You shouldn’t need to read this book. In 1977 the resplendent truth shone with blazing clarity. Now, more than two decades later, the same priceless treasure still radiates its perfection. We have read and reread the Lilamrita, meditated upon the diaries, studied the folio, and dabbled in the video-taped memoirs. Film captured “The Final Lesson” […]
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by Deva Gaura Hari das This chapter will document important scientific facts regarding analysis of hair arsenic levels in Srila Prabhupada’s hair relics. Nityananda Das has claimed that Prabhupada’s hair levels were recorded at 3ppm and that this represents solid evidence that “undoubtedly Srila Prabhupada was maliciously poisoned.” We will show that this assertion is
Hair Analysis Shows No Signs Poisoning Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das After being encouraged to further investigate the allegations of arsenic poisoning made by Nityananda Das and others, it was decided that we should try to contact the doctor who performed the operation on Srila Prabhupada in England, just overtwo months before his passing. As one of the only Western health
Prabhupada’s Surgeon Confirms: Diabetes to Blame Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das Among those who feel there may be some truth to the poison rumours, much of their concern relates to the words spoken by Srila Prabhupada and those around him, in his final days. Poison theorists like to repeat Prabhupada’s words like, “Someone says that someone has given poison, it’s possible”,
‘Not that I am Poisoned’: The Conversations Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das In chapter 32 of ‘Someone Has Poisoned Me,’ Nityananda Das has summarized his medical ‘evidence’ under the heading “Health Biography Analysis”. There he tries to link all of Srila Prabhupada’s symptoms to arsenic poisoning. We will show that most of this chapter is total misinformation, and is not supported by
Nityananda’s Diagnosis: Assorted Anomalies Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das The now infamous “poison whispers” make up a large part of the so-called evidence in support of the conspiracy theory. These are found primarily on the conversation tapes of the 10th November, 1977. In fact, the whole poison controversy began when some devotees heard whispers on these tapes that sounded
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by Deva Gaura Hari das One of the leading advocates for the poison theory, Dhanesvara Das s released a number of papers reporting on his reverse speech investigations. There he repeatedly refers the reader to the work of David John Oates, who founded the technique, and cites him as the authority on reverse speech. Dhanesvara
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by Deva Gaura Hari das The lack of specific clinical symptoms of arsenicosis such as Mees’ lines, hyperkeratosis and raindrop pigmentation indicates that arsenic poisoning was not to blame for the illness of Srila Prabhupada. Rather, his condition was symptomatic of type 2 diabetes mellitus, causing high blood pressure, peripheral neuropathy and heart problems, including
Medical Evidence Confirms Diabetes Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das In his book “Someone Has Poisoned Me“, Nityananda Das has spent a whole chapter trying to establish a link between an Indian man called Chandra Swami and the alleged poisoning of Srila Prabhupada. Although he is unable to provide any real evidence of this, Nityananda Das attempts to persuade the
The Chandra Swami “Connection” Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das I have only recently become aware of the incredible theories about the so called poisoning of Srila Prabhupada, being circulated by some poorly informed devotees.As you may know I acted as Srila Pabhupada’s nurse and assistant secretary from 25th July through 16th October of 1977, and was therefore in the
by Deva Gaura Hari das The following is a summary of phone interview with Anakundubhi das in October 1999: Prabhupada was being treated in Mayapur ’77 by an ayurvedic doctor called Bhimalananda Tharkur Tirtha. I was an assistant to Prabhupada’s servants, and I would give him a dob (green coconut) every afternoon. One afternoon I
by Deva Gaura Hari das Recently one of our god-brothers, Nityananda das adhikari, wrote a book called, “Someone has Poisoned Me” and alleged that the cause of Srila Prabhupada’s disappearance from this planet is arsenic poisoning, and the ones who were serving HisDivine Grace at that time administered him that poison. Since I was one
by Deva Gaura Hari das The leaders who have been accused of being involved in the conspiracy (so called) to poison Srila Prabhupada, I mean they were beyond a doubt some of his most loyal servants. Each devotee is different and a few may have had some different problems at some point, or they may
Bhakti Tirtha Swami Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das To all the devotees of ISKCONPlease accept my humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. I have been most apprehensive about becoming involved in what I saw to be an “endless debate” on the Internet over the poison issue, but then Hari Sauri prabhu made the point that many innocent
by Deva Gaura Hari das I have trained myself to keep an open mind about even the most outlandish theories, because that is what I am asking scientists to do – to keep an open mind about ideas that might seem outlandish to them (such as the idea that Darwinism might be wrong). So although
by Deva Gaura Hari das Dear Maharajas and Prabhus,Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada! I am really glad the poison controversy is dying its natural death. From the very beginning, there were only two possibilities by which it could lead to any other direction.1. If Srila Prabhupada directly named or
Jashomatinandan Das Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das As much as I dislike feeling obliged to respond to garbage, I think that I too ought to comment on the scuttlebutt that Srila Prabhupada, by a conspiracy of disciples, was poisoned. I was present in Vrindavan in the last weeks of Srila Prabhupada’s physical presence. Much of that time
by Deva Gaura Hari das Dear Readers,Please accept my most humble obeisances. All glories to Srila Prabhupada. For quite some time rumors have been circulating that Srila Prabhupada was poisoned, murdered by his own disciples. I as his secretary have been the chief accused. Many of you might have wondered why I have not denied
Tamal Krishna Goswami Read More »
by Deva Gaura Hari das I was also present in those last few months in Vrindavan with Srila Prabhupada. We were spending 3 or 4 hours a day in his room doing kirtan. For me it is unimaginable that anyone of Srila Prabhupada’s personal servants could have even once entertained the thought of poisoning Srila
7 January, 2000.Dear Mr Hooper,Thank you for the message, as I said on the ‘phone I do remember the case well, even though it was a long time ago. Srila Prabhupada first presented to me in the emergency room of Watford General Hospital in 1977.He was in obviously poor health and showed signs of renal
Statement from Srila Prabhupada’s Surgeon Read More »
by Adridharan Das The purpose of this paper is to study the actual words of Srila Prabhupada only on the subject of his poisoning. Naturally, we can only rely on the actual words Srila Prabhupada spoke on this issue to determine whether he himself believed that he was deliberately poisoned. Thus the views and opinions
Does Srila Prabhupada Support Poisoning Theory? Read More »
