Hansadutta Swami
German Hare Krishna guru
Hansadutta Das (IAST: Haṁsadūta dāsa), formerly Hansadutta Swami (Haṁsadūta Svāmī), born 27 May 1941 died 25 April 2020), was a Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual leader. An early member of, and later guru in, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), he was one of the senior disciples of ISKCON founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.
He was born Hans Jürgen Kary and also known by the alias Jack London.
Early disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
Hansadutta became an initiated disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami a.k.a. Srila Prabhupada in March 1967.
He assisted with the pioneering of the Hare Krishna movement, opening centers and preaching in Canada: Montreal and Vancouver; Europe: Germany, Switzerland, Sweden, Denmark, Russia; in US: Boston, Berkeley; and in Asia: Turkey, Cairo, Afghanistan, Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Singapore and Malaysia.
He was one of the leaders in publication (printing and distribution) of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's books, particularly in European languages, heading up the sales of books in Germany and North Europe, and in 1974 was appointed by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami to serve as lifetime trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. He was also appointed as a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission, and took turns serving as A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami's personal secretary. In 1976 Hansadutta took up the order of sannyasa.
While preaching in Sri Lanka in the year 1977, Hansadutta created a public sensation with his answer to a challenge by Dr.
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