[FairfieldLife] Vedic Pandits Update #2
http://www.vedicpandits.org/emailing/images/bsflh-header.jpg Dear Supporter of the Maharishi Vedic Pandits, More than 30 Indian publications in the US and abroad have retracted the wildly inaccurate article about the Vedic Pandits that they had picked up from a Chicago Indian weekly. This has ranged from direct retractions (e.g., below), to publishing the detailed text of our responses, to new positive news articles about the Pandits. http://globalcountryofworldpeace.org/emailing/images/allvoices.gif Dr. Prakash Shrivastava and Raja Bob LoPinto held 5 days of meetings with the Vedic Pandits at the Maharishi Vedic City campus, working with them about this situation, educating them about the consequences of Pandits going off on their own, and addressing any concerns the Pandits have. This is already having a positive effect. Some Pandits who had left the Chicago airport without returning to India have returned to Maharishi Vedic City and been given flights home. The vast majority of the Vedic Pandits are very dedicated to their program and happy with campus life. One special outcome of these on-campus meetings was identifying Pandits in Maharishi Vedic City who have been in the Movement for 20 years or more, and forming a council of these senior Pandits to give advice and guide the others. Again, thank you for your support for the Maharishi Vedic Pandit program and for all your kind responses to this current challenge. With this situation largely behind us, we are now working to bring more Pandits from India to replace those who are going home after completing their 2- or 3-year stays in the US. Jai Guru Dev, Raja John Hagelin
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I have been searching the Internet and I have yet to find any news outlets retracting the story about the missing pundits, except for the Allvoices one referenced in the communique from Hagelin which I suspect was written by a TM'er - I mean what objective journalist would refer to a program he or she knows nothing about as a landmark program? On Thu, 2/13/14, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Vedic Pandits Update #2 To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Thursday, February 13, 2014, 4:11 PM Dear Supporter of the Maharishi Vedic Pandits,More than 30 Indian publications in the US and abroad have retracted the wildly inaccurate article about the Vedic Pandits that they had picked up from a Chicago Indian weekly. This has ranged from direct retractions (e.g., below), to publishing the detailed text of our responses, to new positive news articles about the Pandits.Dr. Prakash Shrivastava and Raja Bob LoPinto held 5 days of meetings with the Vedic Pandits at the Maharishi Vedic City campus, working with them about this situation, educating them about the consequences of Pandits going off on their own, and addressing any concerns the Pandits have. This is already having a positive effect. Some Pandits who had left the Chicago airport without returning to India have returned to Maharishi Vedic City and been given flights home. The vast majority of the Vedic Pandits are very dedicated to their program and happy with campus life. One special outcome of these on-campus meetings was identifying Pandits in Maharishi Vedic City who have been in the Movement for 20 years or more, and forming a council of these senior Pandits to give advice and guide the others.Again, thank you for your support for the Maharishi Vedic Pandit program and for all your kind responses to this current challenge. With this situation largely behind us, we are now working to bring more Pandits from India to replace those who are going home after completing their 2- or 3-year stays in the US. Jai Guru Dev,Raja John Hagelin
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On 2/13/2014 7:01 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I have been searching the Internet There is no evidence that there are any missing pundit boys in Vedic City and no missing pundit boys have been reported.
