Barking Up the Tree While the Fox is in the Snare

Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007
From: Patrick Hedemark <pdhedemark@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: Prabhupadanugas Press
To: Mahesh Raja <mahesh_agtsp@yahoo.co.uk>, Nathan Zakheim <zakheim@earthlink.net>, Gadadhara das <ccr2k@yahoo.com>

Dear Naranarayan prabhu and all others,
Your affectionate brother Praghosa here. I am no legal expert but the "legal" arena is not unlike any other "arena" where combat is arranged.

There is a challenge made "I am going to whip your ass my good man and more importantly - for the following reasons!" tal tal tal....

Then the accused transgressor steps up - if he is man enough. Nothing in this world is given...it must be won and then sustained.

In this case, the BBTI vs BBT case was NEVER ADJUDICATED in court. NEVER really settled. There is the "appearance" of settlement only.

The settlement itself is a GROSS VIOLATION of the TRUST established by Srila Prabhupada. This makes it illegal.

The facts as I understand them are clear. The legal teams for both sides of that suit conspired to steal over 1 million dollars of Srila Prabhupada's money and ELIMINATE HIM as the actual "original" owner of his copyrights. They "settled" outside of the court's jursidiction and basically BACK ROOM BULLSHIT and this resulted in the copyrights being provided to the GENERAL PUBLIC, despite what anyone might offer as protest. Offering Hansadutta 'license" when they did not legally possess the authority to do so - like me offering you your car - constituted an atttempt to prolong the PUBLIC FRAUD perpetrated upon all of ISKCON'S CONGREGATIONS. The BBTI laid "claim" to the "ASSETS" OF A LEGALLY ESTABLISHED TRUST. THIS act alone constitutes a FELONY, ONE FOR WHICH ALL WHO AUTHORIZED SUCH FRAUD COULD HAVE BEEN FORCED TO SERVE TIME IN PRISON.

There is much more to all of this, but the impotant thing to consider is this:

Raising $100,000 to pay lawyers would only be necessary IF THE MEN WHO STAND TO GO TO PRISON FOR ILLEGALLY CLAIMING TO HOLD TITLE TO THE STOLEN ASSENTS (THE COPYRIGHTS OF HDG) ARE ACTUALLY WILLING TO CHALLENGE THE PRINTING AND DISTRIBUTION OF SRILA PRABHUPADA'S BOOKS. MY own opinion, for what it is worth, is raise 1 million and then simply print all the books, and tell the Felons to find another gig!!

They are all bluff. They know - each of them knows - they committed serious crimes by following the likes of Hari Kesa Swami. He led them down this dark path and by dint of their association they are now completely implicated in his crime.

THEY ARE ALL BLUFF AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN. WHY ANYONE THINKS THAT JAYADWAITA AND THE REST WOULD PREFER PRISON TO THE DHAMA - AT THEIR AGE? ARE WE KIDDING OURSELVES?

THEY ARE ALL BLUFF...JUST SMOKE.

LET THEM CHALLANGE "WE WILL SEE YOU IN COURT! (THE ARENA)

WON'T HAPPEN.

THEY HAVEN'T THE "SAND" FOR THIS FIGHT. THEY DIDN'T THEN. The Judge himself said they would be crushed like a bug." AND THEY CERTAINLY DON'T NOW. (This was when Federowsky switched sides and attempted to extort a cool half million! That jerk needs a whooping in the not too distant future by the way.)

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH, WE SHOULD JUST RAISE THE MONEY AND TAKE OVER.

They only way for them to stop it - is to go into court and hang themselves.

They don't have anything to gain from that. NOTHING.

The so-called settlement was illegal.

The BBT is an IRREVOCABLE TRUST. The BBT is Srila Prabhupada's own handiwork and cannot be brushed aside. Hans Kary is its legal Trustee. This is all legal fact.

"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." — John Adams, 'Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials,' December 1770

This is just my opinion, Prabhu. I do not believe they have the balls to risk jail, and jail is indeed what they risk. They lied. They lied. They lied. This is the simple fact that they cannot circumvent.

Someone should simply spell it out to them in plain English: "Prabhus, This will not be over till the Fat lady is singing the lullaby that puts 'em to sleep in Lampoc. Just act wisely and not make it worse for yourselves."

Personally, I do not believe that Svavas Prabhu and a couple of others ever willingly wanted to cooperate with the idiot Hari Kesa. I remember him distinctly holding serious malice towards this "wrecking ball" of a Guru Wannabe shmuck way back in '88. I think he could be convinced to do the right thing without putting $100,000 in the pockets of lawyers again! He was railroaded then and should be offered amnesty and friendship if he just steps up and acts correctly.

Just some thoughts for what its worth.

Praghosa

Mahesh Raja <mahesh_agtsp@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

Nara Narayana Prabhu
All Glories to Srila Prabhupada!
Please accept my humble obeisances.
Hare Krsna!

