Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
His Holiness Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswāmī | |
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Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswāmī | |
| Title | Guru |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Stephen Guarino December 6, 1939 New York |
| Nationality | American |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Achintya Bheda Abheda |
| Lineage | Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya |
| Sect | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavavāda |
| Monastic name | Satsvarūpa dāsa Goswāmī |
| Ordination | Gauḍīya Sannyāsa, 1972, by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Initiation | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dikṣa 1966 New York, USA by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher | A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
| Post | ISKCON Sannyasin, ISKCON Guru-Ācārya, ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner |
| Period in office | 1972–present |
| Predecessor | A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada |
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Satsvarupa das Goswami (IAST: Sat-svarūpa dāsa Gosvāmī, Sanskrit: [sɐtˈsʋɐɽuːpɐ daːsɐ ɡoːˈsʋaːmiː], Devanagari: सत्स्वरूप दास गोस्वामी) (born Stephen Guarino on December 6, 1939) is a senior disciple of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who founded the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), better known in the West as the Hare Krishna movement. Serving as a writer, poet, and artist, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is the author of Bhaktivedanta Swami's authorized biography, Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta. After Prabhupada's death, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami was one of the eleven disciples selected to initiate future disciples. Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is one of the first few Westerners ordained by Bhaktivedanta Swami in September 1966. He is a Vaishnava writer, poet, and lecturer, who published over a hundred books including poems, memoirs, essays, novels, and studies based on the Vaishnava scriptures.