| Name(s) |
HRIDAYANANDA DASA
GOSWAMI (born as Howard J. Resnick) |
| Date of
Birth |
November 05, 1948 |
|
Identity |
Senior religious
leader of ISKCON. |
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Date-wise Events / Works |
- 1969: He joined ISKCON in
1969 as a student at University of California at Berkeley.
- February 08, 1970: He
was initiated in Los Angeles, California, on this day as a
disciple of
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
- 1972: He accepted the
renounced order of life (sannyasa).
- 1974: He was named a member
of the Governing Body Commission of ISKCON with
responsibility for overseeing the Hare Krishna Movement in
Florida and Latin America.
- November 14, 1977: After
the death of
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada on this day,
Hridayananda Dasa Goswami, as well as ten other prominent
disciples, became initiating gurus within ISKCON.
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Other Events &
Developments |
- He is one of the most prominent disciples of
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
- He is an initiating guru within ISKCON and has
served as a member of the Governing Body Commission.
- He has a Ph.D. in Sanskrit and Indian Studies
from Harvard University, and is the author of numerous
studies on Vaishnava philosophy.
- Under his leadership, ISKCON in Brazil and other Latin
American countries experienced a period of growth and
expansion. Many new ISKCON temples were opened in the
capitals and other major cities.
- He completed his guru,
A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada’s translation work
and commentary on the Bhagavata Purana, an important classic
of Vedic literature.
- He has published a number of other books and essays.
- He is presently engaged in authoring a modern spiritual
novel and the adaptation of the famous Indian epic, the
Mahabharata, into a historical novel.
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