[FairfieldLife] Vedic Pandits Update
http://www.vedicpandits.org/emailing/images/bsflh-header.jpg Dear Supporter of the Maharishi Vedic Pandit program, We want to let you know of some unfortunate press reports that have recently come out regarding the Pandit project in Maharishi Vedic City. Over the weekend, a defamatory and wildly inaccurate article about the Vedic Pandit program appeared in a weekly Chicago Indian newspaper and was republished in part by other Indian media in the US and abroad. The article attempts to cast blame on the Global Country of World Peace for the plight which some adult Pandits now find themselves in. These are Pandits who have left the Pandit campus and program and apparently are seeking employment, unlawfully, in the US. Some of the Pandits have returned, realizing this was a foolish thing to do, and their airfare has been covered to return to India. Others have not yet come to this realization and are likely being manipulated by unscrupulous employers who take advantage of their innocence. We are working with the press to correct this matter and already are getting a positive response from responsible journalists which may result in some positive publicity for the Global Peace Initiative. We have been dealing with a challenge in recent months where a few of the Pandits who have completed their 2-year stays or who say they need to go home to India for some reason are taken to the airport in Chicago. They then leave the airport without boarding the plane, in violation of the terms of their agreement with the Movement and apparently with the intention of violating the terms of their US visa. As you know, we always provide airfare to the Pandits when they come to the US and return to India, and our staff from the Pandit campus and volunteers from the community take the Pandits to Chicago and help them until they go through airport security. On a few rare occasions, Pandits have checked in for their flights and have gone through security and passport control — and then tried to leave the airport. In recent months, two such Pandits were stopped by authorities, but were released. This encouraged some other Pandits to try to leave in Chicago or even to slip off the campus. The law is that neither Global Country of World Peace that sponsors the Pandits in the US nor airport authorities can force these adult Pandits to board a flight. The Vedic Pandits seem to be doing this because they have heard stories that they can make what sounds to them like vast sums of money ($1,800 a month is often mentioned) working in low-level jobs at restaurants and other businesses. They seem to be dazzled by the idea of making a few thousand dollars, but they do not understand what it costs to live in the US or the legal implications of being in violation of the immigration law that result from their leaving the program. Most of the Pandits have been on Maharishi Vedic Pandit campuses in India in residence since ages 12 or 14, where they are honored and respected and all their needs are provided for. We want you to know that we are doing everything we can to address this problem—from possible legal and investigative action with the press and those who have been manipulating the Pandits, to reporting relevant information we have to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to educating the Pandits about the serious consequences they can face. As always we all appreciate so much having the Maharishi Vedic Pandits here and the Pandits’ comfort and happiness is our #1 priority. It has been almost 7 ½ years since Maharishi sent the first group of his Vedic Pandits to help create invincibility for America. Since then 2,600 Pandits have come, and the vast majority—95%—have enjoyed their stay here and many have signed up to extend or return after their initial term is up. The problem we are facing is with only a small 5% of the Pandits. We are hopeful this fad will promptly fade as the reality of the situation dawns. If you have any questions or recommendations or any information about Vedic Pandits who have left the program, please call Sandy Crowe at (641) 209-3885 or send her an e-mail at scr...@globalpeaceinitiative.org mailto:scr...@globalpeaceinitiative.org . Thank you again for all your support over the years for this very successful program that will continue to bless America with invincibility. Jai Guru Dev, Raja John Hagelin
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I notice that its not a press release but rather targeted to those who are giving money to the Movement to support the pundit program. On Tue, 1/28/14, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Vedic Pandits Update To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 9:19 PM Dear Supporter of the Maharishi Vedic Pandit program,We want to let you know of some unfortunate press reports that have recently come out regarding the Pandit project in Maharishi Vedic City. Over the weekend, a defamatory and wildly inaccurate article about the Vedic Pandit program appeared in a weekly Chicago Indian newspaper and was republished in part by other Indian media in the US and abroad.The article attempts to cast blame on the Global Country of World Peace for the plight which some adult Pandits now find themselves in. These are Pandits who have left the Pandit campus and program and apparently are seeking employment, unlawfully, in the US. Some of the Pandits have returned, realizing this was a foolish thing to do, and their airfare has been covered to return to India. Others have not yet come to this realization and are likely being manipulated by unscrupulous employers who take advantage of their