The
GBC is a Jewish mafia body
by
Krishna C. Jacobs
The GBC is a Jewish mafia body.
Like most other exclusive governing corporate or governmental bodies it is impossible
to alter the membership externally (without force). The members are held accountable
to each other. They do not want to expose or admit criminal or ethical mistakes
so they deny making mistakes. There is also the obvious interest to support fellow
members to keep the appearance organizational right and legitimacy. As an international
mafia body the GBC has and continues to disregard the mistakes of its members
and holds none of its own accountable nor does it seek discovery.
The members judge one another on social terms and therefore crimes committed
by its membership are perceived as deniably invisible and irrelevant.
I am the son of Bir Krishna Maharaj, who
is a compulsive liar and criminal. It has been nearly two years since I exposed
Bruce O. Jacobs' criminal, abusive, and contemptible past to ISKCON and the GBC
its self. In all this time no attempt at discovery has been made. The GBC has
not even pretended to seek the truth or make a judgement not spontaneously in
favor of their close associate. Instead the organization immediately judicated
me, his son and the victim of Bir Krishna and ISKCON Inc..
If ISKCON deserves to continue to exist it is without the GBC and Hridiananda
Goswami (who acted in accordance with Bir Krishna Maharaj when making the decision
to eliminate Bir Krishna's son). Like any other corporation that is suffering
as a result of mistakes made by its board of directors and leaders and representatives,
ISKCON devotees must make a decision to change the board in order to keep the
viability of the organization. Otherwise the entire organization
will remain, as it is today, a Jewish mafia body.
Krishna
C. Jacobs, son of BIR KRISHNA SWAMI
Krishna Chaitanya Jacobs (Bir Krishna's son) has allegedly been out in
front of various temples holding placards and protesting. He has also allegedly
threatened violence to his father, Bir Krishna swami. So it seems he is pretty
desperate for attention. He has also apparently rejected help from "The Children
Of Krishna" folks. Some people say he needs some professional anger management
therapy soon, or there will be a crisis. So this is very sad, that an ex-ISKCON
child is experiencing so much rage and frustration. We hope that he will be able
to somehow focus his anger in the proper channels and work towards a good solution
for all of the children, himself included.
Bir Krishna swami meanwhile, is simply hardening his armor, he is apparently
telling his son he should basically die. This is not helping. Why not reach out
to this boy? He is you own son? Don't be another false renunciate rascal guru
like there are a dime a dozen in India. Be a real father and reach out to help
this boy. Otherwise, the day is coming soon when you will call out for help and
no one will hear you either. Wake up! This is called the dictator's disease, once
one is a dictator he has to shun and oppress his own family. Shame
on you Mr. Bir Krishna!
Bir
Krishna Dasa Goswami
Condemned
by His Own Son
Child Protection
http://www.vnn.org/editorials/ET9912/ET07-5034.html
BY ISMAEL JACOBS
December 7, 1999 VNN5034
December
7, 1999 VNN5034
EDITORIAL, Dec 7 (VNN) — I find it disturbing that Bir Krishna
Goswami would deny his own son the right to a home while voting in favor of sending
one million dollars to needy children around the world. He used karma as the excuse
for his own neglect and the subsequent suffering of his son but is not prepared
to discount the children of strangers on the same grounds. If he and ISKCON receive
political gains from benevolence he is more than in favor of providing assistance,
if the only advantage is that of a stable residence and healthy life for his son
BKG has no sympathy.
The following are three letters the first was written by myself and circulated
to many ISKCON temples and several individuals. The second is a letter written
by Bir Krishna Das Goswami and the third is my response.
In the Varnasrama system there are divisions of development. The final stage is
called sannyasa. According to tradition, when a man has fulfilled his familial
responsibilities by raising his children and placing the care of his wife in the
hands of his sons he should become renounced. Being old and close to death he
should give up all attachments such as money, sex life and family bonds. Completing
his days in poverty and peaceful seclusion.
After Bruce Owen Jacobs joined the Hare Krishna movement he found a wife and fathered
a son. His Jewish family initially refused to support his decision but left him
to his choice. Irresponsibly, Bruce neglected to take direct financial care for
his family, devoting his energy to religious self-promotion. He traveled the world
seeking converts and followers leaving his wife and infant son behind. In 1978,
with a three-year-old son, he legally divorced his wife and immediately took sannyasa.
