Tamala Krishna Goswami
| Tamal Krishna Goswami | |
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| Religion | Gaudiya Vaishnavism, Hinduism |
| Other names | Thomas G. Herzig |
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| Born | June 18, 1946 New York City, NY United States |
| Died | March 15, 2002 (aged 55) Mayapur, West Bengal, India |
| Religious career | |
| Initiation | Diksa–1968, Sannyasa–1972 |
| Post | ISKCON guru, Sannyasi, Member of the Governing Body Commission |
| Website | http://www.tamalkrishnagoswami.com |
Tamal Krishna Goswami (June 18, 1946 – March 15, 2002), born as Thomas G. Herzig in New York City, NY United States, served on International Society for Krishna Consciousness's Governing Body Commission since its inception in 1970. In January 1972, he accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa, in Jaipur. He served as India's GBC Secretary from 1970–74 and as trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, overseeing sales in the USA from 1977-2002. He completed a bachelor's degree in religious studies at Southern Methodist University.
Born in Harlem New York, he began associating with the Krishna Consciousness movement in 1968 and was accepted as a disciple by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada soon thereafter. From 1975 until 1979, 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.
Governing Body Commission (GBC) is the name for the managerial authority of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. ISKCON's founder, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, created the GBC in 1972 and since that time it has met on an annual basis. Tamal Krishna Goswami was a member of this body since its beginnings.
Tamal Krishna Goswami died in a vehicular accident in March 2002, at Phuliya in West Bengal, India. His samadhi is placed beside Srila Prabhupada's samadhi in ISKCON Sri Mayapur Dhama, West Bengal, India.
Tamal Krishna Goswami was the author of several books on various religious subjects, including two classical Vedic dramas. He was also doctoral student at Clare Hall, Cambridge, under Dr. Julius J. Lipner where his thesis was on the theology of ISKCON's founder, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. At the time of his death, he had completed all but the conclusion. This dissertation "A Living Theology of Krishna Bhakti", Tamal Krishna Goswami’s posthumously released PhD thesis (with help from a professor of religious studies, Garuda Dasa (Graham M. Schweig of Christopher Newport University) is now a book published by Oxford University Press in New York.. He also studied at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and received a bachelor's degree in religious studies.
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