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The GBC cannot remove a temple president!
"Regarding the election of President, a president can only be changed by vote. If no vote was taken, then the president cannot be changed."
"Removal of a Temple President by GBC requires support by the local Temple members." Therefore you should take a vote of the Temple members and do the needful."
"Anyway I have already written you that the local members must agree for him to be removed by you, according to the "Direction of Management.""
Robert Grant [Ramesvara Das] shared a link.
Pratyatosa Das Whether a temple is called "Bharati Center" or some version of "ISKCON" makes no legal difference. Every temple was supposed to be separately incorporated even way back in 1975. This means that they are all supposed to have different legal names. This was Srila Prabhupada's instruction. For example, when I was temple treasurer at ISKCON Boston in 1975-76, we were "ISKCON of New England, Inc." This is why ISKCON Boston had no liability during the Robin George or Turley $multi-million lawsuits.
The trouble is, many temples had failed to separately incorporate like they were supposed to. Therefore, when one temple got sued, many were liable.
Prabhupada's idea is for ISKCON to be run based upon love and trust, not like a dictatorship! How many people still trust the GBC after all of the crazy things they have done, such as selling the 55th Street temple or letting hundreds of helpless children, put in their care by well-meaning parents, get sexually molested/raped?

Here is a message for all who care about the welfare of Sri Sri Radha and Govinda in Brooklyn and all their eternal servants who are living in the New York city area. This is from our friend Madhumangala Das.
"More insanity is on display at The Iskcon NY Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir. Today Ramabhadra das decided to remove the sign from the temple that has hung on the front of the Temple since the 90's proclaiming that the temple was an ISKCON Center. Sri Sri Radha Govinda are being held hostage by Ramabhadra das and his wife Satya dasi. This is absolutely shameful.
Why should the devotee congregation be refused darshan of the deities?
Why is it that all of this is taking place while the GBC for NY, Romapada Swami, is residing within Srila Prabhupada’s ISKCON Temple?
After all, the GBC goes to great lengths to impress upon all that they are the ultimate managing authority of ISKCON. All devotees everywhere should know that Romapada Maharaj and Ramabhadra das conspired to lie to the ISKCON World GBC. They have had a contract to sell ISKCON's Brooklyn temple in place for some time before boldly declaring to the GBC Body in Mayapur that there was no pending sale.
Romapada Swami has decided to jump ship and throw Ramabhadra das to the wolves when he was threatened with losing his position of guru and gbc within ISKCON if he didn't abandon the sale of the Temple.
There is a Judas in Brooklyn...
Romapada Swami should now be stripped of all position as a leader in ISKCON, since he has managed to lose control of 2 of Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON Temples (Freeport NY being the other) under his GBC watch. He failed to take appropriate action last week and has allowed Ramabhadra das to keep the doors locked to the Temple for the past 8 days. This is absolutely insane.
When will the GBC show that they are actually capable of protecting Srila Prabhupada's ISKCON society from men who continually use the assets of Iskcon to line their own pockets?
When will the GBCs force Romapada Swami to show how he purchased 2 buildings in Brooklyn, on MacDougal street, under the name 'ISKCON of Manhattan' and where these funds came from?
Any devotees that are on the inside of the Brooklyn Temple and who support these 2 men should really question who they're actually loyal to, Srila Prabhupada or these two?
Ramabhadra das's actions over the past 2 weeks have proven that he is a rogue. These actions have also proven that he has a vested interest in selling the Temple for 60 million dollars.
IT SHOULD ALSO BE NOTED THAT HE CARES NOTHING ABOUT ALL OF THE DEVOTEES THAT HOLD RADHA GOVINDA DEAR TO THEIR HEARTS, AS HE HAS SINGLEHANDEDLY PREVENTED EVERY CONGREGATIONAL MEMBER THAT ISN'T PART OF HIS LITTLE BAND OF CRONIES FROM ENTERING RADHA GOVINDA MANDIR.
DON'T DONATE ANOTHER PENNY TO THIS MAN AS HE ISN'T BEHAVING LIKE A SERVANT OF THE NY CONGREGATION...
If Radha Govinda Mandir isn't an Iskcon Temple then why was there a sign proclaiming that it was for more than 30 yrs?
And why have both Ramabhadra das and Romapada Swami been accepting donation checks made out to ISKCON for 3 decades as well?
