Bhaktisvarupa Damodar Swami

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Sripada
Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami
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    Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami (

    Hare Krishna Movement).[3][4]

    For more than thirty years he was the international director of the

    Nobel Laureates participated.[8][10][14] He was the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Bhaktivedanta Institute entitled, Savijnanam: Scientific Exploration for a Spiritual Paradigm.[17]

    Biography

    Early life

    Thoudam Damodar was born in

    typhoid
    . The war eventually came to end, his uncle Thoudam Ibomcha Singh struggled through tough times to support him and shortly thereafter Thoudam Damodar was separated from his mother and younger sister. His elder sister Srimati Ahanbi Devi began to look after him. As a young boy, he learned how to till the land left by his father to help maintain himself and his sister. In 1949, his sister got married and he was left alone. Not wanting to burden anyone, he used to cultivate paddy for his livelihood. Living through hardships, Thoudam Damodar planned to give up schooling. Seeing his adversity, Sri Thokchom Yadav Singh, his primary school teacher, approached his colleague Sri Thoudam Kerani Singh and requested to help Thoudam Damodar. Sri Thoudam Kerani Singh agreed, and Thoudam Damodar moved into Sri Kerani's home.

    Education

    Thoudam Damodar received his BSc with honours from

    vedantic paradigm.[19]

    Spiritual service to ISKCON

    Thoudam Damodar Singh, then as a student at the University of California, Irvine

    Bhaktivedanta Institute in 1974[20] and a member of Governing Body Commission in March 1977.[21] In 1980 he took sannyasa from Kirtanananda Swami. In 1982 he became an initiating spiritual master and began to accept disciples.[4] During his life, he provided a spiritual guidance to over a thousand of his disciples around the world.[14]
    He is well known as Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Goswami Maharaja (also known as Srila Sripad Maharaja and Dr. T.D. Singh).

    Bhaktivedanta Institute – A Mission Transforming Material Science into Spiritual Science

    On Srila Sripad Maharaja's 75th divine appearance day, one of his scientist disciple Bhakti Niskama Shanta Swami, Ph.D. wrote a summary of the services of Srila Sripad Maharaja under the banner of Bhaktivedanta Institute. In the honor of Srila Sripad Maharaja his scientist disciples are organizing an annual international conference series "Is Science Able to Explain the Scientist? (Science and Scientist)"[22] under the guidance of Sripad Bhakti Madhava Puri Maharaja, Ph.D. (Serving Director, Bhakti Vedanta Institute, Princeton, NJ, USA).

    Science and Vedanta

    Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami has contributed many papers in the

    Journal of Organic Chemistry in the field of fast proton transfer kinetics in model biological systems using stopped-flow technique and NMR spectroscopy.[14] He also worked on gas phase reaction mechanisms using Ion Cyclotron Resonance (ICR) spectroscopy.[14]

    For more than thirty years he was the international director of the

    Nobel Laureates participated:[10][14] First and Second World Congress for the Synthesis of Science and Religion (1986 and 1997),[10] First International Conference on the Study of Consciousness within Science (1990),[15] and "Second International Congress on Life and its Origin: Exploration from Science and Various Spiritual and Religious Traditions" (2004, Rome, Italy).[8] For these conferences a group of internationally acclaimed scholars from various disciplines were invited to talk about "the present status of science and religion, the history of discord between them, and the potential benefits of their reconciliation".[24]

    From 1992 to 2006 he served as the President of Vedanta and Science Educational Research Foundation and worked to interface Science and Vedanta, the essence of

    Bhaktivedanta Institute
    , "Savijnanam", aimed at "Scientific Exploration for a Spiritual Paradigm" and was its Editor-in-Chief.

    In 2000, Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Goswami Maharaja's interest in science and spirituality has led him to set up the

    Vedic literatures
    within the framework of modern cultural and educational milieu for the welfare of humanity."

    Cultural projects

    Srila Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Goswami Maharaja started a network of schools in Northeastern India where more than 4000 students receive education centred on

    Vaishnava spiritual values.[14]

    In 1989 he founded "

    martial artists, choreographers and craft artisans.[26] Some of them are gurus in their own respective fields of art.[26] Their performances both at home and abroad, received acclaim and awards.[25] While at home in Manipur, they often perform at various religious and cultural functions. They are not paid a salary, but live from donations that are offered to them for their artistic contributions.[26]

    Works

    See also

    References

    1. ^ a b Chavda & Sagar 1986, p. 36
    2. ^ "Sripada Bhaktisvarupa Damodara Swami". Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2009.
    3. ^ a b c d e A different show indeed The Hindu 11 January 2008
    4. ^ a b c Muster 2001, p. 192
    5. ^ Sooklal 1986, p. 136
    6. ^ Sanajaoba 2003, p. 386
    7. ^ Indian Science Congress Association & Royal Asiatic Society of Bengal 1987, p. 262
    8. ^ a b c d International Conference on the theme: "Goal and Meaning of Life:Scientific and Spiritual Points of View"
    9. ^ a b c Bhatty 1987, p. 15
    10. ^ a b c d e f Rothstein 1996, pp. 134–135
    11. ^ a b Tirupati conference held in honour of Swami Damodara[permanent dead link] The Imphal Free Press, 23 December 2007
    12. ^ a b WAY OF THE PILGRIM: A Peace Pilgrim's Reflection of the URI Global Assembly Archived 2 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine
    13. ^ a b Penn 2004, p. 108
    14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Biography of T. D. Singh Archived 20 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine
    15. ^ a b c Mishra, Srikant & Ghosh 2007, p. 3
    16. ^ a b Paramadvaiti 1999, Part 2.
    17. ^ Savijnanam — Scientific Exploration for a Spiritual Paradigm Archived 19 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine
    18. ^ Singh 1988, pp. 45–46
    19. ^ Singh 1988, p. 37
    20. ^ a b c d Bhatty 1987, p. 16
    21. ^ Conversations (1,384 Tape Transcription) Room Conversation with GBC members - 2–3 March 1977, Mayapura
    22. ^ "Unknown".[permanent dead link]
    23. ^ Bhatty 1987, p. 17
    24. ^ Rothstein 1996, p. 135
    25. ^ a b Ranganiketan reviews
    26. ^ a b c Ranganiketan

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