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Die True-Crime-Doku Monkey on a Stick rekonstruiert die verbrecherischen Aktivitäten, die von der Hare-Krishna-Bewegung in Amerika in den 1970er- und 1980er-Jahren ausgehen. Tragische Geschichten von Menschen, die der Bewegung beitreten, um inneren Frieden zu finden und sich dann in einem Sumpf aus Verbrechen wiederfinden, gibt es viele.
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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.