Hansadutta Swami

His Grace
Hansadutta Das
Hansadutta in 1996
Personal
Born
Hans Jürgen Kary

27 May 1941
Brunswick, Germany
Died25 April 2020
California
ReligionHinduism
NationalityAmerican
LineageBrahma-Madhva-Gauḍīya Sampradāya
SectGauḍīya Vaiṣṇavavāda
Monastic nameHamsaduta Svāmī
Organization
PhilosophyAchintya Bheda Abheda
Religious career
TeacherBhaktivedānta Swāmī
Period in office1977–83
PredecessorBhaktivedānta Swāmī
InitiationGauḍīya Vaiṣṇava Dikṣa
US
by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī
OrdinationGauḍīya Sannyāsa, by Bhaktivedānta Swāmī
PostISKCON Sannyasin, ISKCON Guru-Ācārya, ISKCON Governing Body Commissioner

Hansadutta Das (IAST: Haṁsadūta dāsa), formerly Hansadutta Swami (Haṁsadūta Svāmī), born 27 May 1941 in Braunschweig, Germany, died 25 April 2020 in California, was a Gaudiya Vaishnava spiritual leader. An early member of, and later guru in, the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), he was one of the senior disciples of ISKCON founder A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada.

He was born Hans Jürgen Kary and also known by the alias Jack London.[1]

  1. ^ "1998 annual Mayapur meeting minutes". ISKCON Governing Body Commission. Retrieved 5 May 2020.