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Visnujana Swami

Vishnujana Swami (IAST: Viṣṇujana Svāmī; June 2, - March 16, ),[1] born Mark Stephen D'Atillo, was a disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and a sannyasi within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the 'Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON) who disappeared in He made recordings[2] of himself singing the Hare Krishna mantra.

Life

He was born as Mark Stephen Datillo on June 2, , in San Jose, California to parents Maureen (née Desmet) () and Joseph D'Attilo ().

Biography definition and examples Prabhupada Meditations. Walsh and his friend Thomas began experimenting with prasadam, the vegetarian spiritual food offered by the devotees. Site Map. It is commonly believed that he committed suicide, throwing himself from a bridge at the confluence of several sacred rivers including the Ganges.

At the age of seventeen, he moved to San Francisco along with his girlfriend, whom he then married. In – Vishnujana first came into contact with the Hare Krishnas, and by he had received initiation from Srila Prabhupada and became a full-time member of the movement. On July 20, , he was ordained a sannyasa.

Career

Vishnujana played the harmonium and mridanga.

Vishnujana swami biography definition and examples At the age of seventeen he moved to San Francisco along with his long-term girlfriend, who he married in Photo Album. Even though he is presumed to have died in he has continued to be a well-known figure around the world through recordings of his singing of the Hare Krishna mantra and his historical position as a preacher in the early days of the movement. By July 20, , Srila Prabhupada had awarded Vishnujana the order of sannyasa.

Musical recordings of Vishnujana would later be released in [3]

By , he led a group of Hare Krishnas, the Radha-Damodara Traveling Sankirtan Party (named after the particular murtis (deities) carried on the bus), in a proselytizing bus trip across the USA.[4]

In March 16, ,[5][6] during the Gaura Purnima festival in India, Vishnujana Swami disappeared.[7] "Disappear" is a word used in the Vaishnava/Hare Krishna movement that means "to die."[8]

In , a biography of Vishnujana Swami entitled Radha-Damodara Vilasa was published by Vaiyasaki das Adhikari.

Discography

References

  1. ^ memoriamArchived January 12, , at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^"Vishnujana Swami Bhajans & Kirtans". . Archived from the original on July 8, Retrieved December 23,
  3. ^"Timeline - - BBT releases Vishnujana recordings"Archived September 27, , at the Wayback Machine,
  4. ^Goswami, Satsvarupa dasa ().

    Prabhupada: Your Ever Well-Wisher. Bhaktivedanta Book Trust. p.&#; ISBN&#;.

    Vishnujana swami biography definition wikipedia Recordings of his lectures and singing are included in the official MP3 archive collection of A. Contact About Privacy. About Srila Prabhupada. The Life and Pastimes of Vishnujana Swami.

    Retrieved January 13,

  5. ^Śrīla Prabhupāda's class on Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam (), March 16, (Śrī Gaura-Pūrṇimā) at Māyāpur.
  6. ^ISKCON Calendar. In , Gaura-Pūrṇimā fell on March
  7. ^"The Legend of Vishnujana Maharaja | Suhotra Maharaja Archives". Retrieved September 18,
  8. ^"Dying to Disappear".

    June 6,

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