About Suhotra Maharaja

Suhotra Maharaja was born in Massachussetts, USA, in 1950. He first came in contact with ISKCON in 1971. In 1972 he became a disciple of His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, the Founder - Acarya of the International Society for Krsna Consciousness. more...

His first few years in ISKCON he spent distributing Srila Prabhupada's books, first as a member of Radha Damodara TSKP and then in BBT Library Party.

In 1976 he travelled to India, visiting the holy places and preaching the glories of Lord Krishna. A year later he based himself in Germany, from where he later expanded his preaching to Eastern-European countries and Scandinavia. He travelled throughout the world from 1988 till 1991, visiting many Asian and Australasian countries. At this time he became a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Comission for next 11 years. His area of responsibility was Norway, Finland, Benelux, Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Romania, Bulgaria and Greece. He preached extensivelly in these countries by giving lectures and supervising the development of ISKCON movement there.

Well-known for his deep understanding of the philosophy of Krsna consciousness, he ran an electronic Q&A conference on COM ("Danda").

From mid 90's he started to write books: Substance and Shadow: The Vedic Method of Knowledge (1996), Transcendental Personalism - Vedic Answers for the Human Situation (1997) and Dimensions of Good & Evil (1999).

From 2001 he started to spend more time in India. Till 2005 he continued his preaching in the above mentioned European countries. Since March 2003 he is a member of Shastric Advisory Council (SAC). The SAC was formed in 2002 to assist the GBC in answering philosophical challenges.

From 2003 to 2005 he was almost daily publishing his internet Journal In2-MeC. In March 2005 he has made a major changes in his position within ISKCON.