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The Author


         Born  in  Britain  in  1957,  the  author  joined  ISKCON
         (International  Society  for  Krishna  Consciousness)  in
         London in 1975 and was initiated that year, with the name
         Ilāpati dāsa by the founder-ācārya, His Divine Grace A. C.
         Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupāda.

         From 1977 to 1979 Ilāpati dāsa was based in India, mostly
         traveling in West Bengal distributing Śrīla Prabhupāda’s
         books. He spent the following ten years helping to pioneer
         ISKCON’s preaching in Bangladesh, Burma, Thailand,
         and Malaysia.

         In 1989 he was granted the order of sannyāsa, receiving
         the name Bhakti Vikāsa Swami, and again made his base
         in India. Since then he has preached Kṛṣṇa consciousness
         throughout the subcontinent, lecturing in English, Hindi,
         and Bengali. He also spends a few months each year
         preaching in the West. His television lectures in Hindi
         have reached millions worldwide.
         Bhakti Vikāsa Swami writes extensively on Kṛṣṇa conscious
         topics. His books have been translated into over twenty
         languages, with more than one million in print.

         Additionally, he is involved in developing several gurukulas
         and also Vedic rural projects based on simple living and
         high thinking.

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