Ravindra Svarupa Dasa

Ravindra Svarupa Dasa (IAST: Ravindra-svarūpa Dāsa; born William H. Deadwyler, III)[1] is a religious studies scholar and a Hare Krishna religious leader.

He has been a member of ISKCON's Governing Body Commission since 1987,[1] Chairman of that Commission's North American GBC Continental Committee, is the president of ISKCON of Philadelphia,[1] and an ISKCON Guru.

He has written extensively on Vaishnava philosophy and used his education to further the discourse of Gaudiya Vaishnava Theology within the context of ISKCON.

[1] He is the author of Encounter with the Lord of the Universe: Collected Essays 1978-1983 (Washington, DC: Gita Nagari Press, 1984).

[1] He also is featured on Shelter's Attaining the Supreme, where he gives a lecture on a hidden track.