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Satsvarupa dasa Goswami was born on December 6,1939. In July 1966, he met His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, and he became his initiated disciple in September of that year. Satsvarupa dasa Goswami began contributing articles to Back to Godhead, the magazine of the Hare Krsna movement, and later became its Editor in chief. In August 1967 he went to Boston to establish the first ISKCON center there. Satsvarupa dasa Goswami was one of the original members selected by Srila Prabhupada to form the Governing Body Commission of ISKCON in 1970. He remained as president of Boston ISKCON until 1971, when he moved to Dallas and became headmaster of Gurukula, the first ISKCON School for children.
In May 1972, on the appearance day of Lord Nrsimhadeva, he was awarded the Sannyasa (renounced) order by His Divine Grace Srila Prabhupada and began traveling across the United States, lecturing in colleges and universities. In January 1974 he was called by Srila Prabhupada to become his personal secretary and to Travel with him through India and Europe. In 1976 he published Readings in Vedic Literature, a concise account of the Vedic tradition. The volume is now being studied at various universities. In 1977 Srila Prabhupada ordered him to accept the duties of initiating guru, along with ten other senior disciples. In addition to his duties as a Governing Body Commissioner and an initiating guru, he has written many books, including the multivolume Srila Prabhupada-lilamrta and this book, Prabhupada.
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