Bir Krsna Goswami
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Bir Krsna Goswami is a religious leader of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. He spent his childhood in Long Island, New York, and became a member of the Krishna conscious community, ISKCON, in Gainesville, Florida in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he was initiated as Srila Prabhupada's disciple. In early 1978 Bir Krishna Goswami took sannyasa in Lima, Peru. In 1995 he began to work on the Governing Body Commission.
[edit] Early Years
Bir Krishna Goswami spent his childhood in Long Island, New York. As an academically gifted student at Northwestern University, he began reading the Vedic literatures translated by His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder-Acharya of the Krishna consciousness movement. Impressed by Srila Prabhupada's scholarship and saintliness Bir Krishna Goswami became a member of the Krishna conscious community in Gainesville, Florida in 1971. Shortly thereafter, he was initiated as Srila Prabhupada's disciple.
From the beginning, Bir Krishna Goswami distinguished himself by his oratorical skills, his spiritual dedication, and his devotion to studying the writings of his spiritual master, through which he acquired a deep knowledge of the process of Krishna consciousness. In 1972 he began traveling throughout the United States distributing Srila Prabhupada's books and lecturing at colleges and universities. This continued until 1974, when Bir Krishna Goswami became directly involved in the publication of Srila Prabhupada's books in English and in Spanish. He also spoke widely in South America, Central America, and the Caribbean on the science of Krishna consciousness.
In early 1978 Bir Krishna Goswami entered the renounced order of life(sannyasa) in Lima, Peru. In 1982 he came to North Carolina and opened its first permanent Krishna conscious center.
[edit] Present Day
In 1995 he began to work on the Governing Body Commission. At present his zone includes Fiji, Southeastern United States, Serbia and Slovenia.
[edit] Disciples
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