| In Sridhar Swami`s life, Srila Prabhupada`s sparked a
thirty-five-year spiritual journey that began far from its ending point
in holy India. Sridhar Swami described himself as a shy
person before coming to Krsna consciousness. Born John Colcleugh in
1948 in Vancouver, Canada, his quest for spiritual understanding led
him, in 1969, from engineering school to a Sunday feast at
the Frederick Street San Francisco Krsna temple. The first
person he met at the door was a kind and energetic devotee
named Jayananda Dasa. Since it was early in the day, Jayananda invited
his young guest to vacuum the rug and help in the kitchen. By
the end of the evening, John was ready for more. He moved in
to the San Francisco ashram to begin his study of Srila Prabhupada`s
Bhagavad-gita As It Is. Later, he transferred to the fledgling Krsna
center in his native Vancouver. In 1970 he returned
to San Francisco for the Rathayatra festival and met Srila Prabhupada
for the first time. John was deeply impressed and, having completed the
required training, was initiated by Srila Prabhupada as Sridhar Das
Brahmacari. His Holiness Sridhar Swami left this world on March 14,
2004, it was on his terms--in holy Mayapur, surrounded by
loving Vaisnavas, and just after he`d helped install Sri
Panca-tattva with his dearest Godbrothers and friends. Visit
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