List of ISKCON devotees by status

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The International Society for Krishna Consciousness is a nonsectarian spiritual organization which aims to solve all of society's material as well as spiritual problems, by application of Vedic principles from ancient India.

[edit] Founder

  • A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada - brought the ancient tradition to the western countries starting with USA in 1965. He succeeded in establishing over a hundred devotional communities on every continent of the world.

[edit] Prabhupada Disciples

Samadhi (Passed On):

  • H.H. Gour Govinda Swami (1929-1996) - Born in a Vaisnava family in Orissa.
  • H.H. Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami (1937-2006), a renunciant who specialises in Vedic spirituality's scientific aspect.
  • H.H. Bhakti Tirtha Swami (1950-2005) - African-American renunciate who established the tradition in Eastern Europe and Africa. In recent years, he has met several times with then-President Nelson Mandela of South Africa to share visions and strategies for world peace.
  • H.H. Sridhar Swami Served in ISKCON's early years in Mumbai and later served as an initiating spiritual master and a member of ISKCON's governing body.
  • H.H. Tamala Krishna Gosvami (1946-2002) - was an ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner and initiating spiritual master.

Sanyasis (Renunciants):

  • H.H. Bir Krsna Goswami-became an initiated student of Srila Prabhupada in 1971.
  • H.H. Bhakti Caru Swami - Born in Bengal in 1945, and while studying in Germany he developed a strong inclination towards Vedic philosophy.
  • H.H. Bhaktivaibhava Swami
  • H.H. Devamrita Swami, became an initiated student of Srila Prabhupada in 1974, and in 1982 he accepted the renounced order of life. For the past twenty-six years, he has traveled worldwide, presenting the philosophy of Krishna Consciousness.
  • H.H. Hrdayananda Gosvami, (Dr. Howard J. Resnick, Ph.D.), completed the translation of the Vedic scripture Bhagavata Purana into various modern languages as a service to Srila Prabhupada.
  • H.H. Indradyumna Swami - took sanyassa (renounced order of life) in 1979, at the age of 29. In 1983, he served as temple president for a few years at the New Mayapur Project in France.
  • H.H. Jayadvaita Swami served as an editor or assistant editor for nearly all the books that Srila Prabhupada published during Srila Prabhupada's lifetime.
  • H.H. Jayapataka Swami - appeared on the Ekadashi after Rama Navami amid opulent surroundings, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, North America.
  • H.H. Mukunda Goswami was a close friend of Beatles legend George Harrison.
  • H.H. Radhanath Swami - Born in the USA, he studied Islam, Christianity and Shaivism before finding his spiritual path in Krishna consciousness.
  • H.H. Romapada Swami - appeared in this world on 1948.In the summer of 1982, Srila Romapada Swami received initiation into the renounced order of life.
  • H.H. Sachinandana Swami - born in Germany, he became a renunciant when he was just a teenager.
  • H.H. Satsvarupa dasa Goswami - While laboring as a social-welfare worker in New York City's Lower East Side, Steve (soon to be initiated as Satsvarupa dasa) met his teacher, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami (later known as Srila Prabhupada), a modern-day saint from India.
  • H.H. Sivarama Swami was born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1949. His family emigrated to Canada during the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution, when he was eight years old.
  • H.H. BhaktiRaghava Swami a preacher in countries like Indonesia, Malaysia, etc.
  • H.H. Bhaktimarga Swami was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada. First met the Hare Krishna's in Toronto.

Senior Female Devotees

  • H.G. Urmila devi dasi (Dr. Edith E. Best) - specialises in Primary and Secondary Education.

Other Devotees

  • H.G. Ranchor Dasa took to the faith despite going to a Catholic school, where he says teaching about other religions was shunned on the grounds that it would be a waste of time as they were considered "self-evidently false".
  • H.G. Satyaraja Dasa, born Steven J. Rosen, is an editor of 'Back to Godhead' and the author of several books. He writes and edits as a service to Srila Prabhupada, who started the magazine over fifty years ago.
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