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thumb Gour Govinda Swami (2 September 1929 – 9 February 1996) was a Vaishnava religious leader. He was a leading ISKCON Guru, sannyasi, governing body commissioner within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as the ''Hare Krishnas'' or ISKCON) and the main inspirational force behind Gopal Jiu Publications.〔(GopalJiu.org ) - Official Website of Gopal Jiu Publications〕 He is a saint within ISKCON.〔(Official ISKCON website )〕 He was born in the village of Jagannathpur, District Jagatsinghpur Orissa, India as Braja-bandhu Manik.〔(A Brief Life Sketch of Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami )〕 By the age of eight, Braja-bandhu had read the entire Bhagavad-gita, Bhagavata Purana and Sri Caitanya-caritamrta and could also explain their meanings.〔 On 8 April 1974, at the age of 45 he left home and relatives in quest of spiritual perfection. Carrying only a Bhagavad-gita and a begging bowl he wandered around India for one year and visited many sacred places along the river Ganges. He was searching for that person who could help him develop a true understanding of the Maha Mantra. After many philosophical debates with mayavadi sannyasis and yogis in the Himalayas, he proceeded on foot to Vrindavana. In 1975, at the opening of ISKCON’s Krishna-Balaram Temple in Vrindavana, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami accepted him as a disciple, gave him the name Gour Govinda and awarded him the sannyasa order, thus the name Srila Gour Govinda Swami.〔 During his life, Gour Govinda Swami preached for ISKCON in Orissa. He worked to establish an ISKCON temple in Bhubaneswar, as he was instructed to do so by his guru in 1977.〔(How Jagannatha came to Bhubaneswar ) ISKCON Bhubaneswar website〕 He an author of many research papers and translated his guru's books into the Oriya language. He left his body in 1996 in Mayapur during a discussion on Lord Jagannath〔(Three Logs of Wood ) - An ecstatic pastime of Lord Jagannatha〕 and is remembered in annual ISKCON festivals.〔(Annual Disappearance Festival Sri Srimad Gour Govinda Swami ) ISKCON News, 25 Feb 2008〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gour Govinda Swami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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