Jai Gurudev!!
“nama om vishnupadya krsna presthaya bhutale, srimate jayapataka swami iti namine,
nama acharya padaya nitai kripa pradayine, gaura katha dhama daya nagara grama tarine”
His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Gurumaharaj ki jay...
He is a senior disciple of HDG. A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada!
He was born as “John Gordan Erdman” on April 9, 1949 in Milwaukee, USA. In 1968 He took first initiation at Montreal and was given the name “Jayapataka Das Brahmacari” and was awarded 2nd initiation soon. On the most auspicious Radhastami day in 1970 at Calcutta, Srila Prabhupada personally gave Sannyas initiation to Gurudev.
March 1974, first Gaur Purnima festival was held in Mayapur. Gurumaharaj led groups of devotees on parikrama to local holy places. Parikrama has been continuing ever since with the number of devotees increasing each year. During these Parikrama days, Gurumaharaj takes care of not only spiritual requirements of all the devotees, but also acts as a perfect host ensuring that - they are comfortably situated. He makes a point to give pravachan daily and all devotees are fed with delicious prasadam.
Gurumaharaj wrote to Srila Prabhupada about his service, Srila Prabhupada told him to go to India on a long visa as "WE HAVE A GREAT DEAL OF WORK TO DO THERE". Gurudev learnt Bengali for preaching purpose. He did so for the sake of his Guru - who told him to preach all over the world the essence of Krishna Consciousness.
Our sins cannot be taken by anyone including our own husband and children. But just by showing serving attitude & trying to surrender unto Guruparampara – Gurumaharaj initiates us, and He takes our sin. Today he has taken all our sin’s and he is suffering many health issues. Even though He has many health issues - He never failed to give pravachan or stopped giving initiation or stopped doing His services to Srila Prabhupada.....
He has come to save all of us who are struggling in this material world. Gurudev You are really a great great inspiration in my life.
My sincere prayers for your good health,
Your humble servant,
Vrajalakshmi Lalita Devi Dasi (Diksa)
Sri Pancatattva Sevaks, Ramamurthy Nagar, Bengaluru, India