Hansadutta Swami
His Grace Hansadutta Das | |
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Hansadutta in 1996 | |
| Personal life | |
| Born | Hans Jürgen Kary (1941-05-27)27 May 1941 Brunswick, Germany |
| Died | 25 April 2020(2020-04-25) (aged 78) California, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Religious life | |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Philosophy | Achintya Bheda Abheda |
| Lineage | Brahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya |
| Sect | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇavavāda |
| Monastic name | Hamsaduta Svāmī |
| Ordination | Gauḍīya Sannyāsa, by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Initiation | Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dikṣa US by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Religious career | |
| Teacher | Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
| Post | ISKCON Sannyasin, ISKCON Guru-Ācārya, ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner |
| Period in office | 1977–83 |
| Predecessor | Bhaktivedānta Swāmī |
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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.
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