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Romapada Swami | |
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Born | Brian Rumbaugh December 27, 1948 |
Religion | Hinduism |
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Based in | United States |
Period in office | 1986–2018 |
Previous post | Member of the Governing Body Commission Temple president |
Present post | Sannyasi |
Website | Romapada Swami |
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Romapada Swami ( IAST: Roma-pāda Svāmī; born Brian Rumbaugh, [1] December 27, 1948) is a Vaishnava sannyasi, [2] initiating guru [3] and is currently on leave as a governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas or ISKCON). [4] [5]
Romapada Swami is an initiating guru in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and one of the leading disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. He has been a bhakti-yoga practitioner for over 50 years. He travels extensively across the continental United States and Asia 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]
The youngest of five children, Romapada was born as Brian Rumbaugh and raised in a middle-class Christian family in (Skaneateles,New York) 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] [7] [8]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Romapada Swami served in ISKCON as associate director of public affairs (1972–76), [9] as a spokesman, [10] [11] and as a New York ISKCON temple president. [12] [13]
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]
Since the past 20 years, he has been taking groups of bhakti practitioners annually to various holy places spread across the entire Indian subcontinent.
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Romapada Swami | |
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Born | Brian Rumbaugh December 27, 1948 |
Religion | Hinduism |
Religious career | |
Based in | United States |
Period in office | 1986–2018 |
Previous post | Member of the Governing Body Commission Temple president |
Present post | Sannyasi |
Website | Romapada Swami |
Part of a series on |
Vaishnavism |
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Romapada Swami ( IAST: Roma-pāda Svāmī; born Brian Rumbaugh, [1] December 27, 1948) is a Vaishnava sannyasi, [2] initiating guru [3] and is currently on leave as a governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the Hare Krishnas or ISKCON). [4] [5]
Romapada Swami is an initiating guru in the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) and one of the leading disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the founder-acharya of ISKCON. He has been a bhakti-yoga practitioner for over 50 years. He travels extensively across the continental United States and Asia 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]
The youngest of five children, Romapada was born as Brian Rumbaugh and raised in a middle-class Christian family in (Skaneateles,New York) 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] [7] [8]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Romapada Swami served in ISKCON as associate director of public affairs (1972–76), [9] as a spokesman, [10] [11] and as a New York ISKCON temple president. [12] [13]
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]
Since the past 20 years, he has been taking groups of bhakti practitioners annually to various holy places spread across the entire Indian subcontinent.