| Jayapataka Swami was born John Gordan Erdman on April 9, 1949 (the
ekadasi after ramanavami) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA to John Hubert
and Lorraine Erdman. He was born into opulent surroundings, his
father’s father being the founder of a large paint factory, which was a
multi-million dollar concern at the time of his birth. Later HH
Jayapataka Swami Maharaja was glad to see that his name - Gordan John
(Gour Dhan Jan) - already suggested what Srila Prabhuapda confirmed,
that he and two other devotees were formerly associates of Lord
Caitanya and that they had taken their birth in the west to facilitate
spreading Krishna consciousness around the world. In 1968, Gordan John
took first initiation in Montreal, Canada and was given the name
Jayapataka dasa brahmachari and he was very soon awarded 2nd initiation
in New York. On the day of the most auspicious Radhashtami in 1970, in
Calcutta, Srila Prabhupada personally performed the fire yajna and
Jayapataka dasa got his sannyas initiation. This 12th sannyasi disciple
of Srila Prabhupada would be henceforth known as Tridandi Biksu
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