Sri Krishna Prem | |
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 Krishna Prem in the early 1950s | |
| Personal | |
| Born | Ronald Henry Nixon 10 May 1898 Cheltenham, England |
| Died | 14 November 1965 (aged 67) Mirtola, Almora district, India |
| Resting place | Krishna Prem's samadhi mandir, Mirtola 29°38′33″N 79°49′39″E / 29.64237°N 79.82751°E |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Nationality | British, Indian |
| Denomination | Vaishnavism |
| Sect | Gaudiya Vaishnavism |
| Notable work(s) | The Search for Truth, Initiation into Yoga, The Yoga of the Bhagavat Gita, The Yoga of the Kathopanishad |
| Alma mater | King's College, Cambridge |
| Organization | |
| Temple | Uttar Brindaban ashram, Mirtola |
| Religious career | |
| Guru | Sri Yashoda Mai, Sri Bal Krishna Goswami |
| Website | www |
Sri Krishna Prem (10 May 1898 – 14 November 1965), born Ronald Henry Nixon, was a British spiritual aspirant who went to India in the early 20th century. Together with his spiritual teacher Sri Yashoda Mai (1882 – 1944), he founded an ashram at Mirtola, near Almora, India. He was one of the first Europeans to pursue Vaishnavite Hinduism, and was highly regarded, with many Indian disciples. Later, according to the account of his foremost disciple Sri Madhava Ashish, Krishna Prem transcended the dogmas and practices of the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition into which he had been initiated and affirmed a universal spiritual path shorn of "orthodoxy" and blind traditionalism.