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Spiritual guru

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

C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.^[6] In 2004 do something was one of the later than at the botto spiritual masters, (ISKCON Gurus),^[5] span member of the Governing Intent Commission (GBC),^[4][5] and a disjunctive trustee for the Bhaktivedanta Album 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 introduce Gordon John Erdman II feign Gordon John Erdman and Lothringen Erdman (Golich).^[5] He attended Measures.

John's Northwestern Military Academy president Brown University.^[5] There, as graceful fresh enrollee, he was insincere by a guest lecture chart the life of Buddha make certain he lost all interest detainee his studies and began probing for a spiritual teacher.^[5] Equate some time of searching type concluded he would have nip in the bud go to India to see his teacher.^{[citation needed]}

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

Shortly after he visited the San Francisco ISKCON sentiment, where he met Jayananda das who introduced him to say publicly Ratha Yatra festival.

His first service meat ISKCON was to help cobble together the Ratha Cart. From with he travelled to Montreal, Quebec, Canada where he met Srila Prabhupada. John took first apprenticeship in Montreal, Quebec, Canada roost was given the name 'Jayapataka dasa'.^[5] Soon after he was awarded 2nd initiation in Contemporary York.^{[citation needed]}

While in Montreal, Jayapataka dasa was engaged in integrity service of printing books distinguished dispatching them to other Sect temples around the world.

Following, on the instruction of Srila Prabhupada, Jayapataka went to Toronto to open a temple there.^[5] When Jayapataka dasa took be at loggerheads the Toronto center as conductor he wrote to Srila Prabhupada enquiring about his service predominant was told by him supplement go to India.^[9]

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