Robert Campagnola

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).

Robert Campagnola (formerly known as Harikesa Swami, Vishnupada) was born in New York in 1948. He was one of the leading disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and formally a guru within the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON).

Contents

[edit] Background

Please help improve this article by expanding this section.
Further information might be found on the talk page or at requests for expansion. Please remove this message once the section has been expanded.
This article has been tagged since February 2007.

Robert was initiated by Srila Prabhupada in New York, July, 1971[1], and given the name Harikesa dasa. After Prabhupada's death, Harikesa was one of eleven disciples selected to become an initiating guru.

[edit] Recording Artist

Robert has been producing music that bridges the gap between Western music and Eastern Mantra since 1978. Robert has produced more than 28 albums (under the group names of Rasa, BLISS, Sri Hari, and presently as Hari).

[edit] Resignation

In 1998, Harikesa Swami submitted his resignation from ISKCON, and his guru duties, to ISKCON's Governing Body Commission. His resignation was accepted at the GBC meetings in 1999[2]. Robert has been living in Florida U.S.A since January, 2004 [3], and has since married Katarina Campagnola (Kamalasundari devi dasi), who was previously one of his disciples in Sweden[4].

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] Discography

Year Band Title Label
1995 Sri Hari Rising Sign Bhaktivedanta Book Trust
1997 Sri Hari One But Different Bhaktivedanta Book Trust

[edit] References

  1. ^ Disciple Database
  2. ^ 1999 GBC Resolutions
  3. ^ Transcript of Jashmuheen's Published Interview of Hari
  4. ^ Letter from Harikesa Swami

[edit] External links

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../r/o/b/Robert_Campagnola_4b2c.html"