innocence. We are working with the press to correct this matter and already are getting a positive response from responsible journalists which may result in some positive publicity for the Global Peace Initiative.We have been dealing with a challenge in recent months where a few of the Pandits who have completed their 2-year stays or who say they need to go home to India for some reason are taken to the airport in Chicago. They then leave the airport without boarding the plane, in violation of the terms of their agreement with the Movement and apparently with the intention of violating the terms of their US visa. As you know, we always provide airfare to the Pandits when they come to the US and return to India, and our staff from the Pandit campus and volunteers from the community take the Pandits to Chicago and help them until they go through airport security. On a few rare occasions, Pandits have checked in for their flights and have gone through security and passport control — and then tried to leave the airport. In recent months, two such Pandits were stopped by authorities, but were released. This encouraged some other Pandits to try to leave in Chicago or even to slip off the campus.The law is that neither Global Country of World Peace that sponsors the Pandits in the US nor airport authorities can force these adult Pandits to board a flight.The Vedic Pandits seem to be doing this because they have heard stories that they can make what sounds to them like vast sums of money ($1,800 a month is often mentioned) working in low-level jobs at restaurants and other businesses. They seem to be dazzled by the idea of making a few thousand dollars, but they do not understand what it costs to live in the US or the legal implications of being in violation of the immigration law that result from their leaving the program. Most of the Pandits have been on Maharishi Vedic Pandit campuses in India in residence since ages 12 or 14, where they are honored and respected and all their needs are provided for.We want you to know that we are doing everything we can to address this problem—from possible legal and investigative action with the press and those who have been manipulating the Pandits, to reporting relevant information we have to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to educating the Pandits about the serious consequences they can face.As always we all appreciate so much having the Maharishi Vedic Pandits here and the Pandits’ comfort and happiness is our #1 priority. It has been almost 7 ½ years since Maharishi sent the first group of his Vedic Pandits to help create invincibility for America. Since then 2,600 Pandits have come, and the vast majority—95%—have enjoyed their stay here and many have signed up to extend or return after their initial term is up. The problem we are facing is with only a small 5% of the Pandits. We are hopeful this fad will promptly fade as the reality of the situation dawns.If you have any questions or recommendations or any information about Vedic Pandits who have left the program, please call Sandy Crowe at (641) 209-3885 or send her an e-mail at scr...@globalpeaceinitiative.org. Thank you again for all your support over the years for this very successful program that will continue to bless America with invincibility. Jai Guru Dev,Raja John Hagelin
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And again how ya gonna keep them down in Fairfield after they've seen the strip clubs in Iowa City. :-D On 01/28/2014 01:53 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I notice that its not a press release but rather targeted to those who are giving money to the Movement to support the pundit program. On Tue, 1/28/14, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Vedic Pandits Update To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 9:19 PM Dear Supporter of the Maharishi Vedic Pandit program,We want to let you know of some unfortunate press reports that have recently come out regarding the Pandit project in Maharishi Vedic City. Over the weekend, a defamatory and wildly inaccurate article about the Vedic Pandit program appeared in a weekly Chicago Indian newspaper and was republished in part by other Indian media in the US and abroad.The article attempts to cast blame on the Global Country of World Peace for the plight which some adult Pandits now find themselves in. These are Pandits who have left the Pandit campus and program and apparently are seeking employment, unlawfully, in the US. Some of the Pandits have returned, realizing this was a foolish thing to do, and their airfare has been covered to return to India. Others have not yet come to this realization and are likely being manipulated by unscrupulous employers who take advantage of their innocence. We are working with the press to correct this matter and already are getting a positive response from responsible journalists which may result in some positive publicity for the Global Peace Initiative.We have been dealing with a challenge in recent months where a few of the Pandits who have completed their 2-year stays or who say they need to go home to India for some reason are taken to the airport in Chicago. They then leave the airport without boarding the plane, in violation of the terms of their agreement with the Movement and apparently with the intention of violating the terms of their US visa. As you know, we always provide airfare to the Pandits when they come to the US and return to India, and our staff from the Pandit campus and volunteers from the community take the Pandits to Chicago and help them until they go through airport security. On a few rare