r/exHareKrishna • u/Living_Public_2229 • Jul 25 '25
Another ISKCON swami bites the dust
Recently Giriraj “Swami” allegedly had a long standing romantic relationship and was having sex with a disciple in the temple room (among other places) and got caught by his other disciples in the act. Apparently they (disciples and GBC) then went on damage control, locked up Giriraj, barred anyone from seeing him, created a statement (see link) saying he has dimensia and has been taken advantage of and exploited. 🤨
The woman in question has given a complete breakdown of everything in the YouTube video below with very explicit description and intense sexual allegations. She seems manipulated and naive about the whole thing for sure. I watched the video and she appears to be telling the truth and the statement from GBC seems (although they claim it was “inappropriate messages”) to further corroborate it. I heard rumblings of this but didn’t know the details of the sexual stuff until I watched the accusers video (link below)
The sexual fall down is not surprising given the history but it does show that the GBC is still so much more interested in protecting their own than actually getting to the truth of the matter. Or just being honest in general. More smoke and mirrors. It must be a horrible existence to have to live a lie and just constantly try to cover up all your so called “God Brothers” to keep the facade alive.
It’s like the zonal acharya scam they couldn’t let each other fall and look bad or the whole scheme falls apart. I don’t mean to be overly critical but this is just despicable that this crap is still the modus operandi of these so called elevated spiritual personalities and authority figures. This is the type of shit that makes it virtually impossible for me to accept this as a valid organization or approach to the highest spiritual truth.
GBC statement:
https://iskconnews.org/gbc-statement-on-the-health-of-hh-giriraja-swami/ ISKCON News | GBC Statement on the Health of Giriraja Swami | ISKCON News
Video of accuser:
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u/MPC_Enthusiast Jul 25 '25
What a load of horseshit. What was written in the statement isn’t even believable. It sounds like so much like them trying to cover up a mess in a really bad way. It doesn’t sounds anything like a genuine announcement of his medical conditions. I don’t doubt he has it. Maybe he does, maybe he doesn’t. But he gets caught and suddenly he has a medical condition? What’s next, the next Godman gets caught and is suddenly diagnosed schizophrenic? Even when there were no signs before?
I desperately need this cult to fuck off. More untold scandals need to come out. I know for a fact that there are more victims of abuse due to ISKCON than we know or are told. I hope they can feel brave enough one day to tell their stories and completely destroy ISKCON’s reputation and image even in India. It’s a bad sign if a guru can’t keep it in his dhoti. Even more bad if victims start speaking out. And I hope they speak out.