in the history of the world is a massive neutralization of debt. The godless snake is eating its own tail. My apologies if I am proved wrong.

In the future, where will you get your sour cream?

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Devotees are resevoirs of good qualities. You will find no negative qualities in the character of a real devotee.

Sri Krsnadasa Kaviraja, the author of Caitanya-caritamrta, says that all good qualities become manifest in the body of a Vaisnava and that only by the presence of these good qualities can one distinguish a Vaisnava form a non-Vaisnava. Krsnadasa Kaviraja lists the twenty-six good qualities of a Vaisnava: (1) He is very kind to everyone. (2) He does not make anyone his enemy. (3) He is truthful (4) He is equal to everyone.(5)No one can find any fault in him. (6) He is magnanimous. (7)

He is mild. (8) He is always clean. (9) He is without possessions. (10) He works for everyone's benefit. (11) He is very peaceful. (12) He is always surrendered to Krsna. (13) He has no material desires. (14) He is very meek. (15) He is steady. (16) He controls his senses. (17) He does not eat more than required. (18) He is not influenced by the Lord's illusory energy. (19) He offers respect to everyone. (20) He does not desire any respect for himself. (21) He is very grave. (22) He is merciful. (23) He is friendly. (24) He is poetic. (25) He is expert. (26) He is silent."

To be a GBC in ISKCON, it should be required that one must possess these 26 qualities of a Vaishnava, then everyone he or she deals with, will be happy. As Srila Prabhupada said, “there is NO ROOM FOR POLITICS IN KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS.”

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Evidence of Phoenix temple TP filing “fudged” legal documents. (continued from pg.2)Dear Madhusevita das (GBC Chairman), (sent several years ago with no response)Jai Prabhupada.

These state documents (attached below) filed by Pratibha Somaiya showthat she is not only very dishonest, but disloyal to Iskcon and the GBC.She and friends were planning a second coup to take over the temple. On August 26th, 2006, State Corporation papers were filed showing DaruKrishna (Dennis Kelly) as the temple president. On February 26th, 2007,Pratibha Somaiya filed different papers, naming a different person as thetemple president other than Daru Krishna, who was still the bone fidepresident appointed by Romapada Swami. So she changed not only him as president, but added other persons asdirectors without the knowledge or sanction of the GBC HridayanandaMaharaj. Notice on the forms how she crosses out Daru Krishna as stauatoryagent, and signs the paper in her own blood, binding herself as theconspirator. This is no small thing. Her and her friends she brought in asDirectors are not initiated and do not follow the regulative principles.She has illegally changed names of the bone fide directors of thecorporation and established new people as such. This lady is the personwho Hari Vilas entrusts to run the temple now, and she and her husband owna resort that has a bar. We are going to trust such persons with theIskcon Phoenix temple? Romapada Swami still favors this lady (his future disciple) becausethrough her he can get in the back door now and increase his laxmicollection. Research it if you care to. Your servant, Dasarath das

EVIDENCE #2 thru #8 shows State Corporation documents illegally changed and filed by Pratibha Somaiya (Pratibha Dhatri devi dasi)

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"The previous GBC (in Phoenix) was unceremoniously removed from his position there by the NA GBC executive committee because of the speculation that he would allow the temple to be taken out of Iskcon. There was not proper procedure followed for this drastic step and it has set a terrible precedent." - email from Trivikram Swami, Feb., 2014 _______________________________________Whereas, Pratibha Somaiya, aka/Prema Dhatri, did in fact, file legal documents changing the Board Of Directors of the corporation ISKCON of Phoenix, without the knowledge or consent of the real Board of Directors;Whereas, Pratibha Somaiya, aka/Prema Dhatri, has banned innocent members from the temple, who have had to undergo hardship and humiliation for more than one year, the Watchdog Bulletin Editors suggest that she and her husband be removed from their positions.

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