Jayatirtha Dasa

Jayatirtha Das (Jayatīrtha dāsa), formerly Jayatirtha Swami (IAST: Jayatīrtha Svāmī; November 13, 1948, in Saipan – November 13, 1987, in London) was one of the leading disciples of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada and a guru within the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (commonly known as 'the Hare Krishnas' or ISKCON). Born James Edward Immel and also known as Bhakti Vijaya Acharya and Tirthapada, Jayatirtha was appointed a life trustee of the Bhaktivedanta Book Trust by his guru, Prabhupada, who also placed him in the managerial post of the fledgling Spiritual Sky company. Under Jayatirtha's able management the company became a multimillion-dollar concern and the Wall Street Journal covered the company's success with a front-page article.