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His Holiness Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswāmī | |
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 Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswāmī | |
| Title | Guru |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Stephen Guarino December 6, 1939 New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Achintya Bheda Abheda |
| Lineage | Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya |
| Sect | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavavāda |
| Monastic name | Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswāmī |
| Ordination | Gauḍīya Sannyāsa, 1972, by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Initiation | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dikṣa 1966 New York, USA by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher | A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
| Post | ISKCON Sannyasin, ISKCON Guru-Ācārya, ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner |
| Period in office | 1972–present |
| Predecessor | A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
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Satsvarupa das Goswami (IAST: Sat-svarūpa dāsa Gosvāmī, Sanskrit: [sɐtˈsʋɐɽuːpɐ daːsɐ ɡoːˈsʋaːmiː], Devanagari: सत्स्वरूप दास गोस्वामी)[1] (born Stephen Guarino on December 6, 1939) is a senior disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), better known in the West as the Hare Krishna movement. Serving as a writer, poet, and artist,[2][3] Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is the author of Bhaktivedanta Swami's authorized biography,[4][5] Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta.[6][7] After Prabhupada's death, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami was one of the eleven disciples selected to initiate future disciples.[8][9][10][11][12][13] Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is one of the first few Westerners ordained by Bhaktivedanta Swami in September 1966.[14][15] He is a Vaishnava writer, poet, and lecturer,[16] who published over a hundred books including poems, memoirs, essays, novels, and studies based on the Vaishnava scriptures.[17]
- ^ Library of Congress refers to two variants of Personal Name spelling: Goswami, Satsvarupa Das, 1939– and Goswāmī, Satsvarūpa Dāsa, 1939– ; WorldCat refers to 3 different spellings including two variants of diacritical spelling.'Satsvarūpa Dāsa Goswami', 'Satsvarupa Dasa Gosvami', 'Satsvarūpa Dasa Goswāmī'
- ^ The American Humanities Index Humanities – 1991, Whitston Pub. Co, ISBN 0-87875-417-2, p. 1148
- ^ Report on painting exhibition. Georgetown. Washington Times, Nov 10, 2001.[permanent dead link] "check out whimsical, colorful paintings and sculpture by writer Satsvarupa dasa Goswami from 11 am to 6 pm today at the gallery"
- ^ George D. Chryssides, Margaret Z. Wilkins. A Reader in New Religious Movements, 2006, ISBN 0-8264-6168-9 p. 208
- ^ Gosvāmī, Satsvarūpa Dāsa (2002) [1983]. Srīla Prabhupāda-līlāmrta: a biography of His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda. Los Angeles: Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. ISBN 978-0-89213-357-4.
- ^ "Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita". www.krishna.com. Archived from the original on May 25, 2008. Retrieved June 17, 2008.
- ^ "Britannica on A.C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada". References to authorised biography by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami. britannica.com. Retrieved April 19, 2008.
- ^ Smith, Huston; Harry Oldmeadow (2004). Journeys East: 20th century Western encounters with Eastern religious traditions. Bloomington, Ind: World Wisdom. p. 272. ISBN 978-0-941532-57-0.
Before his death Prabhupada appointed eleven American devotees as gurus.
- ^ Rochford, E. Burke (1985). Hare Krishna in America. New Brunswick, N.J: Rutgers University Press. p. 222. ISBN 978-0-8135-1114-6.
In the months preceding his death Srila Prabhupada appointed eleven of his closest disciples to act as initiating gurus for ISKCON
- ^ Ron Rhodes (2001). Challenge of the Cults and New Religions. Zondervan. pp. 179. ISBN 978-0-310-23217-9.
Before Prabhupada died in 1977, he selected senior devotees who would continue to direct the organization.
- ^ Rodney Stark (1985). Religious movements. Paragon House Publishers. pp. 100. ISBN 978-0-913757-43-7.
Satsvarupa dasa Goswami, one of the eleven initiating gurus Bhaktivedanta appointed to succeed him ...
- ^ Shinn 1994, 2.1
- ^ Hare Krishna leader visits local followers Archived March 3, 2016, at the Wayback Machine Daily Collegian, Penn State University, August 5, 1981
- ^ N. Suman Bhat, N. Suman. Torch: Bearers of the Krishna Cult. 2005, Sura Books. ISBN 81-7478-542-6 p. 81 "Steve became Satsvarupa, Bruce became Brahmananda ... "
- ^ S. Rosen Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights. 2004, Lantern Books. ISBN 1-59056-066-3 p. 116 "one of Prabhupada's earliest and most dedicated disciples"
- ^ "Questions and Answers with disciples and friends and lectures". Audio archive. MP3. iskcondesiretree.com. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- ^ Rosen, Steven (2007). Krishna's Song: a new look at the Bhagavad Gita. New York: Praeger. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-313-34553-1.
Satsvarupa Dasa Gosvami, a contemporary devotee of Krishna and author of over a hundred books on Vaishnava traditions.