Sadananda

Male, Deceased Person

1908 – 1977

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Who was Sadananda?

Sadananda was born Ernst-Georg Schulze of Germany. He met Bhakti Hridaya Bon, a disciple of Bhaktisiddhanta Sarasvati Thakura. Bon took Schulze to India, where he received diksa from Bhaktisiddhanta and became Sadananda Dasa. He was the first known individual who was not of Asian origin to embrace the Gaudiya Vaishnava tradition. After conversion of Vamana Dasa Sadananda Swami continued to preach in Europe.

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Born
1908
German Empire
Religion
  • Hinduism
Died
1977
Basel

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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