I have some questions:

1) If the BBTI was closed down could they not open under any another name and trade.
b) could they not have as empty premises operating under a Mr Das company USA and transfer the operation to eg India and export to all ISKCON temples from there. Printing books in Singapore/China and exporting temples direct under different name.
2) If they closed the BBTI could they not go to - say India or any other country where they can operate from as they still have the monopoly as they got supply agreement for ALL of ISKCON temples.
3) If the operation was to enforce them to print Original Srila Prabhupada books - they may decline as they may not get megabucks that the BBTI is making them.
4) Lawyers - I have not much faith in them - they may say fees less now - but may put some proposals - later - to convince that they have another plan please give more. What do you do then?

----- Original Message ----
From: Nathan Zakheim <zakheim@earthlink.net>
To: Gadadhara das <ccr2k@yahoo.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 30 January, 2007
Subject: Re: Prabhupadanugas Press

DEAR GADADHAR PRABHU,

PAMHO, AGTSP!

IF WE BACK THE LEGAL ACTION TO DEMAND FULL ACCOUNTING FROM THE BBT TRUSTEES, LUCE FORWARD, (OUR ATTORNEYS) BELIEVE THAT WE CAN HAVE AN INJUNCTION AGAINST PRINTING ANY CHANGED BOOKS WITHIN A FEW MONTHS...WHATEVER ELSE YOU MAY BE DOING, THE TIME IS RIPE TO GO BEGIN WITH LUCE FORWARD. IF EACH PERSON ON THIS DISTRIBUTION LIST PUT IN ONE TO FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, SRILA PRABHUPADA'S BOOKS WOULD BE PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL BBT (NOT BBTI) WITHIN ONE YEAR... IN OTHER WORDS, THE ONLY BOOKS AVAILABLE WOULD BE SRILA PRABHUPADA'S BOOKS!...HOW MUCH IS THAT WORTH TO YOU AND ME?... HOW MUCH IS THAT WORTH TO OUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN...I REQUEST THAT WE TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY, RAISE MONEY THAT WE DID NOT KNOW WAS POSSIBLE TO RAISE, GO TO KRISHNATODAY.ORG, GO TO PAYPAL, AND PLEDGE A MONTHLY AUTOMATIC DONATION, A ONE TIME DONATION, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY PLEASE GO TO THOSE YOU KNOW AND GET EVEN A DOLLAR OR EVEN A QUARTER FORM THEM AND SEND IT IT...(THIS FUND IS FULLY TAX DEDUCTABLE, AND IF YOU NEED A RECEIPT FOR YOUR TAXES, JUST SAY SO, AND YOU WILL GET ON BY SNAIL MAIL, OR E-MAIL (IF LEGAL). I HAVE WAITED THIRTY FIVE YEARS FOR THIS MOMENT, AND IF WE EACH MAKE OUR VALUABLE CONTRIBUTION RIGHT NOW, WE CAN ACTUALLY SEE THIS NAGGING HORRIBLE PROBLEM RESOLVED BY THE END OF 2007. AFTER THAT, THERE WILL BE THE DIRECTION OF MANAGAMENT, RE-CONSITUTING ALL THE ISKCON TEMPLES AS ISKCON, INC, UNDER THE ORIGINAL CORPORATION SP CREATED IN 1966.

PLEASE CALL ME AT: 213.840.9130 OR E-MAIL ME.

BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS: ANYONE WHO TALKS TO ME MUST DONATE AT LEAST ONE US DOLLAR FOR THIS CASE!..I COLLECTED ALMOST $100.00 IN LESS THAN HALF AN HOUR OVER LUNCH AT GOVINDA'S. YOU WILL FIND THAT WHOEVER YOU ASK TO DONATE WILL DONATE.

THAT IS HOW IMPORTANT EVERYONE THINKS THIS IS!

(OUR IMMEDIATE GOAL IS $30,000.00 TO RETAIN THE FIRM...OUR EVENTUAL GOAL WILL BE AROUND $100,000.00...THE ATTORNEYS ARE THE BEST TRUST ATTORNEYS IN CALIFORNIA (500 PARTNERS) THEY HAVE REDUCED THEIR RATES FOR US, AND THE PARTNER WHO WORKS WITH US WORKED FOR ISKCON IN THE 1970'S AND MET SRILA PRABHUPADA AND THOUGHT THAT HE WAS WONDERFUL. WHEN THEY SAW WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO THE BBT TRUST, AND HOW ALL THE ASSETS HAVE BEEN STOLEN AND EMBEZZLED THEY CRIED OUT..."BUT WHAT HE WAS DOING WAS SO WONDERFUL!...HOW COULD THEY DARE TO MISUSE HIS TRUST THAT WAS FOR SUCH A GOOD CAUSE!)

YOUR ETERNAL SERVANT,

NNV DAS