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His Holiness Danavir Goswami
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Danavir Goswami (Dr. Dane Holtzman) was born in Los Angeles in 1949. He studied sociology and economics at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). While there he excelled in athletics and was selected the Most Valuable Player of 1970 (indoor volleyball) by the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) and won the international 2-man beach volleyball tournament at Santa Cruz. On June 11, 1970, he met His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and received initiation from him in February of 1971. Under the direction of Srila Prabhupada, Danavir Goswami proceeded to inaugurate Bhakta Programs elsewhere in America, Europe, Africa, India, etc. Presently this comprehensive educational system for new devotees is standard throughout ISKCON. He is the author of many books. He currently serves as inaugural president of Rupanuga Vedic College (RVC)in Kansas City, Missouri.
His Holiness Dayananda Swami new Monday
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His Holiness Devamrita Swami
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Devamrita Swami was born on October 16, 1950 in New York City. At the age of seventeen, he received a scholarship to Yale University and graduated in 1972. Upon graduation Devamrita Swami began to study the literary works of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. In 1974, Devamrita Swami became an initiated student of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. He accepted the renounced order of sanyasa in 1982. In 2002, he accepted the post as initiating spiritual master.Since 1977, he has traveled worldwide, presenting the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness. Currently he is based in Australia and New Zealand, and frequently travels to India and the Orient on preaching missions.
His Holiness Gauranga Prema Swami
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His Holiness Giridhari Swami
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His Holiness Giridhari Swami Maharaja found himself at a very young age to be especially inclined to religion and religious activities. Being the deeply spiritual person that he is today, he always tried to see a philosophical or religious aspect to everything; indeed at a very early stage in his life. He was always attracted to reading various types of books and gathering different ideas pertaining to philosophy, religion and spirituality. He remained unsatisfied, being unable to see the practical application of those philosophical ideas. Always in search for the right book to answer his questions, his efforts were always futile. But that day at the second-hand bookstore was the auspicious day he received Srila Prabhupada’s Bhagavad-gita As It Is. It was a water-spotted, McMillan edition, almost hidden in the rows of second-hand books. Thus he began to taste the pleasures of chanting the holy name and following the principles. Giridhari Maharaja joined the GBC in 1996, as several devotees as well as His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaja felt that it would increase his service in various ways. He became GBC chairman in 2002. He also assisted His Holiness Tamal Krishna Goswami Maharaja in various projects in Texas, where he was assigned GBC. In 2011, Giridhari Maharaja took the position of Emeritus GBC member.
His Holiness Giriraj Swami new yesterday
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Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton in the home of a respected Chicago lawyer. He met His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder-acarya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, in March of 1969, while studying at Brandeis University in Boston, and considered that he learned more from Srila Prabhupada in five minutes than he had learned in his twenty years of academic education. In 1972, after Giriraj had toured India with Srila Prabhupada, Prabhupada appointed him President of ISKCON Bombay as well as a trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. After Srila Prabhupada’s departure in 1977, Giriraj was awarded the renounced order of life and appointed president of ISKCON’s board of trustees in India. In 1982 he was made a member of the ISKCON’s Governing Body Commission, the ultimate managing authority for the movement, and went on to oversee the Society’s activities in Bombay, Mauritius, South Africa, Spain, Portugal, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan.
His Holiness Gopal Krishna Goswami new Wednesday
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His Holiness Gopal Krishna Maharaj appeared on the auspicious day of Ekadasi, on August 14, 1944 in New Delhi, India. After graduating from the Delhi University, His Holiness studied Business Management at the University of Paris in Sorbonne and later obtained his Master's degree in Business Administration from the McGill University of Montreal. His Holiness Gopal Krishna Maharaj's life changed dramatically after he met His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on June 1, 1968. In two weeks he knew that he would accept Srila Prabhupada as his spiritual master. Srila Prabhupada sent him to India after he had served him as his personal secretary in 1975. In 1982, His Holiness took sannayasa, the vedic order of renunciation. His Holiness is now GBC of over 30 temples around the world with disciples in Russia, America, Canada, Europe, Asia, Africa, etc.