occasions, Pandits have checked in for their flights and have gone through security and passport control — and then tried to leave the airport. In recent months, two such Pandits were stopped by authorities, but were released. This encouraged some other Pandits to try to leave in Chicago or even to slip off the campus.The law is that neither Global Country of World Peace that sponsors the Pandits in the US nor airport authorities can force these adult Pandits to board a flight.The Vedic Pandits seem to be doing this because they have heard stories that they can make what sounds to them like vast sums of money ($1,800 a month is often mentioned) working in low-level jobs at restaurants and other businesses. They seem to be dazzled by the idea of making a few thousand dollars, but they do not understand what it costs to live in the US or the legal implications of being in violation of the immigration law that result from their leaving the program. Most of the Pandits have been on Maharishi Vedic Pandit campuses in India in residence since ages 12 or 14, where they are honored and respected and all their needs are provided for.We want you to know that we are doing everything we can to address this problem—from possible legal and investigative action with the press and those who have been manipulating the Pandits, to reporting relevant information we have to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), to educating the Pandits about the serious consequences they can face.As always we all appreciate so much having the Maharishi Vedic Pandits here and the Pandits’ comfort and happiness is our #1 priority. It has been almost 7 ½ years since Maharishi sent the first group of his Vedic Pandits to help create invincibility for America. Since then 2,600 Pandits have come, and the vast majority—95%—have enjoyed their stay here and many have signed up to extend or return after their initial term is up. The problem we are facing is with only a small 5% of the Pandits. We are hopeful this fad will promptly fade as the reality of the situation dawns.If you have any questions or recommendations or any information about Vedic Pandits who have left the program, please call Sandy Crowe at (641) 209-3885 or send her an e-mail at scr...@globalpeaceinitiative.org. Thank you again for all your support over the years for this very successful program that will continue to bless America with invincibility. Jai Guru Dev,Raja John Hagelin
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I don't fault 'em for doin' damage control - I would too if somebody was screwing around with my gravy train. I'll pay you next week. The check's in the mail. Baby I swear to God I had a vasectomy! The doctor did such a good job you jist can't see the scars no more! On Tue, 1/28/14, Bhairitu noozg...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Subject: Re: [FairfieldLife] Vedic Pandits Update To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 10:08 PM And again how ya gonna keep them down in Fairfield after they've seen the strip clubs in Iowa City. :-D On 01/28/2014 01:53 PM, Michael Jackson wrote: I notice that its not a press release but rather targeted to those who are giving money to the Movement to support the pundit program. On Tue, 1/28/14, Rick Archer r...@searchsummit.com wrote: Subject: [FairfieldLife] Vedic Pandits Update To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 9:19 PM Dear Supporter of the Maharishi Vedic Pandit program,We want to let you know of some unfortunate press reports that have recently come out regarding the Pandit project in Maharishi Vedic City. Over the weekend, a defamatory and wildly inaccurate article about the Vedic Pandit program appeared in a weekly Chicago Indian newspaper and was republished in part by other Indian media in the US and abroad.The article attempts to cast blame on the Global Country of World Peace for the plight which some adult Pandits now find themselves in. These are Pandits who have left the Pandit campus and program and apparently are seeking employment, unlawfully, in the US. Some of the Pandits have returned, realizing this was a foolish thing to do, and their airfare has been covered to return to India. Others have not yet come to this realization and are likely being manipulated by unscrupulous employers who take advantage of their innocence. We are working with the press to correct this matter and already are getting a positive response from responsible journalists which may result in some positive publicity for the Global Peace Initiative.We have been dealing with a challenge in recent months where a few of the Pandits who have completed their 2-year stays or who say they need to go home to India for some reason are taken to the airport in Chicago. They then leave the airport without boarding the plane, in violation of the terms of their agreement with the Movement and apparently with the intention of violating the terms of their US visa. As you know, we always provide airfare to the Pandits when they come to the US and return to India, and our staff from the Pandit campus and volunteers from the community take the Pandits to Chicago and help them until they go through airport security. On a few rare occasions, Pandits have checked in for their flights and have gone through security and passport control — and then tried to leave the airport. In recent months, two such Pandits were stopped by authorities, but were released. This encouraged some other Pandits to try to leave in Chicago or even to slip off the campus.The law is that neither Global Country of World Peace that sponsors the Pandits in the US nor airport authorities can
