Jayatirtha Dasa
Jayatirtha Dasa (James Edward Immel, also known as Jayatirtha Swami, Vijaya, Tirthapada, November 13 1948, Saipan, US Trust Territory of the Pacific - 1987) was one of the leading disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and a guru within the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON).
In 1969, Jayatirtha was initiated into the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition by A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, whereupon he was given the name Jayatirtha Dasa. In the beginning of the 1970s he served as a president of the Los Angeles ISKCON temple.[1] He later went on to become a senior leader and preacher within the movement and a member of its management body known as the Governing Body Commission, and the head of ISKCON in Europe.[2] After Prabhupada's death, Jayatirtha was one of eleven disciples selected to become an initiating guru.[3] In 1982, Jayatirtha was expelled from the GBC and ISKCON for use of LSD[4]. On November 13, 1987, Jayatirtha was murdered by his disciple and follower John Tiernan.[5]
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- ^ "HE ADMITS KILLING GURU 'ANTI-CHRIST' BEHEADED, COURT TOLD". Philadelphia Daily News. 1988-07-21. Retrieved 2008-05-07.
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