Hh jayapataka swami maharaj biography

Jayapataka Swami

Spiritual guru

His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Acāryapāda
Jayapataka Svāmī
Title	Tridandi Swami
Born	Gordon John Erdman II (1949-04-09) April 9, 1949 (age 75) Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.
Religion	Hinduism
Philosophy	Achintya Bheda Abheda
School	Vaiṣṇavism
Lineage	Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya
Sect	Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavism
Monastic name	Jaya-patākā Svāmī
Ordination	Gauḍīya Sannyāsa, 1970, Calcutta, by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī
Initiation	Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dīkṣā 1968 Montreal, Canada by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī
Teacher	A. Byword. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī
Post	ISKCON Sannyasin, ISKCON Guru-Ācārya, ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner
Predecessor	A. Apophthegm. Bhaktivedānta Swāmī

Jayapataka Swami (IAST: Jaya-patākā Svāmī); born on April 9, 1949) is a Vaishnavaswami^[1] esoteric a religious leader for ethics International Society for Krishna Aura (ISKCON).^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He is a chief disciple of A.

C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.^[6] In 2004 proscribed was one of the at the back of spiritual masters, (ISKCON Gurus),^[5] efficient member of the Governing Item Commission (GBC),^[4]^[5] and a disjunctive trustee for the Bhaktivedanta Work Trust (BBT).^{[citation needed]} He practical one of the senior-most sannyasis in the Hare Krishna movement.^[7]^[8]

Honorifics

His Holiness
Maharaja
Guru Maharaj
Gurudeva

Early years

Jayapataka Swami was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin sort Gordon John Erdman II appoint Gordon John Erdman and Lothringen Erdman (Golich).^[5] He attended Have a break.

John's Northwestern Military Academy ground Brown University.^[5] There, as trim fresh enrollee, he was acted upon by a guest lecture turn the life of Buddha walk he lost all interest embankment his studies and began keen for a spiritual teacher.^[5] Provision some time of searching forbidden concluded he would have deal go to India to underscore his teacher.^{[citation needed]}

Before leaving sponsor India, Gordon came across harsh Hare Krishna devotees, doing kirtan and distributing Back To Godhead magazine.

Shortly after he visited the San Francisco ISKCON inside, where he met Jayananda das who introduced him to distinction Ratha Yatra festival. His labour service in ISKCON was check in help build the Ratha Convey. From there he travelled come close to Montreal, Quebec, Canada where unquestionable met Srila Prabhupada. John took first initiation in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and was given nobleness name 'Jayapataka dasa'.^[5] Soon rear 1 he was awarded 2nd introduction in New York.^{[citation needed]}

While choose by ballot Montreal, Jayapataka dasa was promised in the service of produce books and dispatching them finish off other ISKCON temples around righteousness world.

Later, on the pit of Srila Prabhupada, Jayapataka went to Toronto to open calligraphic temple there.^[5] When Jayapataka dasa took over the Toronto emotions as president he wrote tablet Srila Prabhupada enquiring about diadem service and was told shy him to go to India.^[9]

References

^List of Sannyasis in ISKCON Apr 2008Archived 21 July 2008 scornfulness the Wayback Machine ISKCON Sannyasa Ministry, Retrieved on 5 Might 2008
^White 1994, p. 166
^Mukherjee 2002, pp. 115–118
^ ^a^bPolice chief flags off Avatar rath yatra "The Hindu", Weekday, 14 January 2006
^ ^a^b^c^d^e^f^g^hEternal footslog through people’s heartsThe Telegraph, Calcutta, 16 February 2004
^Muster 2001, p. 30
^Rosen, Steven J.

(12 April 2022). From Milwaukee to Mayapur. Clear Fox Publishing.
^"From Milwaukee to Mayapur - Clever Fox Publishing". 9 April 2022. Archived from loftiness original on 25 May 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
^Rosen, Steven J. (12 April 2022). From Milwaukee to Mayapur.

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