His Holiness Gour Govinda Swami
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He was born in the village of Jagannatha-pura near Orissa, India as Braja-bandhu.By the age of eight, Braja-bandhu had read the entire Bhagavad-gita, Srimad-bhagavatam and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and could also explain their meanings. On April 8th, 1974, at the age of 45 he left home and relatives in quest of spiritual perfection. Carrying only a Bhagavad-gita and a begging bowl he wandered around India for one year and visited many sacred places along the river Ganges. He was searching for that person who could help him develop a true understanding of the maha-mantra. In 1975, at the opening of ISKCON’s Krishna-Balaram Temple in Vrindavana, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami accepted him as a disciple, gave him the name Gour Govinda and awarded him the sannyasa order, thus the name Srila Gour Govinda Swami. He left in 1996 while in Mayapur. during a discussion about topics on Lord Jagannath and is remembered in annual ISKCON festivals.
His Holiness Gunagrahi Das Goswami
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His Holiness Gunagrahi Das Goswami joined ISKCON in 1969. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1971. Since then he served as temple president in NY, Buffalo and San Diego, developed successful recruiting and training programs for new devotees, founded Govinda's vegetarian restaurant's, inaugurated the Krishnafest traveling festival and book distribution party, and has preached extensively throughout the world. In recent years he spearheaded the establishment of a successful temple and cultural complex in the heart of Buenos aires, Argentina. In 1983 Maharaja accepted the order of sannyas and is presently Zonal Secretary for Iskcon in Argentina and Uruguay. He is one of Iskcon's initiating spiritual masters and travels widely in North and South America.
His Holiness Guru Prasad Swami
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His Holiness Srila Guru Prasad Swami, whom his disciples respectfully address as Srila Gurudeva or Srila Guru Maharaja, is one of the most outstanding preaching leaders of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness for the area of Latin America. His spiritual brothers distinguish in him spiritual leadership qualities such as humility, compassion and erudition —clearly put in the service of Srila Prabhupada—, which have accompanied him through his impeccable trajectory in Krishna Consciousness…
His Holiness Hanumat Presaka Swami
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Hanumatpresaka Swami grew-up in California, USA. He graduated first place in Psychology in 1970 with minor studies in Biology and Electrical Engineering but left his Doctoral studies to go East.  From there he got a Black Belt in Okinawan Karate and became a disciple of Srila Prabhupada in 1974.  He served most of the time in the Temple in San Francisco and later with His Sannyasa Guru, Bhakti-svarupa Damodara Swami, with the Bhakti-vedanta Institute. Now he is a Visiting Professor with Ricardo Palma University in Lima, Peru and working in cultural and educational development programs in South and North America, Europe and India.
His Holiness Hridayananda das Goswami
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H.H. Hridayananda dasa Goswami appeared in this world in November 5, 1948, in Los Angeles, California. Due to his academic merits, he secured a full scholarship for the University of California, where he first saw a lecture given by His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of the Krishna Consciousness Movement. Impressed by the vast knowledge and saintliness of Srila Prabhupada, H.H. Hridayananda dasa Goswami became a member of the Hare Krishna movement in Berkeley, and, shortly after, on the 8th of February of 1970, he was initiated as a disciple of Srila Prabhupada.In 1972, he accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa, to dedicate himself totally to his spiritual master's mission: to spread the Krishna Conscious movement all over the world. In the two subsequent years he traveled widely, giving lectures and conferences in colleges and universities in the United State.
His Holiness Indradyumna Swami
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Indradyumna Swami is a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), a Sannyasi traveling preacher, and a guru or spiritual teacher in the Chaitanya Vaishnava tradition. Each year Indradyumna Swami circles the globe teaching the message of the Bhagavad-gita and introducing people to kirtan chanting of the Hare Krishna maha mantra. His yearly activities culminate in coordinating the annual summer Festival of India tour on the Polish Baltic coast from June to September. Indradyumna Swami shares his experiences and realizations as a traveling preacher in a journal The Diary of a Traveling Preacher.
His Holiness Janananda Goswami
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Born in the United Kingdom. His Holiness Janananda Goswami was initiated by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada in 1972. He held various positions in ISKCON and served Srila Prabhupada in various countries notably the United Kingdom, Africa, Malaysia, Europe, Philippines and New Zealand. His Holiness Janananda Maharaj is a very exalted devotee, travelling and preaching all over the world, the main driving force behind the World Holy Name initiative and various other wonderful projects in ISKCON. He is also member of committee for Kirtans Standards. His kirtans, harinam, spontaneous skits, realizations, scholarliness in the shastras, witty nature, humility and many other transcendental qualities attracts even the most demoniac souls to the lotus feet of Srila Prabhupada and Lord Krishna.
