Harikesa Swami Presents// /////// //SRI HARI _ One But Different///// /// //Rising Sign

Harikesa Das (IAST: Harikeśa dāsa), formerly known as Harikesa Swami (Harikeśa Svāmī) and by the honorific Vishnupada (Viṣṇupāda), born Robert Campagnola, 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 International Society for Krishna Consciousness|Hare Krishnas’ or ISKCON). He left ISKCON in personally met the founder of ISKCON, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, in Brooklyn, while recording the Prabhupada’s music in July 1971. Harikesa Swami was initiated by Prabhupada in New York, July 1971, and given the name Harikesa collapsed due to stress and overwork in the summer 1998, after having accepted even more responsibilities in addition to those he already had. After that he decided to resign from all ISKCON duties, and of being a spiritual leader and guru in ISKCON, and instead to retire to a more personal sphere