BBT Accepts Harikesa Swami's Resignation

from Bhagavat Dharma (das) MG (Mayapur Project, Comm.)

The BBT Trustees have accepted the resignation of Harikesa Swami due to ill health. The Trustees hope that Harikesa Swami can receive the treatment and the rest that he needs, and they offer their gratitude for all his inspiration and service for the BBT.

Brahma Muhurta Dasa, who for several years has been the manager of the Northern European BBT, has been appointed trustee until the next annual trustee meeting, to be held next summer. He oversees the work of seventy devotees in translation, editing, artwork, and production.

Since the collapse of Harikesa Swami's health, rumors have been circulating that the BBT has lost huge sums of money on the Russian stock exchange. The rumor is false. The BBT has never invested anything in the Moscow stock market, nor any other. The BBT invests its money in printing books. And if it has funds to hold for some time, it places them in secure, non-speculative accounts such as fixed deposits, as Srila Prabhupada did himself.

The BBT Trustees have, for many years, engaged the services of a professional auditor, Dwarkadisha Dasa of Calcutta. He is a retired chartered accountant, formerly with the West Bengal Government. Each year, he visits one or more BBT divisions and thoroughly audits the books. Last year he audited the Australasian BBT. This year, as part of the regular rotation, he will focus on the Northern Europe BBT. His detailed reports are submitted to the Trustees. Dwarkadisha has reported no irregular investments by any BBT division.

The BBT Trustees have engaged Anjana Devi Dasi and me to run a communications office. We intend to make the operations of the BBT more open and clear. We expect to send regular releases and reports to the devotee community.

I hope that all devotees reading this will give full credit to Harikesa Maharaj for the stalwart service he has rendered to Srila Prabhupada's BBT over the years, and join with all of us at the BBT in a prayer for his recovery.

Bhagavat Dharma das
BBT Communications Manager

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CHAKRA 1-Aug-98