His Holiness Jayadvaita Swami new Tuesday
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Jayadvaita Swami—editor, publisher, and teacher—is a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, Founder-Acharya of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He received initiation from Srila Prabhupada in 1968, at the age of nineteen. In 1978 he accepted the order of renounced life, sannyasa. Since 1988 he has served as a director of Srila Prabhupada’s publishing house, the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust.
His Holiness Jayapataka Swami
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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.
His Holiness Kadamba Kanana Swami
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Kadamba Kanana Swami joined ISKCON in 1978 in Amsterdam. Until 1984 he managed projects in Vrindavana. From 1985 through 1990 he coordinated the construction of Srila Prabhupada’s samadhi in Mayapur. Then, for three years, he was the temple president in Vrindavana and later spent two years preaching in Europe. He took sannyasa in 1997 and is now an initiating guru.  Visit Website

His Holiness Kavichandra Swami
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He is a disciple of His Divine Grace Srila A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1947. In 1967, in Tucson Arizona, he met devotees of Lord Krishna. Kavichandra Maharaja moved to Dallas, Texas, where there was a school in Krishna Consciousness for his three-year-old daughter. He also worked at the Spiritual Sky incense factory in Los Angeles. At nights he would go out and distribute books. For some time he managed the Radha-Damodara group. After that he went to Fiji for some time In 1981, he went to Japan and started book distribution and Harinama programs there. In 1982, Kavicandra Swami took sanyasa and was made the temple president of Tokyo. In 1986, he went to Indonesia and was made GBC and then of Singapore in 1989. He also visits Cambodia, Cyprus, Greece, Japan, Laos, Vietnam and Israel, and is co-GBC of Benin, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Nigeria, Rio Muni, Sierra Leone, Togo, Zaire, Singapore, Thailand and Indonesia.
His Holiness Kesava Bharati Das Goswami
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Kesava Bharati Dasa Goswami met his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) in 1972. In 1973 he was formally initiated and received the spiritual name, Kesava Bharati Dasa. On 1st January 1979, he entered the renounced order of life and received the further title Dasa Goswami. Since then, he has dedicated his life to teaching the science of Bhakti-yoga. He presently lives in a monastery in the village of Govardhana , one of the most profound places of pilgrimage in India. He travels twice a year on lecture tours to Europe and the United States.He is an English editor and presently edits the books of the senior Sanskritist of ISKCON, Gopiparanadhana Dasa, and the books of one of the leading authors of the movement, His Holiness Sivarama Swami. Since 1998 Goswami has been involved in the publication of eight authoritative books on the science of Bhakti-yoga, including the first English translation of the Gaudiya Vaisnava classic, Brhad-bhagavatamrta, with the auto commentary by its author Srila Sanatana Goswami.
His Holiness Lokanath Swami
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Born in Aravade, a small village Maharashtra, Indian, he went to Mumbai for studying. In the year 1971, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada was touring India with his foreign disciples and had organized a pandal program in Mumbai.. Intrigued, maharaj attended the whole Hare Krsna Festival and heard from Srila Prabhupada. Wanting to surrender his life to Lord Krishna, he joined Juhu under the able leadership of Giriraj Swami. As he was coming from a traditional Indian family, thee was some initial resistance. However, Maharaj not just made them favorable but transformed his entire village into Krishna consciousness by opening a fantastic ISKCON temple. He was been conducting Padyatra, Vrindavan parikrama and is in charge of World holy name. He travels and preaches to the remotest village in India to cities and universities in developed countries.
His Holiness Mahanidhi Swami
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HH Mahanidhi Swami is a disciple of Srila Prabhupada and currently resides at Sri Radha Kunda. He has lived in Vrindavan for many years now and for some time was the caretaker of Prabhupada's rooms at the Radha-Damodara temple. He is the author of many excellent books including the peachy publication 'Art of Chanting Hare Krsna.' His deep sadhana, wonderfilled lectures and well presented books are an inspiration to senior as well as junior devotees and his detailed study of Gaudiya Vaishnava-siddhanta has been of meritorious benefit. He leads scintillating parikrama's of Vrindavan, brilliantly elucidating Radha-Govinda's lila-stalis; he is uniquely qualified to write and speak about the science of Bhakti and he is a great ocean (Mahanidhi) of transcendental treasures.
