Tamal Krishna Goswami has served on
ISKCON's Governing Body Commission since its inception in 1970. In January
1972, he accepted the renounced order of life (sannyasa) from his
spiritual master, A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in Jaipur, India. He
served as ISKCON's first GBC Secretary for India from 1970-74 and was appointed
trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, responsible for U.S. sales. In 1977,
he served as Srila Prabhupada's last personal secretary. Since that time, he
has served as the GBC Secretary for Texas and a large number of countries in the
Orient. He is currently pursuing a full-time course of study at Southern
Methodist University. His publications include: Reason and Belief:
Problem-solving in the Philosophy of Religion (Pundits Press, 1997); Yoga
for the 21st Century (1991); Prabhupada Antya-lila: The final
Pastimes of Srila Prabhupada (Washington, D.C.: Institute for Vaishnava
Studies, 1988); Jagannatha-Priya-Natakam: The Drama of Lord Jagannatha
(Cambridge, Massachusetts: Bhaktivedanta Institute of Religion and Culture, 1985);
and Servant of the Servant (Hong Kong: BBT, 1984).
