Satsvarupa the Goswami

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Satsvarupa dasa Goswami

Satsvarupa das Goswami (born December 6, 1939 in New York ) ( Devanagari : सत्स्वरूप दास गोस्वामी , satsvarūpa dāsa gosvāmī ) is an older student of AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada , of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), better than in the West Hare Krishna movement known and founded. In his service role as a writer, poet and artist, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is the author of the authorized biography of Bhaktivedanta Swami Pabhupada, Srila Pabhupada-lilamrita .

Satsvarupa das Goswami was one of the eleven disciples selected to become initiating gurus in ISKCON after the death of Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Satsvarupa dasa Goswami is one of the first few Westerners to be initiated by Prabhupada in September 1966.

He has now been recognized as one of the most prolific Vaishnava writers and poets. While traveling, lecturing on Krishna consciousness and teaching students, he has published more than 100 books comprising poems, memories, novels and studies based on the scriptures of the Vaishnavas.

In recent years he has created hundreds of pictures, drawings and sculptures that represent an attempt to capture and express his immersion in the culture of Krishna consciousness.

Early years

He was born on Staten Island , New York , the elder of two Catholic parents , and was baptized Steven. His training began in a public high school in the vicinity. He then enrolled in Brooklyn College, where he experienced an intellectual revolution that led him to start questioning his Catholic values.

“As soon as I started studying, I experienced an intellectual revolution. Any regal feeling I picked up from my mother was pushed aside by my university professors who were die-hard Marxists, 30s Americans. They taught me their spiritual and aesthetic views and briskly dismissed my religious practice as sentimentality. One of them claimed that theology could never satisfactorily explain why there was evil in the world. I was drawn to their philosophy because my parents were not intellectuals and had never awakened my intellectual faculties, while my lecturers revealed a whole new world to me. I developed a strong desire to study philosophy and literature. I came to the personal insight that the church was hypocritical: in the entrance area of ​​our church the priests regularly raffled off bottles of spirits (they called them 'joy baskets'). I became dissatisfied with the Catholic Church because it did not provide answers to my questions. "

- SDG, With SP in the Early Days, 1966–1969: A Memoir of Life, Introduction.

Works

  • Srila Prabhupada Lilamrta . 2nd Edition. tape 1-2, 1980-1982 . Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Los Angeles, Calif. 2002, ISBN 0-89213-357-0 .
  • Japa Reform Notebook . GN Press, La Crosse, FL 1982, ISBN 0-911233-39-3 .
  • Prabhupada purple . Gītā-Nāgarī Press, Potomac, Md. 1983, ISBN 0-911233-36-9 .
  • Life with the Perfect Master . Gita-nagari Press, Port Royal, Pa. 1983, ISBN 0-911233-17-2 .
  • Vaisnava Behavior . Gita-Nagari Press, Port Royal, PA 1983, ISBN 0-911233-18-0 .
  • Prabhupada Nectar . Anthology. Gītā-nāgarī Press, Port Royal, PA 1995, ISBN 0-911233-62-8 (Volumes 1–5, 1983–1987, reprinted 1991, 1997, 2003).
  • Reading reform . Gītā-Nāgārī Press, Washington, DC 1985, ISBN 0-911233-28-8 .
  • Entering the Life of Prayer . GNP, USA? 1987, ISBN 0-911233-97-0 .
  • Prabhupada meditations . tape 1-4, 1991-1997 , 2003 (reprint).
  • Memories . GN Press, Port Royal, PA 1997, ISBN 0-911233-69-5 .
  • Shack Notes: Moments While at a Writing Retreat . GN Press, Port Royal, Pa. 1995, ISBN 0-911233-91-1 .
  • A Poor Man Reads the Bhāgavatam . several volumes 1995–2008. GN Press, Port Royal, PA 1996, ISBN 0-911233-68-7 .
  • Niti-Sastras: Sayings of Canakya and Hitopadesa As Quoted by Srila Prabhupada . GN Press, Port Royal, Pa. 1995, ISBN 0-911233-61-X .
  • Churning the Milk Ocean, . GN Press, Port Royal, PA 1995, ISBN 0-911233-63-6 .
  • Photo preaching . GN Press, Port Royal, PA 1996, ISBN 0-911233-65-2 .
  • The Qualities of Sri Krsna . 1998, ISBN 0-911233-64-4 .
  • My Letters from Srila Prabhupada . tape 1-3, 1986-1997 . GN Press, Port Royal, PA, ISBN 0-911233-84-9 .
  • Every day, just write . tape 1-19, 1997-2003 .
  • From Imperfection, Purity Will Come About . GN Press, Port Royal, PA 1999, ISBN 0-911233-52-0 .
  • Vaisnava Compassion . GN Press, La Crosse, FL 2001, ISBN 0-911233-25-3 .
  • Stowies . GN Press, La Crosse, Fl 2002, ISBN 0-911233-04-0 .
  • Write & Die . 2006, ISBN 0-911233-85-7 .
  • Visitors . GN Press, Port Royal, PA. 2007, ISBN 0-911233-50-4 .
  • Human at Best . 2008, ISBN 0-911233-95-4 .

literature

  • Larry Shinn: The dark lord: cult images and the Hare Krishnas in America . Westminster Press, Philadelphia 1987, ISBN 0-664-24170-0 , pp. 44-45 .
  • Kimmo Ketola, Larry Shinn: The founder of the Hare Krishnas as seen by devotees: a cognitive study of religious charisma . Brill, 2008, ISBN 90-04-16613-0 .
  • Steven Rosen: Vaisnavism: Contemporary Scholars Discuss the Gaudiya Tradition . Folk Books, New York 1992, ISBN 0-9619763-6-5 .
  • Satsvarupa dasa Goswami: Entering the Life of Prayer . GN Press, PA 1987, ISBN 0-911233-97-0 .
  • Klaus Klostermaier: A Concise Encyclopedia of Hinduism . Oneworld Publications, Oxford 1998, ISBN 1-85168-175-2 .
  • Arvind Sharma: Hinduism for Our Times . Oxford University Press, New Delhi 1996, ISBN 0-19-563749-6 .
  • Klaus K. Klostermaier: Hinduism: A Short History . Oneworld Publications, Oxford 2000, ISBN 1-85168-213-9 .