His Holiness Mahavishnu Goswami
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His Holiness Mahavishnu Goswami Maharaj was born in the outskirts of Mumbai in 1920 on the auspicious day of Dattatreya Purnima in the month of Marga Sirsha. He appeared in a family of Vaishnavas since 8 generations. In 1991, Maharaj accepted his second initiation and the renounced order of life (sannyasa) on the auspicious appearance day of Lord Narasimha from H.H Sivaram Swami. In 1996, Maharaj took another significant step in his preaching efforts when he arrived in the Holy Dham of Dwaraka and in 2003, ISKCON's 1st temple made completely in stone and in accordance with our ancient Vedic heritage was completed amidst great celebrations. He left this mortal world on 25th January 2010. His samadhi is located at Rajkot.
His Holiness Mahavishnu Swami new Monday
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His Holiness Mahavishnu Swami  appeared in this world on 10 February 1945, in Birmingham, UK.  He entered the Bath Academy of Art at age 19, and graduated with honours in Fine Arts.  In 1971 he became a full-time temple renunciate and the same year he was initiated by his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Srila Prabhupada was on a quest to spread ancient Krishna Conscious teachings to the west, as well as to re-establish faith in the ancient Vedas in India.  He requested all his disciples to assist in this mission. In 1976 he first visited India and traveled extensively throughout India with the BBT Library party. In 1977 Maharaja became involved in various projects throughout Nepal and India, and under the guidance of HH Prabhavisnu Swami he also traveled widely in the world to raise funds to build temples in Bangladesh and Nepal, including the beautiful Rupa-Sanatana Temple in Jessore, Swamibagh in Dhaka, and the Sri Radha-Govindahari temple in Kathmandu, Nepal.
His Holiness Mukunda Goswami
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Mukunda Goswami is one of the founding members of ISKCON. He has published many articles and lectured worldwide and is the author of Miracle on Second Avenue: Hare Krishna Arrives in New York, San Francisco, and London 1966-1969, Inside the Hare Krishna Movement: An Ancient Eastern Religious Tradition Comes of Age in the Western World, and co-author of several books, including The Higher Taste: A Guide to Gourmet Vegetarian Cooking and a Karma-Free Diet, Divine Nature: A Spiritual Perspective on the Environmental Crisis, and Coming Back: The Science of Reincarnation. He now lives and writes in Australia.
His Holiness Nava Yogendra Swami
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A naishtik Brahmachari left home at a very young age of 9 yrs to become Sadhu and lived in jungles. Returned home and again left at the age of 17 years and lived at Shri Vrindavana dham. Became the disciple of His Grace A.C Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in the year 1974. Took Sanyas in the year 1975 at the age of 29. After taking Sanyasa maharaj travelled around the world over a dozen times for preaching purposes. He can preach the Vedic Philosophy in several languages such as Dogri, Urdu, Punjabi, English, Bengali, Gujrati and some of the African languages. He was instrumental in developing/establishing/running temples and preaching centers at Africa, England, America, Chandigarh, Vrindavana, Udhampur, Katra, Lucknow, Amritsar, Maharahstra etc. He is very loving and affectionate with people and helps them solve their problems. He has lectured at several universities in India and abroad.
His Holiness Niranjana Swami new Tuesday
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His Holiness Niranjana Swami was born on December 10, 1952, in Lowell, Massachusetts, USA. In 1972, his spiritual search took a turning point when he saw a Bhagavad-Gita As It Is, on the counter of a bookshop in Washington, DC. After completing his study of the "Gita", he continued his research of Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy by purchasing and reading several other publications from the same author, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.By mid-1973, he accepted a monastic life, moved into the Boston temple, and accepted initiation from his spiritual master, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, in the early spring of 1974.
