Other names Roger Terrence Crowley Other name Roger Terrence Crowley | Died 8 April 2007, Mayapur | |
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Religion Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Hinduism Initiation Diksa–1971, Sannyasa–1982 Post Initiating Guru, Sannyasi, Member of the Governing Body Commission Books Substance and Shadow: The Vedic Method of Knowledge | ||
Suhotra swami versus kali baba
Suhotra Swami or Suhotra Dasa (born Roger Terrence Crowley, December 11, 1950, Holyoke, Massachusetts – April 8, 2007, Mayapur, India) was a Hindu Vaishnava author, philosopher and a leading guru in the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). He was ISKCON's Governing Body Commissioner (GBC), an initiating spiritual master (diksa guru) and a sannyasi in ISKCON. He also served as a chairman of the GBC. Since joining ISKCON Suhotra Swami has spent much of his time lecturing and teaching in Europe, especially in Germany and Eastern European countries. Suhotra Swami authored several books on Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy and Vedanta.
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- Suhotra swami versus kali baba
- Suhotra swami hare krishna versus ol doinyo laetoli le baaba kali baba in amsterdam1998
- Biography
- References
Suhotra swami hare krishna versus ol doinyo laetoli le baaba kali baba in amsterdam1998
Biography
Suhotra Swami was born as Roger Terrence Crowley in Holyoke, Massachusetts. In his youth, he joined the Hippie movement in Detroit and later the Hare Krishna movement. In 1972 he became a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, receiving the name Suhotra Dasa. In the 1970s he was a part of a travelling troupe of Hare Krishnas, who were preaching all over the United States, performing kirtans on the streets and distributing spiritual literature. In 1974 Suhotra Dasa was interviewed in Houston by a reporter of the Texas Monthly magazine, who visited the local ISKCON Radha Krishna temple. When asked about an Indian guru Maharaj Ji, who was visiting Houston at the time, Suhotra Dasa said that Maharaj Ji's methods were not authorized in the Bhagavad Gita, the basic Hindu spiritual text,
In 1983 Suhotra Dasa accepted the order of sannyasa. In 1991 he became a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission (GBC). For the next decade, he was a leader of ISKCON in several European countries: Norway, Finland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. In 1996 he was elected GBC Chairman. Since March 2003 he was also a member of Shastric Advisory Council (SAC), formed by GBC.
In 1991 Suhotra Swami wrote his first book Apasampradayas - Deviant Vaisnava Sects. It was about Gaudiya Vaishnava Apasampradayas that developed in between the time of Chaitanya Mahaprabhu and Bhaktivinoda Thakur. In the book he also explained how Bhaktivinoda was preaching against them. Suhotra Swami was also a contributor to the ISKCON Communications Journal.
Suhotra Swami died on April 7, 2007, in Mayapur, West Bengal. Kimmo Ketola, one of the most prominent scholars in Finland in the field of comparative religion, said of him:
