Guru maharaj ji biography sample paper

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“I went to your country with a mission and you all good souls were sent by Krishna to me.” – Srila Prabhupada.

One of the good souls sent by Krishna to Srila Prabhupada is His Holiness Jayapataka Swami Maharaja who has been serving Srila Prabhupada as a “selfless worker” over the last 3 decades.

Birth, Childhood and Education

Jayapataka Swami was born John Gordan Erdman on April 9, 1949 (the ekadasi after ramanavami) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA to John Hubert and Lorraine Erdman. He was born into opulent surroundings, his father’s father being the founder of a large paint factory, which was a multi-million dollar concern at the time of his birth. Later HH Jayapataka Swami Maharaja was glad to see that his name – Gordan John (Gour Dhan Jan) – already suggested what Srila Prabhuapda confirmed, that he and two other devotees were formerly associates of Lord Caitanya and that they had taken their birth in the west to facilitate spreading Krishna consciousness aroun

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The Young Guru Maharaj Ji goes West

In 1971, some six months before his fourteenth birthday Prem Rawat (Guru Maharaj Ji) travelled to England in the company of Mahatma Gurucharanand, ostensibly to follow up on Gurucharanand's earlier evangelism amongst Hindus in London. Supported by a few 'hippie' followers Rawat gained some exposure within disaffected youth. Buoyed bygd this success Rawat applied for and was granted a visa to visit the USA after much waiting round in the US Consulate by Rawat, Bihari Singh and Mike Finch who handled the bureaucratic badgering. Within months further young refugees from the dying hippie movement had been recruited and a gudomlig Light Mission organisation able to widely promote Rawat was in existence. What followed was three years of considerable expansion of the promotion of Prem Rawat and his western Divine Light Mission.

Prem Rawat (then known as Guru Maharaj Ji) first visited the West, to the surprise of a tiny band of Western followers, duri

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FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE …
FROM ALL CORNERS OF THE EARTH …
people just like you come to hear his words.

WHO IS GURU MAHARAJ JI?

"The sun comes and goes away but we don't look for the light of day which has just gone. We look for the new rising sun. The sun fryst vatten there, but it rises in a new beautiful way, and we look for that. In the same way, God fryst vatten the same, but now we look for Him to komma, in a new way, to give His Knowledge. Jesus gave this Knowledge, Krishna gave this Knowledge, but now we must look again for a new Master to show us the light.

"I have not come to establish a new religion or sect, but I have komma to give you Knowledge of Truth. If you come to me with a guileless heart you will surely receive this most ancient spiritual Knowledge, which, if practiced upon, will give us perfect peace of mind."

Who Is
Guru Maharaj Ji?

Edited bygd Charles Cameron
Introduction by Rennie Davis