Remarks

  1. ↑ George D. Chryssides, Margaret Z. Wilkins: A Reader in New Religious Movements. 2006, ISBN 0-8264-6168-9 , p. 208.
  2. ↑ Satsvarūpa Dāsa Gosvāmī: Srīla Prabhupāda-līlāmrta: a biography of His Divine Grace AC Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda . Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, Los Angeles 2002, ISBN 0-89213-357-0 .
  3. ↑ Srila Prabhupada Lilamrita. (No longer available online.) Www.krishna.com, archived from the original on May 25, 2008 ; Retrieved June 17, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.krishna.com
  4. ^ Britannica on AC Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada. In: References to authorized biography by Satsvarupa dasa Goswami. britannica.com, accessed April 19, 2008 .
  5. ^ Edmund Burke Rochford: Hare Krishna in America. 1985, ISBN 0-8135-1114-3 , pp. 284, 295 ( books.google.com ).
  6. ↑ John P. Reis: God is Not Dead; He Has Simply Changed Clothes: A Study of the International Society for Kṛṣṇa Consciousness. University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1975, p. 145.
  7. ↑ Huston Smith, Harry Oldmeadow: Journeys East: 20th century Western encounters with Eastern religious traditions . World Wisdom, Bloomington, Ind 2004, ISBN 0-941532-57-7 , pp. 272 (English): “Before his death Prabhupada appointed eleven American devotees as gurus.”
  8. ^ E. Burke Rochford: Hare Krishna in America . Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick, NJ 1985, ISBN 0-8135-1114-3 , pp. 222 (English): “In the months preceeding his death Srila Prabhupada appointed eleven of his closest disciples to act as initiating gurus for ISKCON.”
  9. ^ Ron Rhodes: Challenge of the Cults and New Religions . Zondervan, 2001, ISBN 0-310-23217-1 , pp. 179 (English): “Before Prabhupada died in 1977, he selected senior devotees who would continue to direct the organization.”
  10. ^ Rodney Stark: Religious movements . Paragon House Publishers, 1985, ISBN 0-913757-43-8 , pp. 100 (English): “Satsvarupa dasa Goswami, one of the eleven initiating gurus Bhaktivedanta appointed to succeed him….”
  11. ↑ Shinn, ISKCON Communications Journal, 1994 , 2.1
  12. ↑ Hare Krishna leader visits local followers. Daily Collegian, Penn State University, Aug. 5, 1981.
  13. ↑ N. Suman Bhat, N. Suman: Torch: Bearers of the Krishna Cult . Sura Books, 2005, ISBN 81-7478-542-6 , p. 81: Steve became Satsvarupa, Bruce became Brahmananda….
  14. ↑ S. Rosen : Holy Cow: The Hare Krishna Contribution to Vegetarianism and Animal Rights. Lantern Books, 2004, ISBN 1-59056-066-3 , p. 116: one of Prabhupada's earliest and most dedicated disciples.
  15. ^ The American Humanities Index Humanities - 1991. Whitston Pub., ISBN 0-87875-417-2 , p. 1148.
  16. ↑ Steven Rosen: Krishna's Song: a new look at the Bhagavad Gita . Praeger, New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-313-34553-1 , pp. 32 (English): “Satsvarupa Dasa Gosvami, a contemporary devotee of Krishna and author of over a hundred books on Vaishnava traditions.”
  17. ^ Report on painting exhibition. Georgetown. ( Memento of June 14, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: Washington Times. November 10, 2001: check out whimsical, colorful paintings and sculpture by writer Satsvarupa dasa Goswami from 11 am to 6 pm today at the gallery
  18. ↑ Shinn: The dark lord: cult images and the Hare Krishnas in America. 1987, p. 44.
  19. ↑ Gosvāmī, Satsvarūpa Dāsa: With Śrīla Prabhupāda in the early days: a memoir . GN Press, Port Royal, Pa 1997, ISBN 0-911233-84-9 .
  20. ↑ Ketola: The founder of the Hare Krishnas as seen by devotees: a cognitive study of religious charisma. 2008, pp. 113-117.
  21. ^ J. Gordon Melton: The encyclopedia of American religions . Gale Research, Detroit 1989, ISBN 0-8103-2841-0 (English): “Most vocal in the cause of reform was Satsvarupa dasa Goswami, who authored an official biography.”
  22. ^ KK Klostermaier: ISKCON Communications Journal - ICJ Volume 5, No. 1. (No longer available online.) Iskcon.com, archived from the original on April 15, 2002 ; Retrieved October 31, 2008 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.iskcon.com
personal data
SURNAME Satsvarupa the Goswami
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Srila Gurupada, Satsvarupa dasa Goswami
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American commentator and translator of Sanskrit works as well as intellectual master of ISKCON
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City , USA