How much of Iskcons money will Ramabhadra das waste on lawyers and court cases to ensure that he can sell the temple even though there is overwhelming disdain and disapproval on the part of the congregation regarding the Temple sale? "
"Enough is Enough."
"TOPMOST URGENCY" FROM ŚRĪLA PRABHUPĀDA
“ISKCON” SCRUBBED FROM ISKCON BROOKLYN TEMPLE WEBSITE
Within the past week or so, nearly every reference to ISKCON has been scrubbed from the website of what for thirty-five years has been the ISKCON Brooklyn temple.
The site had earlier announced the temple to be the “ISKCON Hare Krishna Temple.” Now it’s just the “Hare Krishna Temple,” minus “ISKCON.” And where we used to see “ISKCON New York,” now it’s “Sri Sri Radha Govinda Mandir, New York.” The site is www.radhagovindanyc.com.
Under “Hare Krishna Temple,” Śrīla Prabhupāda is still mentioned as the “Founder-Acharya,” but no longer as “Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.”
Earlier, on July 30, the temple managers had had the “ISKCON” sign stripped from the face of the building.
Śrīla Prabhupāda, in June 1977, wrote in his last will:
The Governing Body Commission (GBC) will be the ultimate managing authority of the entire International Society for Krishna Consciousness.
and
2. Each temple will be an ISKCON property . . .
Earlier, on July 22, 1974, Śrīla Prabhupāda had sent a letter, marked “TOPMOST URGENCY,” to all ISKCON centers, in which he directed that his name and title “must appear on all documents, letterheads, publications, and buildings of the Society.” He specified his title, of course, as “Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness.” At the time, Śrīla Prabhupāda was staying at the ISKCON temple on Henry Street in Brooklyn.
Śrīla Prabhupāda never called himself the Founder-Acharya of the Radha-Govinda Mandir or any other temple, as if those were independent free-standing units. The title on which he always insisted was “Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness” -- the whole Society.
Śrīla Prabhupāda wrote his “Topmost Urgency” message after a disciple, Gaurasundara Dasa, had without authority sold the ISKCON temple in Honolulu. On September 5, 1974, Śrīla Prabhupāda, with that offense still in mind, wrote to the GBC member in New York:
“[W]e are now expanding and so our interests should be carefully guarded. Certainly the 12 GBC members [the number in 1974] are being trained up strictly under my guidance so that they will protect the interest of the [S]ociety very, very carefully. All our property should be well protected, and I think in every document my name as Founder-Ac[h]arya should be mentioned. Special care should be taken that no property can be sold or mortgaged by local managers as was done by Gaurasundara. This is my only concern.
Once again, history has shown that Śrīla Prabhupāda’s concerns were right on target.
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For immediate release
December 9, 2017
Contact: Jayadvaita Swami
Brooklyn: Ramabhadra Dasa sues in Court to have temple sale approved. Attorney General’s Office asks Court to reject the deal.
A Brooklyn courtroom was filled with Krishna devotees this past
Wednesday for a hearing on a petition asking the Court to allow the
Brooklyn Hare Krishna temple to be sold. The petition was filed by
Ramabhadra Dsa, the former president of ISKCON Brooklyn. New York
Assistant Attorney General Abigail Young appeared in court to oppose the
petition, as did attorneys for the ISKCON GBC, for a renewed,
GBC-supported temple board, and for members of the congregation.
For the sale of a place of worship, the State of New York requires Court approval. Typically, the seller first seeks approval from the State’s Office of the Attorney General (OAG). If the OAG approves, the Court it likely to approve as well.
But on September 26 the OAG notified Ramabhadra that after nearly two years of back and forth, it had declined, once and for all, his request for OAG approval. If you want to pursue the sale, the OAG told him, you will have to take your request to the Court.
That is what Ramabhadra chose to do. In late October
he filed his petition with the Court, asking approval for the proposed
sale.
On Wednesday the attorneys for the GBC and for members of the
congregation filed with the Court their responses, outlining their many
reasons why permission for the sale should be denied.
Some fifty or more New York devotees packed into the courtroom to show support for keeping the temple in its present location. Advocating the sale, only four now-removed members of the temple board showed up: Ramabhadra Dasa, Adi Deva Dasa, and their wives. (They were accompanied by two lawyers.)
The GBC, at its midterm meeting in October in Ujjain, India, had reaffirmed Ramabhadra’s removal as temple president and had also removed him and all but two members from the temple’s board of directors. The GBC authorized the Brooklyn Temple Sale Committee (BTSC) to fill the vacant slots and make any other adjustments needed.
