Monkey on a Stick | movie | 2024 | Official Trailer - video Dailymotion

Monkey on a Stick is a feature-length documentary exposé of the criminal activity that took place in and around the Har | dG1faWVVVmJwbEFwZk0

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00:00Absolute power, all too often, leads to absolute abuse.

00:09In 1965, at the age of 70, Prabhupada came from India to New York City to spark a revolution in consciousness.

00:18They said that by chanting the names of God, you could find peace, you could be happy.

00:24Temples popping up in America like mushrooms in a forest after a heavy rain, all over.

00:29Pretty rapidly became a part of the fabric of American culture.

00:33When the founder of the Christian movement was dying, discussions began, what will happen?

00:43They divided the world up into 11 zones and assigned one man to be the guru for each zone.

00:51A lot of disciples were doubtful about the qualification of some of these people.

00:57He got 11 popes who all competed to turn their temples into the Vatican.

01:03There was chaos immediately.

01:05They told us that the zonal gurus were as good as God, and so we were to treat them that way.

01:14As soon as he got the guru disease, he just got carried away.

01:20One really good way to raise money, apparently, was to smuggle drugs.

01:24The place was run like the mafia.

01:26We do not believe in nonviolence.

01:29I was spared. I know many close people who are like family to me who weren't spared.

01:34They're killers of the soul, these false gurus.

01:38These new self-appointed gurus, they hold the money, they hold the properties, but they don't hold the morality.

01:46It ended in fraud, drug smuggling, murder, nightmares, child abuse.

01:51A lot of women had it really bad in this con.

01:54I wasn't allowed to talk about it.

01:56He was a fanatic on a rampage.

01:59He said that he would destroy me and the community.

02:02They just thought if we expose one guru, we'll have to expose us all.

02:06It looked like it was headed for a total control police state.

02:09We have to tell the truth, or this stuff is going to get worse.