Jayapataka_Swami
Jayapataka Swami
Spiritual guru
Jayapataka Swami (IAST: Jaya-patākā Svāmī); born on April 9, 1949) is a Vaishnava swami[1] and a religious leader for the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON).[2][3][4][5] He is a senior disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.[6] In 2004 he was one of the initiating spiritual masters, (ISKCON Gurus),[5] a member of the Governing Body Commission (GBC),[4][5] and a divisional trustee for the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust (BBT).[citation needed] He is one of the senior-most sannyasis in the Hare Krishna movement.[7][8]