Janananda goswami biography of martin

He was around 33 years old at the time of joining. Subhag, now swami, was his inspiration at that time and remained so throughout his life. It was there in Birmingham that I first saw him.

He was also a philosopher and social reformer, and his ideas about nonviolent resistance and simple living have inspired leaders like Mahatma.

We were both visiting the small temple at the same time and on the first occasion were the only present except Subhag swami. He then moved to Bury Place temple in early and served selflessly there for several years — he was known as the simple hard working, surrendered brahmacari who would never miss anything. He received the name Vrajendra Kumar.

For years we travelled throughout the UK distributing books — our sankirtan party consisted of Prabhavisnu, Mahavisnu, Vrajendra Kumar, myself and Deva Dharma.

9 years ago more.

For several years I had the privilege of his association both in Bury Place and at the Bhaktivedanta Manor until In he moved to India where he took up the responsibility of temple commander in Vrndavana. He would occasionally return to Europe for sankirtan and raising funds for India. In along with Ramasarana prabhu and his wife from the UK — Janaki dasi, he returned to his home country and they established the Malaysian yatra on firm grounds.

I came to Malaysia in January and we worked together for years on end. In he accepted sannyasa from HH Jayapataka Swami. From then on he continued to serve in Malaysia, preaching extensively. He would regularly visit India traveling and preaching and other neighbouring countries. The doctors gave him 6 months to live. For some time he went to India and miraculously gained strength.

Back and forth to Malaysia he reassumed his preaching and traveling.