Bir Krishna Das Goswami too the vow never to lay eyes upon or communicate with
the mother of his child. He renounced all responsibilities, personal and financial.
When family relations where financially and emotionally beneficial he hypocritically
ignored his vows.
After severing his bonds of responsibility Bir Krishna Maharaja began to rebuild
his ties to his parents and their families. His grandmother financed the construction
of his temple in North Carolina. His father made regular donations until his death.
Bruce Jacobs made a practice of paying regular visits to his parent's houses,
vacationing with his mother and accepting personal gifts.
For a brief time of less than a year his son was under his direct supervision.
Being embarrassed of the visible contradiction to his vows he sent his son to
live with a stranger and refused to develop a personal relationship.
When his former wife and son where thrust into poverty he was renounced of all
concern. While accepting the offerings of his followers and living in comfort
and security, his vows kept him from acting as an advocate for the life of his
son to his wealthy parents.
As his son was reaching maturity it was clear that he didn't agree with the philosophy
of Bir Krishna Das Goswami. Just as the sannyasa could not be seen with a young
son the guru could not face a grown son who disagreed. Embarrassed and bitter
that his son was not a faithful follower Bruce Jacobs encouraged his mother to
stop buying his sons clothes, thereby forcing him out of college. Although he
had never taken the responsibility of a father he demanded the obedience of his
son. He didn't have the honesty to directly state his intentions and used lies
and deceit as tools of manipulation.
Not only did Bir Krishna Das Goswami use his vows to neglect all familial responsibility
but he also lied to his parents and his son undermining his first success and
opportunities. Bruce actively destroyed the relationships between his son and
his own parents through open lies and feigned intervention. As a result his son
was misdirected into homelessness in a foreign country where he suffered a level
of poverty that the renounced sannyasa has never known.
Calling his sons suffering karma he left his sons cries for help unanswered for
nearly a year and manipulated his parents to do the same, idly watching as his
son almost died of disease. Bruce Jacobs was trying to insure that ISKCON would
be his son's only option for stability at the expense of his life. He did this
to keep face before his followers and save his delusional image of self-perfection.
When Bruce Jacobs took sannyasa he found a worshipful community, parental patronage,
peace and stability. Bir Krishna Das Goswami left his son a fractured childhood,
poverty, social seclusion and perpetual instability.
I
know this is true because I was his son.
Letter COM:2816794 (128 lines)
From: Bir Krishna das Goswami
Date: 29-Nov-99 14:30
To: <-snip->
Cc: Ekatma (das) SS (Helsinki - FIN) [3872]
Subject: Message from someone
claiming to be your son
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I decided to write the whole story so you can forward to anyone who is interested.
If you feel some parts are not appropriate (other's might be hurt) then do the
needful.
Here it is:
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In 1976 I was temple president in Caracas, Venezuela. I was married and had a
son. They were provided for nicely as we had a whole house rented for us by the
temple. There was sufficient money, etc. The person I was married to decided that
she did not want to be married to me any longer approached Hridayananda Maharaja
who tried with my help to keep the marriage together.
She insisted that she wanted to leave. She left with my son and went to the Miami
temple. Shortly thereafter I went to Miami to attempt to see her, but was informed
by the temple president (Narahari) that she did not want to see me or speak to
me. I left Miami and went back to Caracas to continue my service. Shortly after
that I was informed that she had an illicit relationship with a devotee in the
temple.
After this she went through a series of relationships. At the age of 5-6 my son
was sent to Gurukula. I kept contact with him. Brahmatirtha Prabhu was his teacher.
He was never abused or mistreated in Gurukula in any way and during some of his
vacations he visited me in Miami where I was the temple president.
After the Gurukula closed in Lake Huntington, he came to stay with me in North
Carolina. I did not want him to attend a public school so I convinced my father
to pay for tutoring with a neighbor. I was happy that he was doing well there.
Then his grandfather (my father) who was quite well to do invited him to live
with him and promised him more material facility than I could provide.
His mother encouraged him to go there as she saw the possibility of getting money
in the future from this arrangement.
I wanted to keep him with me, but he was so determined to leave that he threatened
to set fire to the temple if we did not let him go to live with his grandfather.
At this point I agreed to let him go as he was heavily influenced by his mother
and his grandfather. I could not compete with them.