The board members kept were Satya Devi Dasi and Adi Deva Dasa. “They had served on the board for many years,” said Sesa Dasa, chairman of the BTSC, “so we wanted to give them a chance to cooperate and continue.” But when the first meeting of the renewed board was held and neither Satya or Adi Deva (although invited) chose to appear, the board appointed two new board members to replace them.
The new chairman of
the board is Vaisesika Dasa. Pyari Mohana Dasa, the regional secretary
for New England, is also a board member. Both are disciples of Srila
Prabhupada. All the other members of the renewed board are local
devotees from the Radha Govinda congregation.
At the court hearing,
the devotees present didn’t see much legal action. Ramabhadra’s lawyers
asked for--and received--a “continuance,” or postponement, of the
hearings to have time to study the GBC’s objections. A new court date
was set: January 31.
But, most significant, in the Court proceedings on Wednesday the OAG filed its own objections to the proposed sale. The OAG detailed several grounds on which Ramabhadra’s plan had failed to prove persuasive. In fact, the OAG observed that Ramabhadra didn’t have much of a plan at all. The OAG therefore asked the Court to turn the petition down.
On behalf of the OAG, the Assistant Attorney General wrote, “[It] is unusual in a transaction of this nature involving a sale of a large and active religious corporation not to set forth a clear plan to move religious artifacts and establish a transitional house of worship as well as clear outlines for the development of a permanent new house of worship with proceeds. We would ask that the Court reject the Petition until Petitioner can provide such a plan approved by all internal bodies.”
The OAG’s reference to “all internal bodies” also appears significant. The Hare Krishna movement’s ultimate internal body, the GBC, has clearly declared its disapproval of selling the Brooklyn RadhaGovinda temple.
With the GBC, the OAG, and a majority of the congregation standing firmly opposed to the sale, the chances of Ramabhadra’s winning Court approval seem poor.
And so one member of the congregation said, “I’d say to Ramabhadra Prabhu and his people: If you really love Radha Govinda, don’t waste Their money on a hopeless dream. Let’s cooperate and serve Them together in ISKCON.”
Pratyatosa Das Traditionally, the GBC has been a thorn in the sides of Radha-Govinda! Please let me explain:
Not only do the GBC men want to exploit Radha-Govinda by having a free place to stay in NYC, without giving very much in return, but they also sent most of the proceeds of the sale of the 55th Street temple outside of NYC!
The GBC squandered some of that money by sending it to the grossly mismanaged Gita-nagari farm in Pennsylvania!
They squandered some more of it by buying property for a "gurukula" school at Lake Huntington, NY, where dozens of helpless children were sexually molested/raped! A school which was then forced to close down! (Did Radha-Govinda ever get any of that poorly invested money back?)
They also used some of that money to purchase a big house in New Jersey which wasn't even zoned to be a place of public worship! (Besides, why should the hard earned dollars of the New York City devotees, money that they willingly gave to the lotus feet of Radha-Govinda, be used to start a temple in NJ?)
Therefore, IMHO, Radha-Govinda does not like the GBC very much, and will continue to ostracize them unless they agree to pay $millions for renovations or for a temporary arrangement for Radha-Govinda, while a new building is built!
Also, the GBC should, IMHO, be made to agree to pay Radha-Govinda top dollar each time a GBC man visits NYC and stays at Their Mandir!
Romapada Maharaja, what is your answer?
Siladitya Deets Larson: Can someone please tell my what Romapada Swami's position is in all this?
ISKCON Brooklyn Temple Sale:
Hare Kṛṣṇa, Siladitya Deets Larson, please address your question directly to Romapada Swami.
Let's see how long they allow the following post to remain:
seems the TP may have good reason to not remain part of Iskcon?
Kirtananda's 2 top lieutenants
Radhanatha
and Devamrita
are now the TOP gurus in Iskcon
Kirtananda's 2 top lieutenants
Radhanathaand Devamrita
are now the TOP gurus in Iskcon
From: 'Melanie L Nagel' via Prabhupadanuga
Sent: Monday, December 25, 2017 1:04 PM
To:
Subject: Re: "[RAMABHADRA (TP OF ISKCON BROOKLYN) HAS] GONE COMPLETELY RENEGADE"
if anyone takes the assets of a non-profit corporation for their own personal use,That accusation is certainly not being made!
