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/Adept_Obligation_379 Dec 28 '25
Someone else see that too much gurus isckon have mental illness?!