Romapada Swami
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Romapada's jurisdiction as the ISKCON zonal secretary of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, and Wisconsin.
Romapada Swami (born Brian Rumbaugh,[1] December 27, 1948, Utica, New York) is a Vaishnava sannyasi,[2] initiating guru and a governing body commissioner of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as Hare Krishnas or ISKCON).[4][5][6] He also serves as a chair of the ISKCON Child Protection Office.[6]
He is currently based in New York, but travels frequently giving invited presentations and workshops at Universities, corporates, communities, yoga and cultural centers.[5] He has lectured on Eastern and Western Philosophies at universities in the United States, India and Europe.[7] He is the advisor for Quintessence Magazine, a quarterly publication distributed in college campuses across North America.[8]
He served as a plaintiff in the ISKCON and Brian Rumbaugh v. Walter Lee and The New York Port Authority case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1992.[9] The case was argued before the U. S. Supreme Court against a regulation that prohibited distribution of literature in airport terminals.
The youngest of five children, Romapada was born as Brian Rumbaugh and raised in a middle-class Christian family in Utica, New York.[1] He attended the State University of New York, Buffalo,[6] where he was a pre-med student.[1] It was here, in 1969, that Brian met A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).[1] Shortly after being accepted to Medical school, Brian joined ISKCON.[1] He decided, that by dedicating himself to the spiritual life he would be more useful to the society.[1] Brian became an initiated disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1971, receiving the name Romapada Das (Das meaning the servant of the Lord).[1] He accepted the renounced order of sannyasa in 1983 (whence he was given the title of "Swami").[6][10][11]
In the late 1970s and early 1980s Romapada Swami served in ISKCON as associate director of public affairs,[12] as a spokesman,[13][14] and as a New York ISKCON temple president.[15][16]
Since 1978, Romapada Swami has traveled worldwide, presenting the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy.[6] Since 1986, Romapada Swami has served as an ISKCON diksa guru.
In March of 1992, he was appointed Governing Body Commissioner for New York and New Jersey.[6] In 1994 he accepted the same responsibility for the Midwestern United States.[6] Currently he is based in New York, and frequently travels to India and Asia on preaching missions.[6]
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