Hridayananda das(a) Goswami (

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'': ''; birth name: Howard J. Resnick; date of birth: November 5, 1948,

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leader and preacher, one of the leading spiritual leaders of the

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(ISKCON) and one of the most distinguished disciples and close friend of ISKCON founder Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, who appointed him as preacher. H.D. Goswami is a guru and member of the ISKCON Governing Body Commission since 1974.

Early life and education

Howard Resnick was born on November 5, 1948, in

. His maternal grandmother was from

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, Lithuania. He entered the

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in 1967. In 1992, H.D. Goswami earned a

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from the

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. He completed his doctorate in

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and

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from

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in 1996.

Career

Conversion to Vaishnavism

Resnick was first introduced to

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in 1969 when he attended a lecture by ISKCON founder Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. Thereupon, he left his education and settled in the Hare Krishna ashram in Berkeley and joined the formation. He received initiation from Prabhupada on February 8, 1970, and given his

name "''Hridayananda Dasa''". He became a

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in 1972 and received the title "''Goswami''".

Preaching in Latin America

In 1974, Prabhupada appointed H.D. Goswami to the ISKCON GBC. He was subsequently appointed to the ministry in charge of preaching in

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. Under H.D. Goswami's leadership, ISKCON in

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and other Latin American countries experienced a period of rapid growth, with Vaishnava temples opening in many major cities. He became a guru in July 1977.

Writing and translation activities

In the early 1980s, H.D. Goswami completed the Sanskrit translation and commentary of the Hindu scripture Srimad Bhagavadam, initiated by Prabhupada. He later adapted the ancient Indian epic

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into a historical novel. His book "''A Comprehensive Guide to Bhagavad-Gita With Literal Translation''" was published in 2015.

Academic activities

H.D. Goswami has taught as an adjunct professor at the

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, the

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, and the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley. He has published many works on Vaishnava philosophy.

Works

English books

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Articles and chapters in books

* ''Hṛdayānanda Dāsa Gosvāmī''
Isolation in Krishna Consciousness
// ISKCON Communications Journal. — 1994. — Vol. 2, No 2. — . * ''Hṛdayānanda Dāsa Gosvāmī''
State and Society in Ancient India
// ISKCON Communications Journal. — 1995. — Vol. 3, No 1. — . * ''Howard J. Resnick''
Kṛṣṇa in the Bhagavad-gītā: A Beginning Ontology from the Gauḍīya Perspective
// The Journal of Vaishnava Studies. — 1995. — Vol. 3, No 2. — С. 5—32. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. * ''Howard J. Resnick''. The Supremacy of Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa in the Mahābhārata // The Journal of Vaishnava Studies. — 1996. — Vol. 4, No 3. — С. 5—21. * ''Howard J. Resnick''. Translation of Śrīmad Bhāgavatam in the Gauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Sampradāya // Enrica Garzilli Translating, Translations, Translators: From India to the West (

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Opera Minora, Volume 1). —

, 1996. — . * ''Hṛdayānanda Dāsa Gosvāmī''
For Whom Does Hinduism Speak?
// ISKCON Communications Journal. — 1999. — Vol. 7, No 1. — . * ''Hṛdayānanda Dāsa Gosvāmī''
The Role of the Guru in a Multi-Guru Society
// ISKCON Communications Journal. — 2000. — Vol. 8, No 1. — С. 45–53. — . * ''Howard J. Resnick''. Foreword // A. N. Chatterjee Sri Chaitanya and the Chaitanya movement. —

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: Associate Publishing Company, 2001. — . * ''Howard Resnick''. Heresy and the Jiva Debate // The Hare Krishna Movement: The Post-Charismatic Fate of a Religious Transplant / Edwin Bryant and Maria Ekstrand. —

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, 2004. — С. 264–270. — .

Portuguese books

* ''Hridayananda Dasa Goswami.'' O livro de soluções: apresentando uma conferencia proferida na Universidade do Chile e uma conversa com Sua Excelencia o Arcebispo Dom Hélder Câmara. —

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, 1981. — xii, 76 p. * ''Hridayananda Dasa Goswami.'' Soluções 2: apresentando uma entrevista com a Manchete e um ensaio sobre o aborto. — 2a impr. —

, 1982. — 50 p. * ''Hridayananda Dasa Goswami.'' Soluções 3: Apresentando uma palestra na Faculdade de Filosofia da UFMG, uma conversa com o ex-Ministro da Educacao do Peru e um ensaio sobre conceitos nacionais / Textos traduzidos por, Visvavandya Das (Antonio Jose de Freitas), Hadai Pandita Das (Roberto do Carmo Rocha). —

, 1983. — xvii, 43 p. — . * ''Hridayananda Dasa Goswami.'' Iluminação pelo caminho natural / Tradução e adaptação: Mahakala dasa e Angira Muni dasa; ilustrações e capa: Puspavan dasa. —

, 1982. — 56 p. * ''Hridayananda Dasa Goswami.'' Os valores da liberdade: onde o ocidente encontra o oriente. —

, 1984. — 52 p. — . * ''Hridayananda Dasa Goswami.'' Soluções para uma prosperidade objetiva. —

, 1991. — x, 52 p. — . * ''Hridayananda Dasa Goswami.'' Memórias de Śrīla Ācāryadeva. —

: Instituto Bhaktivedanta de Filosofia, 1996. — vi, 122 p. — 5000.

Spanish books

References

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