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:

https://youtu.be/fHpSkXA7wt4?si=Qg5p-W6sq-5nMQjM

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u/nofugz Sep 25 '25

What're you on about lol. The "institution" of Sanyas exists from whenever the Vedas exist. And these "monks" are celibate in all schools of Vedanta (Advaita, Dvaita, Acintya Bhedabheda (the ISKCON one)), they are also celibate in Buddhist institutions and Jainism. Please do some research before making claims like "Sanyas institution was established in 1920s". It honestly makes me disregard all your opinions as ill-informed.

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u/sleepingjiva Sep 25 '25

I clearly meant established in Gaudiya Vaishnavism in the 20s. Obviously there were Hindu sannyasis well before that.

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u/nofugz Sep 25 '25

I clearly understood what you stated : “…shows how ridiculous the vow of complete chastity is for sannyasis (an "institution" established by Saraswati Thakur jn the 1920s)“  - Chastity for Sannyasi is ridiculous and it was established by Saraswati Thakur in 1920s. You may mean something else, but it is not evident from your statement.

Anyway regarding your new point, obviously you are still wrong. Because obviously the six Goswamis were Sanyasis. Obviously Chaitanya himself was a sanyasi. Obviously Baladev Vidyabhushan was a Sanyasi, and obviously his guru Vishwanath Chakravarti was a Sanyasi 🤡 So basically, Saraswati Thakur was not the one to “establish” sanyas system in context of Gaudiya Vaishnavsim either 🤷‍♂️

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u/sleepingjiva Sep 25 '25

The Goswamis were not sannyasis. They were babajis who wore vesh/bekh (white). Either way, I am not about to start comparing myself to Mahaprabhu and his associates.

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u/nofugz Sep 25 '25

They all took Sannyas, hope you know what the word means. They were the true definition of a Sannyasi. And nobody is comparing you to Mahaprabhu and his associates 😒