Personally, I am not asking for any recognition and honour, however I am put in a kind of quarantine bubble at ISKCON Brisbane. Especially, I am not given a fair chance to speak. Whereas all these junior devotees are given full speaking facility. This is exactly the same JAYADVAITA CONMAN MENTALITY AT WORK. So Jayadvaita and his somber clique control ISKCON and this JAYADAVAITA CONMAN MENTALITY is all pervasive. Let us see what Krishna has got in mind.

clique | kliːk | noun a small close-knit group of people who do not readily allow others to join them: his flat became a haven for a clique of young men of similar tastes | the old-school clique. 

Here is the power structure for ISKCON BRISBANE.

Ramai Swami is the co-Governing Body Commissioner (GBC)

Devamrita Swami is the co-GBC. He wisely does not get involved too much in Australian affairs. He leaves it all to Ramai, who by the way had a heart attack some time ago. (I was told so.) At some stage, Ramai was also accused of a weak stand on child molestation within ISKCON. Devamrita is also the BBT trustee for Western Pacific.

AJITA is and was a kind of an ISKCON BRISBANE OVERSEER last time I checked. But he mostly cares about his own NEW GOVARDHANA farm project. This is a place where I don’t wish to go. Definitely NOT. I was there last in March 2022, when a non-New-Govardhana-cow jumped into my moving TOYOTA HIACE SLWB in the absolute darkest of about 4.50 AM. The impact killed the cow and caused AU$ 6000 worth of damage to my Book Distribution Samkirtan Vehicle. My sojourn at NG, although very helpful because of the cow accident, was not really a friendly, pleasant or welcoming experience. Contact with the new comers at Krishna village was pleasant indeed. NEW GOVARDHANA IS ALSO FULL OF SNAKES, TWO LEGGED OR CRAWLING, you may interpret as you wish. Please find the picture of a New Govardhana resident who has just satiated it self with a helpless bat. The procedure lasted several hours, from before Mangal Aratik, when one could still hear the bat slightly moaning, to after Guru Puja when the snake crawled away as on the picture provided. Please note the position of the by-now-dead-bat inside the snake’s body. It may be that NEW GOVARDHANA is also a feminist hotbed. Women for example occupy the temple room section intended for men as instituted by Srila Prabhupada Himself.(Himself referring to His Divine Grace with a capital letter in all cases.)

Janardana Das, a junior devotee, born in the movement, is the temple president of ISKCON BRISBANE.

The only female on the team is Ms. Chauhan Rushmee, (why would she want to be rushed anyway), wife of the former and departed Temple President. I forget her Hare Krishna name. She holds the position of Vice-President.

On the whole, ISKCON is certainly one of the most political organisation on the planet, where every decision is taken behind closed doors and challenges and democratic processes are most unwelcome. Best example was the last and departed Temple President, who self-appointed himself to the position, whereas Srila Prabhupada Himself instead insisted that this be done through a bona fide democratic election process. But Krishna forced him out as he met with cancer death at a young age.

If we judge by the number of Saturday Feast attendees ISKCON Brisbane is on the decline.

Yesterday December 7th there were only 5 preps, rice, caddy(?) sauce, vegetables, halavah and drink. Few preps are a good thing in themselves. That’s what Srila Prabhupada ordered us to prepare for the general public in Vrindavan in 1976 / 1977. But both the kadi sauce and vegetables were over spiced, so much so that one girl of 12 next to me refused to eat. My palate was burning and inflamed as well.

If, however, we judge by the Mangal Aratik attendance, ISKCON Brisbane is doing well and better and is healthy. Some regulars are coming. Even some friends of Krishna are coming and participating enthusiastically. At 25 Jennifer rd, I was often the only Mangal Aratik attendee. But times are changing for the better. This is a result of preaching especially Book Distribution. As Srila Prabhupada says: Through book distribution the Krishna consciousness movement will increase automatically. “Automatically” is so nice. It means something additional will happen without any extra energy input.

Signed:

TKCO or The Krishna Conscious Observer.

also known as

Srila Prabhupada’s own, ferocious Himalayan Mastiff dog or SPMD

Srila Prabhupada naturally has got it all because He is Jagad-Guru, truly the spiritual master of the entire planet earth, backed by the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. Just wait and see that His glories will become more and more manifested as time passes. All glories to Srila Prabhupada, the creator of ISKCON, BBT, and BTG and 80 or so top books on self-realization.