At his grandfather's he became a discipline problem. His mother kept telling him
that he would get alot of opulence if he just buttered up his grandfather. His
grandfather eventually sent him to a military academy to try and help him, but
he created such havoc in the military academy that they threw him out.
Then he went home to his mother. His mother did not have a stable home situation
and had different relationships as previously mentioned. She even had relationships
with women. He witnessed all of this. He and his brother had severe mental problems
dealing with this. At one point they were sent to a mental institution. At another
they were sent to a foster home where he was abused (either sexually, physically
or both). I should also mention that at this time she did some legal manuvering
so that she had sole custody and sole rights to him and I did not have any say.
Eventually he made it to college in South Dakota and was doing well. He was being
sent money by his relatives to continue. He refused to work any job at the college
to help with the support. Still he was being supported. His support never stopped
Then after 2-3 years of college he came accross some Rabbi who convinced him to
go to Israel to become Jewish. He dropped out of college, wrote several bad checks
to finance his trip (also got money from my mother), and went to Israel. He was
disappointed to find out when he went to Israel that they would not automatically
accept him as a citizen since his mother was not Jewish. Eventually he left Israel
and went to Egypt with the hope of finding a good wife or wives there as by then
he had become a Muslim.
During this time he was supported by the family (I also contributed).
The primary supporter was my mother, but my stepmother, grandmother and others
contributed.
For a year or two he resided in Egypt being sent $500 per month. He was also sent
other things, like I sent him a computer. After some time we all decided and gave
him notice that he should start supporting himself. He was given 6 months notice.
It was actually me who pushed for the support, but the others wanted to stop for
a variety of reasons; mainly because he was very very abusive to those who supported
him. He is also a misogenist (spelling?) because of experiences that he had in
his past family life.
When he was informed that the support would stop, I told him that I would arrange
for his passage back to the USA if he went to LA and I would arrange for an apartment
and job for him. I was informed that he wanted to go to New York to try and approach
my father's wife (my father has since passed away) for what he considered his
share of the inheritance. None of us, except for the wife got anything. She was
deathly afraid of him as was my mother, so I did not want him going anywhere near
New York. Therefore I informed the embassy that I would only pay for his ticket
back if he went to Los Angeles.
If he went to New York I would have no part in it.
I should explain that throughout his stay in Egypt he was threatening my mother,
stepmother, and myself. They are afraid of him and have the police notified that
if he shows up he should be restrained.
So, he went to New York against my advice and offered help. He made his way up
to my stepmother's house to try and get some money from her (he thinks she has
stolen his rightful inheritance). She was frightened to see him, but still gave
him a sizable amount of money to get him out of the way. She disappeared for some
time in an attempt to safeguard her life. At this time she wants nothing to do
with him and does not answer her phone out of fear of him.
Also when he went to New York he terrorized a Social Worker, and driver's license
examiner. Both were women. The driver's license examiner called for the police,
and they came and stayed in the office with their guns. He was thrown out. The
social worker said that he was dangerous and advised my stepmother to stay away
from him.
My mother wants nothing to do with him at this time.
I am the only one who is sending him money at this point. Everyone else is completely
fried with him. He was offered by my stepmother that she would match any money
that he made at an honest job, which he refuses to do saying that it is beneath
him. A doctor even refused to see him saying that he was feigning illness in order
to get welfare.
I am told by others (who shall remain nameless to protect their lives), to not
send him anymore. Still I am doing it out of sentiment, even though he has been
extremely abusive to me.
Anyway this is the backround. It is unfortunate. We ask the devotees to pray for
him. I am doing what I can now.
These facts can be verified by:
Hridayananda Maharaja,
Krishna Priya devi dasi (TP of Hillsborough, NC)
Lynn Hoffman (my mother)
Marlene Jacobs (my stepmother)
Kenneth Hoffman (my stepfather)
(Text COM:2813198)
This is in response to a letter circulated by Bir Krishna Goswami. BKG has used
bits and pieces of what I have told him to demonize me. I have never been arrested
or detained by police for any reason since a traffic violation at the age of 15.
