by ISKCON Desire Tree | Feb 10, 2012 | ISKCON Swamis
Giriraj Swami was born Glenn Phillip Teton, the only son of a respected Chicago lawyer who was later appointed judge. In March of 1969, while studying at Brandeis University in Boston, he met His Divine Grace A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acarya of...
by ISKCON Desire Tree | Feb 9, 2012 | ISKCON Swamis
After visiting the ISKCON temple in Montreal, Canada in September of 1967, Gopal Krishna Goswami yearned to meet a Vaishnava guru and got the opportunity to meet Srila Prabhupada there in 1968. Gopal Krishna Goswami, originally from Delhi, India had a religious...
by ISKCON Desire Tree | Feb 8, 2012 | ISKCON Swamis
His Divine Grace Srila Gour Govinda Swami Maharaj appeared on the 2nd of September in the Gaurabda year 443 (1929 A.D.) in Orissa, India. Both his parents were devotees of Krishna and Jagannath, as were their ancestors up to the time of Sri Syamananda Prabhu. His...
by ISKCON Desire Tree | Feb 7, 2012 | ISKCON Swamis
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by ISKCON Desire Tree | Feb 6, 2012 | ISKCON Swamis
Guru Prasad Swami was born in the USA and studied nuclear physics at Purdue University. After becoming disenchanted with science he transferred to the University of Texas where he made contact with the Hare Krishna movement; but it was later, during his military...
by ISKCON Desire Tree | Feb 5, 2012 | ISKCON Swamis
Hanumat Presaka Swami grew up in California and graduated in psychology from the University of California in 1970, with a minor in biology and electrical engineering. During his doctoral studies at Chicago’s Northwestern University, he participated in the...