His Holiness Nitai Chaitanya Goswami
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His Holiness Nitai Chaitanya Goswami Maharaj, is one of the first sannyasis of Russia and one of senior most devotees from the times of USSR. It was in 1970 that while listening to the underground western radio station he was fortunate to hear the sounds of Hare Krishna Maha-mantra broadcasted and a few years later he became convinced in the tradition of bhakti. In the year 2000 he received re-initiation from HH Radhanath Maharaj and it was then when he was given the name Nitai Chaitanya Dasa. In 2010 he was initiated as an ISKCON sannyasi and continues to preach fearlessly just as he did in the Soviet times when he was under surveillance and a constant danger of arrest from the KGB; it was then when he (known as Evgeniy Jarov) was initiated with the spiritual name Yagna Priya dasa. Since then he served as ISKCON temple president in Ukraine and later and to this day as a Regional Secretary of Central Russia region. Dedicated to preaching in the Central Russia that he supervises, he opened first purpose-build temple of the area in 2012.
His Holiness Partha Sarathi Das Goswami
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His Holiness Partha Sarathi Das Goswami, was born in Suffolk, England, 19 November 1952. During his studies, Maharaj had been endowed with the mercy of receiving some of Srila Prabhupada's books. Realizing the fundamental and spiritual significance of these books, Maharaj joined ISKCON, in Bury Place - London, 1973. In 1974, by the mercy of the devotees, Maharaj had been invited to South Africa to help propagate the teachings of Lord Caitanya Mahaprabhu. Having been inspired by his spiritual master, Maharaj started the legendary tent campaign. Through the years, it has attracted thousands through kirtan, lectures, dramas, and sumptuous prasadam (sanctified food).
His Holiness Prabodhananda Sarasvati Swami
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His Holiness Prahladananada Swami new Saturday
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Prahladananda Swami was born in 1949, in Buffallo, New York. He studied at the University of Buffalo, where he received a full scholarship. In January 1969 he joined ISKCON and rceived both initiations that year from Srila Prabhupada. He helped open temples and distributed Srila Prabhpada's books and preached in universities. He also served as the president of several temples in Texas. In 1975 he joined the Radha-Damodara bus tour and travelled throughout the United States distributing books. In 1982, he entered the renunced order of life. In 1989 he became a member the Vaisnava Institute for Higher Education, in Vrndavana. In 1990 he was appointed to head the GBC committee of Health and Welfare. In 1991, the GBC made him the head of a ministry for members of the renounced order of life. He is dedicated to traveling and preaching. He is an initiating spiritual master.
His Holiness Purnacandra Goswami
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Purnacandra Goswami, a disciple of Srila Prabhupada, joined ISKCON in New York in 1976. He then traveled throughout America on the Radha-Damodara bus. In 1981 he assisted ISKCON’s mission in Hong Kong, and in 1984, the Philippines. He then went to India and preached at universities in Gujarat. In England, from 1987-97, he held classes and tutorials on the Bhagavad-gita and weekly Bhakti-sastri seminars at Bhaktivedanta Manor and the London temple. He began teaching these in other countries (Ireland, the Philippines, France, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Croatia, Slovenia, and Russia), and in 1997 he moved to Russia and continues to teach there, in India, and in Eastern Europe. He is the initiator and chairman of the Sastric Advisory Council (SAC) of the GBC. He has narrated an audio production called “Gitamrta,” and written a book entitled Unspoken Obstacles on the Path of Devotion.
His Holiness Purusatraya Swami
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Purusatraya Swami appeared in this world, in Rio de Janeiro, on September 2, 1945. He joined the Hare Krishna movement in 1976, thirty years old, receiving the two initiations of the founder-acarya Srila Prabhupada. Since then, He has been fully active in the mission of Srila Prabhupada. He spent a short time working in publishing, BBT. After that, He has dealt in the public distribution of literature, particularly the first edition of the "Bhagavad-gita As It Is." He engaged himself in this very activity, so that in 1977, he was among the top ten distributors of Prabhupada's books in the world. In February 1978, shortly after the departure of Srila Prabhupada from this world, He had his first opportunity to visit several holy places of pilgrimage in India. From there, he became engaged in administrative activities of the movement. He received the initiation of sannyasa, the highest degree of monastic career in 1985, in Mayapur, India. In 1989, ausentei me (not sure what to make of this) from Brazil. He spent half a year in Portugal and in a few months preaching in China. He has been preaching for some time in the Philippines. He visited also several other Asian countries and then move towards in India. He walked the four corners of this country, but in the end, he established his base in Vrindavan, the holy land of Krishna.
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