Sunday, January 25, 2009

Whatever Happened to the Hare krsna Movement?



May Lord Nrsimhadev Protect Us All!

What About the Hare Krsna Movement?
Part Six

By Jagannatha Prakasa (John of AllFaith) © 01.24.2009

Frankly, the evidence seeking to incriminate the Bavarian Illuminati that I have seen is questionable at best. While living at the ISKCON farm community Mount Kailasa however I did encounter a group of German devotees of Hansadutta dasa who were engaged in many illegal activities at the farm community and elsewhere. Certain of these devotees -- who were in a position to know what they were talking about -- assured me that this allegation was true: i.e. that the Bavarian Illuminati had infiltrated certain ISKCON communities in Germany and the U.S. at the highest levels and were directing several German devotees to engage in various nefarious activities. This information came to me well after Srila Prabhupada's disappearance and I can not verify this information. But I believed them then and now.

Prabhupada Poisoned:
A Reverse Speech Study - Part 1

Prabhupada Poisoned:
A Reverse Speech Study - Part 2

This whole Reverse Speech Study issue is debatable of course. I'm including it as food for thought. For information about Reverse Speech here is a good resource. I'm not saying yay or nay, but it is interesting.

There is substantial evidence supporting the charge that Srila Prabhupada was murdered but the matter has never been fully resolved either way to my knowledge. Many of Srila Prabhupada's disciples are appalled at the vary suggestion while others are determined to ferret out the truth. At this late date it seems likely that the matter will never be satisfactorily resolved. Those who know are getting older and while much is said in private little is said in public.

For more information on the allegations that Srila Prabhupada was poisoning see this link: http://www.anet.net/users/yasoda/web or google phrases like "prabhupada poisoned". There is a LOT of info out there!

What the Doctors say:

According to his doctors Srila Prabhupada's physical death occurred due to type 2 diabetes mellitus. This condition caused Guru Maharaja to have high blood pressure, peripheral neuropathy and heart problems, including myocardial infarction and stroke (as he reportedly experienced on the steamship Jaladuta on his original trip to America).

The fact that Srila Prabhupada suffered from diabetes was common knowledge among ISKCON devotees from at least 1969. Many doctors had diagnosed it and he himself was aware of it:

    Gargamuni: My father, he also used to get swelling, but this was due to diabetes.

    Prabhupada: I have got diabetes also.

      Room conversation January 19, 1977. Bhubaneswara.

As VNN (Vaisnava News) reported in 1999:

    In later stages his condition progressed to diabetic nephropathy (severe kidney damage due to diabetes), which led to uremia (buildup of metabolic toxins which are normally excreted by the kidneys) causing gastrointestinal disturbances and loss of appetite. In the final stages the loss of appetite and poor digestion led to malnutrition, and ultimately total systemic collapse. This diagnosis has been confirmed by doctors Jacob and McIrving (who treated Prabhupada in his final months) as well as Prabhupada’s personal nurse Abhirama Das.

As I understand it it is true that Srila Prabhupada had an unusually high level of arsenic in his system however this is common in India where such contaminates occur in the general population (although the levels were higher than one would expect in Srila Prabhupada).

The VNN piece cited above seeks to present the case that it s understandable that people would be concerned by the reports of Srila Prabhupada's alleged poisoning, however the evidence, they maintain, does not support the allegation.

The editorial discusses certain classic symptoms of arsenic poisoning and points out the lack of evidence that these existed in Srila Prabhupada's case:

    Clinical Symptoms of Arsenicosis

    The clinical features of arsenic poisoning include multi-organ failure and other non-specific systemic indications, which sometimes lead to incorrect or delayed diagnosis. However, there are specific symptoms peculiar to arsenicosis. Bansal et al.1 report that prolonged sub-acute poisoning usually causes neuropathy (peripheral nervous system damage), with characteristic skin changes such as hyperkeratosis (thickening of skin) of palms and soles, hyperpigmentation or raindrop shaped depigmentation over the skin of the trunk and Mees’ lines over the nails. Shin2 documents gastrointestinal upset, multi-organ failure, dermatological lesions and Mees’ lines as common findings and Dipankar Das3 et al. report arsenical skin lesions as the most commonly observed symptom in a study of over 175,000 people drinking arsenic contaminated water in West Bengal, India.

    Therefore, while arsenic poisoning causes multi-system damage that imitates many other diseases, the dermatological features (keratosis of palms and soles, raindrop pigmentation), polyneuropathy, and Mees’ lines are more specific to arsenicosis and shall be dealt with in more detail, with specific reference to the clinical features displayed by Srila Prabhupada.

According to Guru Deva's Doctors:

Dr. McIrving, who treated Srila Prabhupada in 1977, made the following diagnosis of his condition:

    1. Due to diabetes, he suffered swelling which affected the flow in his urinary tract over many years
    2. He had since birth a slightly restricted urethra which further reduced the urinary flow.
    3. The combination of these two factors had put constant and harmful back pressure on his kidneys, which along with a general deterioration due to age had inflicted serious renal damage.

Dr. Karl Jacob also confirms the diagnoses:

    Srila Prabhupada’s chronic diabetes, which was never medically properly treated, was bound to lead to other serious consequent diseases which had to increasingly manifest in his body: such as premature aging and degradation of blood vessels, microangiopathy, high blood pressure, heart problems, and diabetic nephropathy (severe kidney damage)…In addition his urethra was constricted which put a constant back pressure on the kidneys, increasing the renal insufficiency and inducing further damage.
So... What caused Srila Prabhupada to leave his body? We may never know for sure.


Part Seven Coming soon or read it all at my http://www.srijagannatha.com/hinduism/prabhupada.html!

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