Romapada Swami
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Religion | Gaudiya Vaishnavism |
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Brian Rumbaugh December 27, 1948 Utica, New York, United States |
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Based in | United States |
Title | ISKCON Guru |
Period in office | 1986–present |
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Present post |
Sannyasi Member of the Governing Body Commission Temple president |
Website | Romapada Swami |
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Romapada Swami (born Brian Rumbaugh,[1] December 27, 1948) is a Vaishnava sannyasi,[2] initiating guru[3] and a governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas or ISKCON).[4][5]
Life and career
He is currently based in New York, but travels frequently giving invited presentations and workshops at Universities, corporates, communities, yoga and cultural centers.[4] He has lectured on Eastern and Western Philosophies at universities in the United States, India and Europe.[6] He is the advisor for Quintessence Magazine, a quarterly publication distributed in college campuses across North America.[7]
He served as a plaintiff in the ISKCON and Brian Rumbaugh v. Walter Lee and The New York Port Authority case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1992.[8] The case was argued before the U. S. Supreme Court against a regulation that prohibited distribution of literature in airport terminals.
The youngest of five children, Romapada was born as Brian Rumbaugh and raised in a middle-class Christian family in Utica, New York.[1] He attended the State University of New York, Buffalo,[5] where he was a pre-med student.[1] It was here, in 1969, that Brian met A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).[1] Shortly after being accepted to Medical school, Brian joined ISKCON.[1] He decided, that by dedicating himself to the spiritual life he would be more useful to the society.[1] Brian became an initiated disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1971, receiving the name Romapada Das (Das meaning the servant of the Lord).[1] He accepted the renounced order of sannyasa in 1983 (whence he was given the title of "Swami").[5][9][10]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Romapada Swami served in ISKCON as associate director of public affairs (1972-76),[11] as a spokesman,[12][13] and as a New York ISKCON temple president.[14][15]
Since 1978, Romapada Swami has traveled worldwide, presenting the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy.[5] Since 1986, Romapada Swami has served as an ISKCON diksa guru.
In March 1992, he was appointed Governing Body Commissioner for New York and New Jersey.[5] In 1994 he accepted the same responsibility for the Midwestern United States.[5] Currently he is based in New York, and frequently travels to India and Asia on preaching missions.[5]
Footnotes
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Santos 1978, p. 71
- ↑ Last Week at Tufts...
- ↑ Comments From the Vaishnava Devotional Community
- 1 2 Currency of Relationships: A Special Presentation
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 HH Romapada Swami's Biography
- ↑ Penn State Vedic Society
- ↑ Quintessence Magazine
- ↑ ISKCON and Brian Rumbaugh v. Walter Lee and The New York Port Authority, 505 U.S. 672, 112 S. Ct. 2711 (1992)
- ↑ GBC resolutions 1983
- ↑ List of Sannyasis in ISKCON April 2008 Archived July 21, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. ISKCON Sannyasa Ministry, Retrieved on 2008-05-05
- ↑ Monroe 1976, p. 12D
- ↑ Goldman 1976, p. 1A
- ↑ Goldman 1977, p. 31
- ↑ Yinger 1984, p. 244
- ↑ Battaile 1978, p. 12
References
- Monroe, Bob (December 10, 1976), "Will real Santa please stand up?", St. Petersburg Times, p. 12D
- Goldman, John J. (December 12, 1976), "Krishna Kringles Beard Santa on His Own Turf", Los Angeles Times, p. 1A-2
- Goldman (December 20, 1976), "Santa Glaus Rumble Brews Over Prime Jingle-bell Turf", Spokesman-Review, p. 31
- Battaile, Janet (December 24, 1978), "Krishna Santas Move In On the Ho-Ho-Ho Trade; Bad Image for St. Nick", The New York Times
- Santos, dos Manoel Hygino (1978), Hippies: protesto ou modismo, Minas Gráfica Editora
- Loislaw Federal District Court Opinions (1981), INTERN. SOC. FOR KRISHNA CONSCIOUSNESS v. N.J. Civ. No. 78-734.
- Federal supplement., 450
- Yinger, J. Milton (1984), Countercultures: the promise and peril of a world turned upside down, Free Press, ISBN 0-02-934010-1
- Hutchinson, Bill; Mueller, Marc (March 20, 1997), "Will real Santa please stand up?", Boston Herald, p. 7
- Aaron, Russ (September 14, 2007), "Lecturer details leadership qualities", The Daily Campus, archived from the original on July 16, 2011
External links
- Romapada Swami's official website
- Romapada Swami's facebook page
- Romapada Swami's YouTube channel
- Romapada Swami's Twitter page
- Romapada Swami's Pinterest site
- Transcriptions of Romapada Swami's talks
- Questions and Answers with Romapada Swami
- Photo gallery of Romapada Swami
- Romapada Swami media
- Romapada Swami's soundcloud site
- Inspiring quotes from Romapada Swami
- His Holiness Romapada Swami Maharaja
- HH Romapada Swami