Hansadutta Swami
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Hansadutta Das (IAST: Haṁsadūta dāsa), formerly Hansadutta Swami (Haṁsadūta Svāmī), born 27 May 1941 in Braunschweig, Germany, died 25 April 2020 in California, 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.
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Born | Hans Jürgen Kary 27 May 1941 Brunswick, Germany |
Died | 25 April 2020 California |
Religion | Hinduism |
Nationality | American |
Lineage | Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya |
Sect | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavavāda |
Monastic name | Hamsaduta Svāmī |
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Philosophy | Achintya Bheda Abheda |
Religious career | |
Teacher | Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
Period in office | 1977–83 |
Predecessor | Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
Initiation | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dikṣa US by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
Ordination | Gauḍīya Sannyāsa, by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
Post | ISKCON Sannyasin, ISKCON Guru-Ācārya, ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner |
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He was born Hans Jürgen Kary and also known by the alias Jack London.[1]