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__NOTOC__ Tamal Krishna Goswami (June 18, 1946 – March 15, 2002), born as Thomas G. Herzig in New York City, NY United States, served on International Society for Krishna Consciousness's Governing Body Commission since its inception in 1970. In January 1972, he accepted the renounced order of life, sannyasa, in Jaipur. He served as India's GBC Secretary from 1970–74 and as trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, overseeing sales in the USA from 1977-2002. He completed a bachelor's degree in religious studies at Southern Methodist University.〔(Biography on ISKCON.COM )〕 ==Biography== Born in Harlem New York, he began associating with the Krishna Consciousness movement in 1968 and was accepted as a disciple by A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada soon thereafter. From 1975 until 1979, Tamal Krishna Goswami headed the "Radha-Damodara Party,". The party consisted of hundreds of Swami Prabhupada's disciples, who traveled around America on buses, distributing Prabhupada's books.〔(Biography on GOSWAMI.COM )〕 Governing Body Commission (GBC) is the name for the managerial authority of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness. ISKCON's founder, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, created the GBC in 1972 and since that time it has met on an annual basis. Tamal Krishna Goswami was a member of this body since its beginnings.〔 〕 Tamal Krishna Goswami died in a vehicular accident in March 2002, at Phuliya in West Bengal, India. He had been attending the Hare Krishna festival/meeting yearly but due to pressure of his academic pursuits, Goswami Maharaja attended the meetings in 2002 for the first time in six years .〔 http://www.chakra.org/announcements/AOtherMar31_03.html 〕 His samadhi is placed beside Srila Prabhupada's samadhi in ISKCON Sri Mayapur Dhama, West Bengal, India.〔 〕 Tamal Krishna Goswami was the author of several books on various religious subjects, including two classical Vedic dramas.〔(Books written by Tamal Krishna Goswami )〕 He was also doctoral student at Clare Hall, Cambridge, under Dr. Julius J. Lipner〔(Biography on ISKCON Communications Journal website )〕 where his thesis was on the theology of ISKCON's founder, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada. At the time of his death, he had completed all but the conclusion. This dissertation "A Living Theology of Krishna Bhakti", Tamal Krishna Goswami’s posthumously released PhD thesis (with help from a professor of religious studies, Garuda Dasa (Graham M. Schweig of Christopher Newport University) is now a book published by Oxford University Press in New York..〔(Obituary on ISKCON Communications Journal website )〕 He also studied at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas and received a bachelor's degree in religious studies.〔 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「Tamala Krishna Goswami」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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