Tamal krishna goswami biography definition
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HH. Tamal Krishna Goswami
A Brief Biography
Tamal Krishna Goswami served as ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner from 1970-2002, and ISKCON Initiating Spiritual Master from 1977-2002. In January 1972, he accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa, in Jaipur. He served as India’s GBC Secretary from 1970–74 and as trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, overseeing sales in the USA from 1977-2002. He is fondly called “Srila Gurudeva” by his many disciples and “Goswami” by his godbrothers and members of the academe.
Born in Harlem New York, he began associating with the Krishna Consciousness movement in 1968 and was accepted as a disciple by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in San Francisco, the same year. Immediately he emerged as a leader and assumed various positions of leadership. From 1975 until 1979, Tamal Krishna Goswami headed the “Radha-Damodara Party”. The party consisted of hundreds of Swami Prabhupada’s disciples, who traveled around America on buses, distributing Prabhupada’s books. He also spearheaded the establishment of ISKCON temples and centers in India, France, Great Britain and the United States. He worked closely with Srila Prabhupada as his secretary and as Governing Body Commissioner for India, developing major ISKCON projects in Vrindavan, Mumbai
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Tamal Krishna Goswami
American Hindu theologian (1946–2002)
His Holiness Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī Śrīla Gurudeva | |
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| Title | Guru-Ācārya |
| Born | Thomas G. Herzig June 18, 1946 New York City, USA |
| Died | March 15, 2002 (aged 55) Phuliya, West Bengal, India |
| Nationality | American |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Achintya Bheda Abheda |
| Lineage | Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya |
| Sect | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavavāda |
| Monastic name | Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī |
| Ordination | Gauḍīya Sannyāsa, by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Initiation | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dikṣa 1968 USA by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Teacher | Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Post | ISKCON Sannyasin, ISKCON Guru-Ācārya, ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner |
| Period in office | 1972–2002 (GBC), 1977–2002 (Guru) |
| Predecessor | Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Website | Website |
Tamal Krishna Goswami (IAST: Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī; June 18, 1946 – March 15, 2002), born Thomas G. Herzig in New York City, New York, United States, served on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness's Governing Body Commission from its inception in 1970. He completed a bachelor's degree in religious studies at Southern Methodist University.[1]
Honorifics
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- Srila Gurudeva
- Maharaja