Education
University at Buffalo, The State University of New New York
University at Buffalo, The State University of New New York
He has lectured on Eastern and Western Philosophies at universities in the United States, India and Europe. He is the advisor for Quintessence Magazine, a quarterly publication distributed in college campuses across North America. Walter Lee and The New York Portuguese Authority case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States in 1992.
The case was argued before the United States Supreme Court against a regulation that prohibited distribution of literature in airport terminals.
The youngest of five children, Romapada was born as Brian Rumbaugh and raised in a middle-class Christian family in Utica, New New York He attended the State University of New York, Buffalo, where he was a pre-medical student.
He decided, that by dedicating himself to the spiritual life he would be more useful to the society. Brian became an initiated disciple of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada in July 1971, receiving the name Romapada Das (Das meaning the servant of the Lord).
He accepted the renounced order of sannyasa in 1983 (whence he was given the title of "Swami").
Since 1978, Romapada Swami has traveled worldwide, presenting the Gaudiya Vaishnava philosophy. In March 1992, he was appointed Governing Body Commissioner for New York and New Jersey. In 1994 he accepted the same responsibility for the Midwestern United States.
Currently he is based in New York, and frequently travels to India and Asia on preaching missions.
