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Tamal Krishna Goswami has served on ISKCON's Governing Body Commission since its inception in In January , he accepted the renounced order of life (sannyasa) from his spiritual master, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Jaipur, India. He served as ISKCON's first GBC Secretary for India from and was appointed trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, responsible for U.S. sales. In , he served as Srila Prabhupada's last personal secretary. Since that time, he has served as the GBC Secretary for Texas and a large number of countries in the Orient. He left the world in March . His publications include: Reason and Belief: Problem-solving in the Philosophy of Religion (Pundits Press, ); Yoga for the 21st Century (); Prabhupada Antya-lila: The final Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Vaishnava Studies, ); Jagannatha-Priya-Natakam: The Drama of Lord Jagannatha (Cambridge, Massachusetts: Bhaktivedanta Institute of Religion and Culture, ); and Servant of the Servant (Hong Kong: BBT, ).
by Krishnakant
One of the most influential and controversial guru hoaxers in ISKCON was Tamala Krishna Goswami (henceforward TKG), who died in a car crash on a road north of Calcutta on 15th March It was TKG who, in his capacity as Srila Prabhupada's secretary, co-signed the famous July 9th letter, and who later went on to give many conflicting accounts as to what Srila Prabhupada intended with regards guru-ship in ISKCON.
Following his death he has been canonized by ISKCON, with his body laid to rest in a samadhi (sacred shrine reserved only for the most exalted saints in the Gaudiya Vaisnava line) at its spiritual headquarters in Mayapur, West Bengal.
Hence it is appropriate to present an account of the numerous contradictory justifications for ISKCON's guru hoax given by this GBC declared 'saint', some of which TKG confessed to in an academic paper called 'The Perils of Succession', and all of which led to turmoil within the Movement and heavily influenced the current false Guru philosophy in ISKCON:
TKG agreed with the rest of the eleven ritviks named in the July 9th letter that they had all been appointed as the 'material and spiritual successo
HH. Tamal Krishna Goswami
A Brief Biography
Tamal Krishna Goswami served as ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner from , and ISKCON Initiating Spiritual Master from In January , he accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa, in Jaipur. He served as India’s GBC Secretary from –74 and as trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, overseeing sales in the USA from He is fondly called “Srila Gurudeva” by his many disciples and “Goswami” by his godbrothers and members of the academe.
Born in Harlem New York, he began associating with the Krishna Consciousness movement in and was accepted as a disciple by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in San Francisco, the same year. Immediately he emerged as a leader and assumed various positions of leadership. From until , Tamal Krishna Goswami headed the “Radha-Damodara Party”. The party consisted of hundreds of Swami Prabhupada’s disciples, who traveled around America on buses, distributing Prabhupada’s books. He also spearheaded the establishment of ISKCON temples and centers in India, France, Great Britain and the United States. He worked closely with Srila Prabhupada as his secretary and as Governing Body Commissioner for India, develop
Tamal Krishna Goswami (IAST: Tamāla Kṛṣṇa Gosvāmī; June 18, – March 15, ), born Thomas G. Herzig in New York City, New York, United States, served on the International Society for Krishna Consciousness's Governing Body Commission from its inception in He completed a bachelor's degree in religious studies at Southern Methodist University.
Honorifics
- His Holiness
- Srila Gurudeva
- Maharaja
Biography
Pushpa Samadhi of Srila Tamal Krishna Goswami in MayapurBorn in Harlem, New York, he began *ociating with the Hare Krishna movement in , and was accepted as a disciple by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda soon thereafter. From until , Tamal Krishna Goswami headed the "Radha-Damodara Party". The party consisted of hundreds of Bhaktivedanta Swami's disciples, who traveled around the USA on buses, distributing Bhaktivedanta Swami's books.
The Governing Body Commission (GBC) is the managerial authority of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. ISKCON's founder, Bhaktivedanta Swami, created the GBC in and since that time it has met on an annual basis. Tamal Krishna Goswami was a member of this body from it
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