The Bhaktivedanta Manor is Leaving ISKCON

BY: MR. PATEL

Aug 18, WATFORD, ENGLAND (SUN) — Respected devotees of Lord Shree Krshna! Please accept my Namste, All glories to you, your family and His Divine Grace.

I have been privy to topics and emails discussed by the Patron Council at Bhaktivedanta Manor. The Patron Council is a board of "patron donors" that has been making the final executive and directive decisions for the Hare Krishna Temple in Watford for many years working in close cooperation with Srutidharma das and Pranabandhu das.

I want to inform the devotees worldwide of what I see as some serious deviations of the decisions made by the Council Members. The Patron Council of Bhaktivedanta Manor has decided to legally separate the Temple from ISKCON. In the very near future, the Bhaktivedanta Manor will become an independently owned and privately managed Charitable Trust, with no legal obligations to ISKCON, Srila Prabhupadaji and GBC, and this is giving me a serious pain in my heart.

I want to write this email because I hope that with this knowledge the GBC and the true followers of Srila Prabhupadaji can do the necessary to keep this beautiful and dear Bhaktivedanta Manor the way Prabhupadji wanted it.

This information has been given to me by some Members of the Patron Council in the strict confidence; I know it is accurate beyond any doubt.

Below is an email written by one Patron (Mr. Sanjiv) about their plans for keeping Mr. Gauridasji as a shadow Temple President, not accepting CPO/ISKCON decisions. Some more documents will follow in the next few days.

I must remain anonymous for fear for my family.

Sincerely

Mr. Patel


    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    From: Agarwal Sanjiv K s.agarwal@imperial.ac.uk
    Date: 2008/8/4
    Subject: RE: CPO Official Decision
    To: Patrons Council -Bhaktivedanta Manor Bhaktivedanta.Manor@pamho.net

    Respected Ashok prabhu

    PAMHO.AGTSP.

    I have read your document with immense interest. I bow down to your amazing enthusiasm to fight for justice and support the Manor.

    With reference to CPO, I totally share your views and have started making my enquiries very discreetly.

    I personally would like to go full blast but it would just be wise and in the best interest of our beloved Gauri prabhu to act with calm only in terms of waiting for the right time to strike.

    Please be very careful that expression of our feelings at this time might weaken the subsequent appeal process. I have decided to wait till the appeal process is over and then take apart the whole structure/procedures/policies etc apart after that. We can join hands/resources/time/intellect in doing that. May be we can discuss directly if you wish so. You can either email me on: s.agarwal@imperial.ac.uk or call me on my mobile [number deleted].

    Regarding your questions about the situation of the Manor, we have been discussing these issues in detail either in the patrons council meeting or otherwise.

    How would you feel if there are discrepancies between the alleged presentation and actual evidence?

    I have been thru the testimonies and Gauri prabhu's response in detail personally- I do not think we need to worry about this aspect.

    How the Team Manor would support the leader in the light of so called tarnish image?

    We are supporting Gauri prabhu and we should all just echo that mood

    Even if his sentence is reduced, the interim president would run the affairs in meantime and how he/she would feel during or at the end of the term?

    The interim president knows that he is interim. He should not really be attached to the position

    Do you feel the sentence would be reduced?

    Yes if not abolished altogether

    What about salary and other benefit?

    We are in the process of finding a way forward, pls bear with us.

    What duties he would perform in the interim period?

    We have a lot of projects at the Manor, he has immense contacts, we would like him to project manage them as a consultant

    What, if any; risk Manor would face in short term and long term?

    Need to be evaluated

    How would you mitigate those risks?

    Stay together as a unit and have faith in Krishna.

    Could he be effective leader?

    Who? If you are talikng of Gauri pr - HE has been for last 6 years of course he wiill be.

    Would any key players in Manor feel aggrieved, against of him or put road blocks? How would the management deal with those issues?

    Yes, there are always obstructions and obstacles in the path, some of which we are already aware and some not. They will be seen as challenges and we have a strategy for this which we can not discuss on the open forum

    Any potential legal implication arises?

    Not a huge amount, but we have exceptional people like Vinay pr who always has an answer.

    What would be effect on brand name 'Bhaktivedanta Manor- Home of Lord Krishna?

    We can dwell on that later.

    Is Manor as an entity, non compliant with laws of land like employment, tax laws, companies act and so on.

    I do not think so, if you feel so pls let us know we will be delighted to look into it.

    What would be effect of shadow president?

    Rotating chair than shadow president.Works well in Chowpatty.

    Hope this answers some of your questions.

    PLEASE DO NOT TAKE ANY STEP WHICH WOULD JEOPARDISE GAURI PR'S APPEAL PROCESS.

    Hare Krishna

    ys

    Mr.Sanjiv Agarwal, M.S., F.R.C.S., F.R.C.S.(Urol.)
    Consultant Urologist, Hammersmith, Charing Cross and St.Mary's Hospitals,
    Hon.Senior Lecturer Imperial College School of Medicine



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