Regarding my grandfathers widow, she did not give me a sizable amount of money
in NY or any where else. She refused to help me when I was in school after my
grandfather died except with a meager $100 a month. Bruce Jacobs' mother did in
fact stop buying me clothes my third year in school after I visited BKG in NC
and had made it respectfully clear that I was not a Hare Krishna. My father also
made promises regarding continuing my education in the University of NC because
my small university did not offer a physics degree. Bruce misled me, and by the
end of the summer no arrangements had been made and I was discouraged from ever
returning to NC.
I do not deny the improper action of writing bad checks and using my student loan
money to leave the country. At that point I was in a bad situation and felt the
need to take drastic action.
Bruce's mother promised to make arrangements with a Jewish organization that housed
students in Israel. When I arrived no one had heard of me or my grandmother. They
sent me away because I was not Jewish. When my money ran out she was sending me
letters full of advice but no money. I needed food but she was trying to send
me to make friends with distant family members and socialites.
When I went to the the temple in Tel Aviv, by the direction of my father, they
where disappointed by my beard and respectful quiet difference of religion. They
sent me to the street.
I never met a Rabbi in the USA who convinced me to convert to Judaism. I don't
even know if there is one in South Dakota.
My grandfathers widow abused me physically and psychologically, like many step
parents do, during the short time that I lived with my grandfather. She isolated
me from my grandfather and herself, beat me to welts several times and then disposed
of me in summer camps and military school. When I was in high school she intercepted
letters to my grandfather. After he died she felt no obligation to help me.
I told these things to my father many times throughout the years but he was never
concerned enough to intervene. When my mother won custody it was uncontested and
after she became a lesbian and later remaried her disposals of me and my brother
where never questioned and my father and his family never intervened.
When I was in Israel I had become very sick and needed hospital care. I called
Marlene to forward money to the hospital so they could admit me. She refused saying,
"If I send you money now you will want more later." and," I don't want you living
a good life... ."
I never made a threat against any ones life or safety. I did however suggest a
threat of suicide. I became angry with Lynn Hoffman once on the phone because
of her continued disinterest in my financial situation accompanied by her demand
of obedience. After this she refused to answer the phone.
I went to Egypt for the free medical care and the cheaper prices. I worked for
several months illegal construction in Eilat and Tel Aviv until I was denied the
right to reenter Israel for working illegally. I was stuck in Egypt without any
money and homeless. I tried repeatedly to contact Lynn, Marlene and my father
all of whom refused to even answer the phone for nearly a year. I caught Cholera,
changed my religion and was eventually helped by a friend back to some semblance
of health.
I borrowed money and went to Cairo where I tried to repatriate through the embassy.
They required contact information for family members able to pay and contacted
Marlene, Bruce and Lynn. No one agreed to pick me up at the airport or provide
residence in the USA so Lynn decided, out of convenience, to leave me in Egypt
with $500 per month. Every month the money was late I tried every possible method
to keep her interested in my life. Nothing worked, so I simply stopped writing
her. My father and his mother repeated that every month would be the last. When
the money stopped it was a surprise. After one year and nine eight months I repatriated
through the embassy; no one picked me up at the airport; no one had a home for
me to return to.
Bir Krishna wanted me to move to California because he believed I would some how
reconvert to Hare Krishna under the direction of Hridiananda. He doesn't understand
or respect the effect his manipulations and lack of parenthood have had on me.
If his parents told him something different that is between them.
When I visited Marlene in NY she put me in a hotel for three days gave me $250
and disappeared with her boyfriend Bernie. She told me she would give me an apartment
and a car, but she just disappeared.
When I spoke to Bruce on the phone he told me he and his mother would give me
an apartment in NY city and help me with medical expenses. After several days
of misleading dialogue I told him I was not a vegetarian. During our next conversation
he simply said, "We have decided not to help you."
I have nothing to gain and nothing to loose. I only want that
the community into which I was born is informed about the misuse of religion and
the hypocrisy of one of its most prominent members. I would not curse another
child to endure the kind of life that religious hypocrisy, megalomania, greed
and neglect have caused.
It is important to note that Bir
Krishna Goswami lays the blame for his neglect on the words and behavior of a
six year old boy who had never had a stable parent.
The Greedy Gollum
Money Maharaja BKG (Bir Krishna Goswami)
Please also see:
Child
Protection - by ISMAEL JACOBS
Bir Krishna Dasa Goswami's own guru-parampara
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Chant
Hare Krishna and be happy!
All glories to His Divine Grace A.C.Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!