Tuesday, April 9, 2013


















How Much Proof Does Someone Need?


Dear inquisitive soul,









Proof that Kripalu is a Con Man is All Around You



…. A visitor of the Ashram.




  1. Now a days there is a flood of swami jis, jagadgurus, mata jis. and it is very difficult to discriminate between true spiritual master and a fraud, from there teachings/ preachings. Because whatever they preach is always good, because it is from the scriptures.
    There is no harm from even a guru which is not self-realized, if he/she remains restricted to the preachings only. The real problem begins when they ask for complete surrender of a devotee to themselves (and that should be done with great caution on the part of the devotee).
    In the path of spirituality, Shrimad Bhagwad Gita guides us at every step to the right direction. In Bhagwad Gita it is written that a True God realized saint, never wants any worldly pleasure, for him insult and felicitation are equal, for him enemy and friends are equal, for him gold and stone are equal. Such a saint never goes after the money, and never get attracted by the worldly pleasures, greed and lust.
    And if keep these points in mind we can easily identify a fraud guru. (certainly a person with the above mentioned weaknesses has never have attained God). There only interest may be to collect huge money, and to exploit the ignorant devotees.

    Sometimes these charlatans may be very knowledgeable, for example even Ravana was having a good knowledge of shashtras. therefore before surrendering to these masters we should judge there life style, if they have greed for money, and their behavior is not up to the mark, we should not accept them as guru.

    And for God realization it is not necessary to remain always with a guru. If being with Guru is so important, one should ask themselves that how many of the disciples of a guru have attained self realization.

    In the case of JKP, even if i assume that there is nothing wrong, and the charges of rape and indecent behavior, then also it is a hard truth that even the topmost disciple of the organization (Prakashanada) is not God - realized. Because a true saint would have never run away, whatever may be the conditions. Because Bhagwan Krishna himself says in Bhagwad Gita "Sukh-dukh samau kritva, labha-alabhau, jaya-ajayau" (those who have realized me for them victory or defeat are equal, and luxury and suffering are also equal). He was there till the point he was being worshipped, and in difficult times he ran away. It simply concludes that he is not God realized.

    Finally the one point which is very irritating is that, the JKP swamis commands the disciples to treat themselves equal to God (and even the cite a verse from veda).
    There is no denial from the fact that a disciple should himself give respect to his Guru. But it is against customs if the Guru himself orders for the same.

    For a moment imagine that in future if you luckily realize God, what would be your priority. Whether the devotional service to your beloved God, or receiving service from your followers, and replacing God by yourself.

    May God lead us to the right path, saving us from the wolves in the skin of sheep.

  2. In my opinion people believe Kripalu ji because of the following:

    1. They are ignorant of their own scriptures.

    2. His knowledge of vedic literature. People may think that it is not possible for such a learned man to commit such heinous crimes. (But they forget that being knowledgeable and being noble are two different things. And a person should be judged by his conduct and not by his knowledge. Even Ravana was very learned, even then he kidnapped Sita ji).
    3. Popular belief, that if they dishonor a true vaishnava, that will be a great sin and obstacle in their spiritual progress.
    4. Kripalu's disciples say so many things about his supernatural powers. i personally heard many of such stories from a close disciple of him, who was a colleague of mine, and no doubt was a noble lady. But interestingly those incidences were not her first hand experiences, she learned those from the elders in JKP. (Why people forget here that possessing supernatural powers also does not guarantee that the person has attained God, it is mere an obstacle in spiritual progress. If a person remains humble after attaining the powers, he is on right path)

    5. Finally the certificate from the Kashi vidvat parishad, and about a half century old stories of defeating other renowned religious people. for which there is no means to testify the authenticity of those stories.

    And above all when a devotee surrenders to someone assuming him/her as a true god man, his intellectual faculties are shut down.

  3. Thank you Dharmendraji for this wonderful insight.

    I myself witnessed so many things related to money and Kripalu including:
    - I saw him scream at his preachers who did not bring him enough money
    - I saw him brag about collecting 1/2 million dollar from a man in England for "hospitals" which he used to help build one of his massive temples
    - I saw him brag about doing over 80 "room visits" on Mother's Day in Barsana Dham which cost devotees $640 each (for him to be in your room for two minutes to do arti)
    - I heard he charged people who lived near Barsana Dham anywhere from $5,000 to $10,000 to visit their homes
    - I saw him say that no one could watch him swim in the pond at Barsana Dham unless they paid $500 U.S. dollars
    - I saw him collecting anywhere from $50 for a t-shirt to $2,500 to watch him eat a meal
    - I saw the Excel spreadsheet kept my Chirag Patel (current manager of Barsana Dham USA/ Radha Madhav Dham) of how much money each person "owed" Kripalu during his 2005 and 2007 trips
    - I heard the preachers make announcements to pay their "seva bills" preferably in CASH
    - Just minutes before he left Barsana Dham USA in 2005, Divakari was totally up how much he collected in "seva" during his 4-week say: $1 U.S. million dollars!!

    He repeatedly said: "Love me, love guru." And reciting scripture to back it up. I was so sick of hearing it. I kept thinking: "I don't want to love you. I want to love God."

    Then just before he was arrested for rape in Trinidad, he spouted the most telling comment of his entire career as a con man. He said: "You cannot judge the guru, even if he commits actions worse than the the most worldly person -- because he is God and you are just a human." This statement gives him the license to do whatever he wants no matter how sinful, vulgar, or criminal.


  4. Hi Dharmendra,

    I know these scum bags. If you confront these guys directly, they will use every vedic injunction twisting its meaning which suites their deeds - and in final will say 'Buddhi mat lagao' means dont use your head when dealing with Guru Kripalu.

    I will not keep quite. At-least I am happy I alerted my own family and my friends. Some of my friends are angry because I spilled the beans. I dont care.

    Ajay D

  5. "‘Buddhi mat lagao’ means dont use your head when dealing with Guru Kripalu"

    Oh boy -- that is exactly what they say -- because they know if you do use your mind, you'll see the scam for what it is.


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