Trivikrama Swami
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Trivikrama DasTrivikrama Dasa
Removed as initiating guru — Jun 24, 2025
- Initiating guru
- Sannyasi
Record summary
1 entry — 1 ISKCON finding.
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Trivikrama Swami served for many years in ISKCON as a sannyasi (renunciant) and initiating guru. On his removal from those positions in June 2025, the GBC Executive Committee thanked him for “his many years of service and friendship” and advised his disciples to continue serving within ISKCON, where they remain devotees in good standing. He has since been referred to as Trivikrama Dasa. In July 2025 the GBC Executive Committee reported that he intended to marry and settle in Ukraine, and that he had conveyed his wish to continue his spiritual life within ISKCON. His year of birth, the date of his initiation and his earlier fields of service are not confirmed in the sources consulted.
Sources (2)
- [1]ISKCON News, Resolution Removing Trivikrama Swami From Positions As Initiating Guru and Sannyasi in ISKCON — 24 June 2025; copy reproduced by ISKCON News with GBC Executive Committee statement, Jun 27, 2025
- [2]ISKCON News, Concluding Statement from the Executive Committee of the GBC Regarding Trivikrama Dasa, Jul 16, 2025
Record
1 entry · most established firstRemoval as sannyasi and guru for "severe spiritual and moral deviations"
ISKCON's Sannyasa Standing Committee and Guru Services Committee removed Trivikrama Swami as a sannyasi and initiating guru, finding that he had "engaged in severe spiritual and moral deviations breaking the regulative principles" and had rejected their directions for his purification. The GBC Executive Committee later reported that he "confirmed his intention to marry his disciple from Ukraine".
The resolution does not specify the deviations, and the sources do not say whether his relationship with a disciple is among them.
Removed as sannyasi and initiating guru (24 June 2025). The GBC Executive Committee later directed that he not give classes or lead kirtans in ISKCON temples for a designated period.
He initially decided to work outside ISKCON and its authorities, per the June 2025 resolution; in July 2025 the GBC Executive Committee reported that he had conveyed his desire to continue his spiritual life within ISKCON. [2]
Sources (2)
- [1]ISKCON News, Resolution Removing Trivikrama Swami From Positions As Initiating Guru and Sannyasi in ISKCON — 24 June 2025; copy reproduced by ISKCON News with GBC Executive Committee statement, Jun 27, 2025 original
- [2]ISKCON News, Concluding Statement from the Executive Committee of the GBC Regarding Trivikrama Dasa, Jul 16, 2025 original
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Timeline
Each status change in this record, on one axis, with the periods of the cases Trivikrama Swami is involved in.
- 2025
- ISKCON findingJun 24, 2025 Removal as sannyasi and guru for "severe spiritual and moral deviations" ISKCON's Sannyasa Standing Committee and Guru Services Committee concluded he had "engaged in severe spiritual and moral deviations breaking the regulative principles" and had "rejected both committees' recommendations and directions for his purification". He was removed under the policy for urgent situations.